by Cort Johnson | Sep 1, 2019 | Cytokines, Gulf War Illness, Herbal, Herbs and Botanicals, Homepage, Immune, Klimas, Mifepristone, Neuroinflammation, NIH
I listened miserably to the sounds of silence broken by my occasional exclamations: “really?”, “no kidding”, “fascinating!”. During my two long sessions with Dr. Klimas, the recorder app on my phone had decided to record only my... 
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... 
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... 
by Cort Johnson | Aug 31, 2017 | Autonomic Nervous System, Brain, Cytokines, Herbs and Botanicals, Inflammation, Sleep, Sleep
Poor sleep is synonymous with both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. We know it produces fatigue, pain, irritation and mood issues but recent studies suggest that may just be the beginning of the problem. In fact, they suggest that poor sleep may have profound effects on our... 
by Cort Johnson | Jan 11, 2014 | Antivirals, Drugs, Herbs and Botanicals, Human Herpes Virus Six (HHV-6), Pridgen
Treatment Chimerix, the manufacturer of the herpesvirus drug, brincidofovir (formerly known as CMX001), recently went public and the guess is that they’re very confident about getting FDA approval. On your alternative treatments page you note brincidofovir...
