Rewiring the Brain to Get Out of Pain: the Moskowitz Approach
Dr. Michael Moskowitz used the principle of neuroplasticity to rewire the brain and turn down his 13 year raging and out of control pain response. Then he turned to Jan - a nurse with such structural damage to her back that surgeons would not operate...
A College Dropout Cures Himself: Could Doug Lindsay’s Story Inform ME/CFS?
Who better to write this piece “This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself” than Ryan Prior – who himself recovered from a debilitating mysterious disease. Doug Lindsay’s story is so powerful...
The Relevance of Research on Critical Illnesses for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ME/CFS: A vicious cycle between cytokines, oxidative stress and thyroid hormones
This is the third of a series of posts on non-thyroidal illness syndrome, NTIS – a pattern of altered thyroid hormone activity often present in severe trauma and critical illness. A recent study suggests NTIS may be present in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)...
Emerging Insights #II: “The Cellular Equivalent of Chronic Fatigue” Found in ME/CFS
At the Emerge Conference Paul Fisher provides evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome aka ME/CFS. Complex V problems cause the mitochondria to poop out under stress - resulting in widespread attempts across the other complexes to compensate - and potentially explainiing the post-exertional malaise or PEM in ME/CFS
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Article Rocks Top Medical Journal
Tony Komaroff's wildly popular chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) unifying model paper published in JAMA - the top medical journal in the world - suggests ME/CFS is hypometabolic state brought on by neuroinflammation or is a hibernation-like state.Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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