The Proove genetic test for fibromyalgia – is the first genetic test that I know of for FM. It’s not a diagnostic test – it’s focused on guiding treatment options. It identifies ten genes that can affect drug metabolism and one gene that affects...
The issue at stake was a big one. It asked whether changes to the original protocol of the PACE trial ended up stacking the deck. It was easy to see how they might have; some of the recovery criteria were so weird as to seem ridiculous. The changes in the studies...
Chronic pain costs more than heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined yet gets a fraction of their funding. Judy Foreman knows well the cost of our medical systems dysfunctional approach to pain. A medical journalist used to good medical care, she was dismayed by...
Ampligen became the first drug ever approved for use in ME/CFS when ANMAT, Argentine’s FDA, approved the drug for use in severe ME/CFS patients. The approval should provide a clear pathway for Ampligen’s approval elsewhere. The U.S. is the odd man out in...
Infection Fells Teenager In August 2014, a formerly very healthy and active Jack Schlanger entered the realm of the chronically ill. The thirteen-year-old’s story began with three days of high fever followed by eight days of lower-grade fever and extreme...
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