Childhood ME/CFS Prevalence Takes a Hike – Plus Take the Childhood Poll
A 7-year study found approximately a 1% rate of childhood chronic fatigue syndrome in Chicago with higher rates in girls, in children from ethnic/racial minorities, and in adolescents. Only 5% of the children had been diagnosed. The results suggests that 555,000 children in the U.S, could have ME/CFS, 525,000 who have not been diagnosed - a situation Leondard Jason called a "national disgrace".
Bridging the Gap? Fibromyalgia, Women and Autoimmunity
There’s a big elephant in the room in both fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and it’s women. The fact that a lot more women than men have these diseases must mean something, yet except for Dr. Klimas’s and Gordon...
The Best, the Most, the Strangest and the Worst of 2019 in ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the-day-to-dayness and forget to look at the big picture. Looking back over the year, however, I was amazed at how much has happened and how many new possibilities have opened up. It’s been a remarkable year –...
Lipkin Brings Disease Busting Technology to ME/CFS
There’s nothing like starting the new year with a new possibility. Following failures by scores of other researchers, Ian Lipkin and his new Serochip technology recently fingered the culprit behind the acute flaccid myeltis (AFM) outbreak that’s been...
Brains on Fire, Swollen Brains, Toxins and Neuroinflammation – by Dr. Mary Ackerley
In a ISEAI presentation, Dr. Mary Ackerley talks about how environmental stressors such as mold, pathogens and toxins can trigger neuroinflammation and produce the symptoms found in ME/CFS, FM and similar diseases. Mary Ackerley MD is not your ordinary summa cum laude...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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