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
Younger is studying a potentially more effective and side-effect free form of low dose naltrexone called dextro naltrexone. His botanicals study containing 9 plant compounds including resveratrol and cucurmin has wrapped up as well.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 20, 2018 | CBT-GET, Homepage
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by Cort Johnson | Oct 13, 2018 | Cannabis, Cymbalta, Dextromethorphan, Fibromyalgia, Homepage, Low Dose Naltrexone, Lyrica, Neuroinflammation, Supplements
“Finding an objective neurochemical change in the brains of people who are used to being told that their problems are imaginary is pretty important…” Marco Loggia Jarred Younger has believed for quite some time that the glial cells in fibromyalgia...
by Cort Johnson | Oct 10, 2018 | CDC, Definition, Diagnosis, Exercise, HPA axis, Inflammation, Klimas, Mifepristone
Roundtable The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) flew in about 40 people from over two dozen organizations for the one-day CDC Roundtable on Medical Education and ME/CFS. It was a busy 24 hours. Everyone flew in the night before to a hotel near the airport, spent the...
by Cort Johnson | Sep 30, 2018 | Brain, Herbs and Botanicals, Immune, Mast cell activation syndrome
Theoharis Theoharides believes that metabolic problems are present in ME/CFS but he has a new idea why they’re occurring. In a hypothesis where mast cells meet the brain, Theoharides proposes that mast cells in the hypothalamus are pouring out neuro-inflammatory...