by Cort Johnson | Jan 9, 2014 | Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pathogens
Highlights The assays Dr. Lipkin used in the CFI ME/CFS pathogen study would not detect the kind of ‘persistent, subacute’ infections some researchers and doctors believe are present in chronic fatigue syndrome Fine needle biopsies of the thyroid gland in... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 18, 2013 | Drugs, Epstein-Barr Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Ion Channels, Pathogens
In the second of two blogs looking at future possibilities for pain relief we turn to a much feared arthropod. Drug Under Development Spells Hope for Pain Relief in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A friend of mine coping with severe back pain, allodynia,... 
by Cort Johnson | Sep 11, 2013 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pathogens
Dr. Ian Lipkin surprised everyone on the CDC’s Conference call yesterday when he presented many of the results from the two major pathogen studies involving the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Initiative and Dr. Montoya at Stanford. These studies, easily the most... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 1, 2013 | Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pathogens
If the virus situation in ME/CFS with its possibilities of aborted, endogenous or just plain hidden viruses wasn’t enough, now perhaps comes the strangest twist of all; ME/CFS patients infected with one herpesvirus that’s been integrated into the DNA of... 
by Cort Johnson | Jun 8, 2013 | Antivirals, Epstein-Barr Virus, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pathogens
Herpesviruses are different; once you get infected – and everybody has been infected with them – you’re pretty much stuck with them for life. Usually they’re humbled by the immune system but if they roar back into life those bugs can cause... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 22, 2013 | Epstein-Barr Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pathogens
People with unexplained chronic fatigue and pain disorders tend to be pretty ‘foggy’. People with chronic fatigue syndrome contend with ‘brain fog’, people with fibromyalgia battle ‘fibro-fog’ and post-cancer fatigue patients...
