by Cort Johnson | Feb 8, 2018 | Brain, Cortene, Homepage, HPA axis, Treatment
Research funding for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has been poor at best but clinical trials have elicited a wholly different degree of disappointment altogether. Few clinical trials are ever done and those often involve alternative approaches. The six active...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 20, 2018 | Brain, Cognition, Fibromyalgia and Pain, Homepage, Research, Stimulants
Two Cognitive Diseases Fibromyalgia is more than a pain disease – it’s also a cognitive disease. In fact, some studies suggest the cognitive issues can present more problems than the pain. They’ve been prevalent and serious enough to spark the...
by Cort Johnson | Jan 6, 2018 | Cannabis, Homepage, Migraine, Opioid drugs, Treatment
The FDA is clamping down harder and harder on opioid drugs, but it’s the Justice Department that’s probably sending the chills up some doctors’ spines. The Justice Department’s Opioid Fraud and Abuse Detection Unit, which operates in 12...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 18, 2017 | Antivirals, Herpes Simplex Virus, Homepage, Pridgen, Treatment
Patient “X” was living high when he got ill. A course creator and director for an enterprise delivering transformational experiences, X thrived on his 100-hour work weeks. From the U.S. to lndia to Australia to Germany, he made his living making a difference with...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 13, 2017 | Autoimmune, Homepage, IVIG, Research, Small Fiber Neuropathy, Treatment
Difference-Maker Unlike FMS, SFPN has identifiable pathology, physiology, and causes, and thus is definitionally a disease. Oaklander et. Al. Dr. Anne Oaklander MD, PhD, is making a difference – maybe a very big difference in the lives of many. Making a...
by Amber Ella | Dec 1, 2017 | Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Homepage, Treatment
Caroline returns with a not uncommon story of a complicated chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) diagnosis. From fibromyalgia to Ehlers-Danlos syndromes to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) to mast cell activation syndrome (MAST) to intracranial...