Is the Brain Causing the Small Fiber Neuropathy in Fibromyalgia (and ME/CFS?)
The damage to the small nerve fibers in the skin and eyes of people with fibromyalgia has long been assumed to be caused some process in the body. Recent studies, though, suggest that, surprisingly enough, the brain could be trying to protect itself by eliminating nerve fibers in the body.
New Hub of ME/CFS Research Opens at Harvard Plus the “Hidden Gem” and New Insights
“We’re on the job and we intend to provide a resource for the community that will really move things forward”. Ron Tompkins Times are changing. The Stanford area with its bevy of researchers and doctors (Ron Davis, Robert Phair, Mark Davis, David...
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)...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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