Studies suggest that a branch of the immune system called the complement system may play a key role in long COVID - and perhaps in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as well.
Sleep Series This is the 2nd in a series of (at least) 4 blogs on sleep. Health Rising’s Sleep Series Pt. I – Dr. Bruck Interview – Bronc kicked the series off with an interview of Dr. Bruck – a retired sleep researcher whose son has ME/CFS. Pt. II...
One of the dangers facing the long-COVID research field was an over-emphasis on immune functioning and an under-emphasis on metabolism and energy production. While exercise studies showed up pretty early in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), it took the field a while...
A triple antiviral drug combination attacking both the coronaviruses and herpesviruses in long COVID score some impressive results in a very early trial.
The Itaconate Shunt hypothesis could explain why an infection produces so much fatigue, brainfog, postexertional malaise and other symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)
The brain and the blood vessels. So intimately intertwined but so rarely studied together. In retrospect, that’s kind of strange as blood vessels may have more to do with brain functioning than anything else. By weight, the brain is almost a non-entity –...
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