Filling “The Landscape of Unmet Needs” in ME/CFS and FM: The Bateman Horne Center Pt 1
This is the first of a couple of blogs that will celebrate visionaries within the ME/CFS/FM communities who took action to make their visions real. Dr. Bateman was doing yeoman’s work serving the ME/CFS/FM community in her medical practice in Salt Lake City, Utah....
Inflammation and Energy Issues Highlighted in Fibromyalgia
A Molecular Revolution We are in the midst of a molecular revolution. Instead of plucking out individual factors and studying them, researchers are ploughing through immense amounts of data to try and get at the molecular roots of illness. They’re using genetic,...
The Probiotic Paradox: When Probiotics Fail or Even Do Harm – an ME/CFS Perspective
Tens of billions of dollars ($36 billion in 2015) are spent on probiotics in the U.S. every year. Two recent Isreali studies, though, suggest that some of that money is being spent in vain. The study revealed that while some people may benefit from probiotics, others...
Deconditioning Denied: Could a Large ME/CFS Study Put an End to the Deconditioning Myth?
The Deconditioned ME/CFS Patient? A huge (n=345) 1998 UK study set the stage. The smaller, less muscular hearts and carotid arteries found in ME/CFS made it clear – at least to those researchers – that both physical and cardiovascular deconditioning was...
Death in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – What has it Told Us? The Autopsy Files
It’s always hard to lose a loved one, but the deaths in ME/CFS seem particularly hard. They tend to be quite painful, they often take place in the midst of a non-supportive medical system, and they’re a complete mystery. With no seeming way out it’s...StudyME
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