Michael VanElzakker’s hypothesis that infections of the vagus nerve cause ME/CFS has generated an enormous interest. Now the Tufts neuroscientist talks about how he got interested in ME/CFS, how he’s trying to test his hypothesis, why he believes it may be...
It could explain the disappointing Lipkin Chronic Fatigue Initiative pathogen study results. It shows how an infection could trigger ME/CFS and then – poof – seemingly disappear. It includes two hot research topics in ME/CFS; the autonomic nervous and...
These Australian researchers, overseen by Dr. Vollmer-Conna, begin their quest for the source of the cognitive difficulties in chronic fatigue syndrome by turning things on their ‘head’ (pun intended) a bit. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49518. doi:...
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome is not cancer; it’s rough, it can very debilitating but it’s usually not deadly. Cancer often is deadly and it’s very scary but it turns out the reward many people get for surviving the big C people is coming...
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