by Cort Johnson | Aug 19, 2018 | Autonomic Nervous System, Energy Production, Homepage, POTS
Despite the current lack of consensus as to the underlying biological basis of CFS, there is considerable evidence … to highlight an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system as a unifying pathological factor. Newton et. al. 2013 A fascinating case of research... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 17, 2018 | Clonidine, Conference Reports, Homepage, Ivabradine, Mast cell activation syndrome, POTS, Propanolol
Italo Biaggioni, a respected Vanderbilt researcher in the field, has co-authored 100’s of studies on dysautonomia. He was an impressive speaker, at ease and relaxed in front of the room. I felt like I was sitting in his living room. He noted that the... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 15, 2018 | Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome, Autoimmune, Autonomic Nervous System, Conference Reports, Heparin, Homepage, POTS
This blog is part IV in a series of blogs covering the issues presented at the 2018 Dysautonomia International Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. As if we needed another syndrome. Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS),... 
by Remy | Aug 9, 2018 | Autoimmune, Complement, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Genetics, Homepage, HPA axis, Mast cell activation syndrome, POTS, Research
The RCCX hypothesis blog by Remy is the third in a series of blogs by Health Rising which highlight hypotheses produced by health care professionals which attempt to shed a new light on the chronic fatigue syndrome / fibromyalgia spectrum of diseases. What if ME/CFS... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 18, 2018 | Autonomic Nervous System, Conference Reports, Homepage, POTS, Research, Small Fiber Neuropathy, Treatment
Surprises Off all the cities I drove through on the Vegas to Florida to D.C. to Nashville to Birmingham to Tuscaloosa to St Louis, Kansas City and then on to Denver, Nashville was the biggest surprise. It’s not a big city, but cranes are everywhere lifting new,... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 28, 2018 | Autoimmune, Homepage, Immune, POTS, Research
If you think ME/CFS and FM are behind the eight ball at the NIH, then check out postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a common comorbidity. The NIH doesn’t even measure POTS funding but then how could it? POTS doesn’t even have a designated...
