The bottom line is always treatments. Long COVID has brought a ton of interest to post-infectious illnesses. Researchers are asking whether they are actually autoimmune diseases, how big of a role coagulation or gut microbiome problems play, if viral reactivation is...
The Ramsay Awards provide pilot grants that give researchers the ability to gather the data they need to apply for much larger NIH grants. As it has over the past couple of years, the Solve ME Initiative places a heavy focus on funding clinical trials that could...
Several studies suggest that butyrate-producing bacteria are reduced in people with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and possibly fibromyalgia (FM) and long COVID. The fact that three different techniques have found reduced levels of butyrate-reducing bacteria in...
This is the second in a series of blogs exploring potential gut treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and allied disorders. Fermenting Health? The Stanford Fermented Foods / High Fiber Gut Study The first fecal transplant study in ME/CFS...
(My apologies for those who got two email blasts. I’m not sure how that happened.) In this hour plus Q&A with Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group I got to blab about hot topics in fibromyalgia research, hope for future treatments, how chronic fatigue...
About ten studies suggest that the gut flora in ME/CFS is having a bad bloom. Plus, every week more and more studies come out which underline the surprisingly important role the gut plays in our health. But how to return the gut flora of ME/CFS patients to health?...