Ending the Somatization Myth in ME/CFS (or “Who’s the Deluded One Now”?)
Are You a Clumper or Slider? The ESR ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Poll
Are you a clumper or slider? The erythrocyte sedimentation test or ESR or SED rate test measures inflammation. SED rates were thought to be VERY low in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) until a British study found otherwise. If you have fibromyalgia or ME/CFS please take the ESR poll.
Thinking Bigger and Bigger: Solve ME’s Research Director Sadie Whittaker Talks On Moving Forward on ME/CFS
(This blog was compiled from several interviews conducted over the past year or so.) Sadie Whittaker, Solve ME’s research director, got her PhD in molecular biology at the Univ. of Birmingham in the UK. After I quailed at how difficult that must have been...
Benjamin Natelson Wants You – To Take a Nap! (And Help Him Understand if ME/CFS and FM are Different)
Ben Natelson believes fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome may be different diseases entirely. His rocking bed sleep study in New York will test that notion. His past sleep data suggests that people with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia have worse sleep than people with ME/CFS alone
Getting at the Hurt in Chronic Pain
Stanford researchers have identified specific neurons in the amygdala which produce the unpleasantness which makes pain sensations so intolerable. They're now searching for ways to turn off those neurons and relieve the hurt for people in chronic pain. .Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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