The Blood Vessel Crunch: A Unifying Hypothesis for ME/CFS
What happens when your blood vessels get so scrunched down that you have trouble getting enough blood to your tissues? Your system tries to compensate, of course. The nerves lining your blood vessels cause them to open allowing more blood through. But what if that...
Coronavirus #10: The Great Gamble Begins, a Shark Tank Contest, Plus Vaccine Development on Warp Drive
Right now, after roughly 2 months of social distancing, cases are increasing in 17 states, about the same in 23 states, and declining in 13 states. Cases in the U.S. overall have largely plateaued at about 25,000 new cases a day. Deaths have plateaued at about 2,000 a...
A Never-Ending Immune Battle in ME/CFS? The Regulatory T-cell/Herpesvirus Hypothesis
Nuno Sepulveda proposes that people with chronic fatigue syndrome are engaged in a never ending battle between autoimmunity and herpesvirus clearance.
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Gulf War Illness – the Widespread Neuroinflammation Diseases
The Loggia Lab at Harvard finds the same kind of widespread neuroinflammation in Gulf War illness that it did in fibromyalgia. Similar patterns of unusually widespread neuroinflammation have been found in chronic fatigue syndrome and migraine.
Explaining ME/CFS? Prusty / Naviaux Study Ties Infections to Energy Breakdowns
Bhupesh Prusty and Bob Naviaux team up to show that a simmering herpesvirus infection could produce the key features of the "cell danger response" where a mitochoncrial breakdown and immune activation combine to sap chronic fatigue syndrome patients' energy.Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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