by Cort Johnson | Mar 26, 2016 | Mind/body, Treatment
The PACE trial has taken its hits – plenty of them but it’s never taken a hit like this – a full blown critique by the head of a statistical organization. With it’s publisher Lancet still deflecting inquiries the PACE trial is still alive but... 
by Cort Johnson | Jul 7, 2015 | Epigenetics, Homepage, Mind/body
“My goal is to help those suffering from chronic conditions better understand the intersection between our neurobiology, immunology and the deepest inner workings of the human heart — and to use that understanding to embark on a transformation to healing.” —Donna... 
by Cort Johnson | Feb 16, 2015 | Allodynia, Brain, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Ketamine, Lyrica, Mind/body
The Pain Brain Sometimes you’ve got to ask wonder where is it going to stop with fibromyalgia (FM) and the brain? Reductions in the volume of “gray matter” (the neuronal cell bodies and glial cells as opposed to the long nerve fibers) have been found... 
by Cort Johnson | Nov 26, 2014 | Cymbalta, Exercise, Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Lyrica, Mind/body, Opioid drugs, Savella, Sleep
When I saw that the video “Fibromyalgia: It’s Real It’s Manageable What You Can Do” had been viewed almost 85,000 times I had to check it out. In it, Dr. Andrew Gross, the head of the Rheumatology Clinic at the University of California at San... 
by Linn Cole | Aug 31, 2014 | Homepage, Mind/body
I learned to meditate in 2007 and developed CFS in 2011. In the three years in between, I participated in some 20 retreats of 2 to 14 days in length. Yes, meditation is addictive (in the best way possible). Yet since I became sick, I’ve mostly discarded... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 10, 2014 | Homepage, Mind/body
(A continuing series of blogs on “The Last Best Cure“; one woman’s attempt to find joy and improve her health while battling an autoimmune disorder.) “The good news is that we are not our thoughts.” – Clifford Saron, PhD, Center for Mind and...
