by Cort Johnson | Apr 20, 2019 | Ketamine, Prefrontal Cortex, Treatment
For years, ketamine was known for its use as an anesthetic or as a recreational drug. Its ability to provide quick and safe sedation saved many lives during the Vietnam war and is still the preferred anesthetic in battlefield situations. It can be used to induce a... 
by Cort Johnson | Apr 15, 2019 | Antivirals, Bateman, Energy Production, Gut, Heavy Metals, Homepage, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Metabolism, Microbiome, Orthostatic intolerance, Oxidative Stress, Peterson, T-cells
Day two of the Conference – not all of which is covered here, started off with a physicians’ panel, then NIH Director Francis Collins showed up (covered later) just before the Intramural study presented some results, then it was onto Ian Lipkin, Dr. Oh,... 
by Kristin Kollinger | Feb 19, 2019 | Cannabis, Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Mind/body, Mindfulness
I was a 29-year-old career woman who had been burning the candle at both ends for as long as I can remember. I had a high-powered job that required weekly travel, both nationally and internationally, consulting for executive management teams in Fortune 500 companies... 
by Cort Johnson | Dec 12, 2018 | Allodynia, Autoimmune, Brain, Gut, Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Ivabradine, IVIG, Migraine, Prefrontal Cortex
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... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 3, 2018 | Autoimmune, Drugs, Energy Production, Genetics, Homepage, Inflammation, Mast cell activation syndrome
The Solve ME/CFS Initiative’s Ramsay Awards are small grants (@$50K – only in the medical field is 50K small) but potentially mighty grants. They are designed to give researchers the funding to produce pilot data needed to get really big grants – the... 
by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2018 | Herbs and Botanicals, Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Opioid drugs
This is the last of three blogs emanating from interviews with Jarred Younger at his Neuroinflammation, Fatigue and Pain lab at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and at the 2018 Stanford Symposium Younger wanted to know one thing from his post-doc group studying...
