The Complement Connection in Long COVID: Microclots, Herpesviruses and More – Could it Explain Much?
Thanks to Geoff for providing a narration of this blog The "complement" system doesn't at first glance sound like much. Its name reflects the fact that, in part, it "complements" the immune system; i.e. it triggers immune cells to attack pathogens and clean up...
“The Death of Cancer” – and Ultimately ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID? A Review of Vincent DeVita’s Book
Listen to Geoff's narration of this blog This is a wrenching, disturbing blog. It's putatively about the war on cancer, but it's really about medicine and all the weirdnesses that goes into fighting a disease. You might think that in cancer - that deadliest of...
Copaxone – Could a Multiple Sclerosis Drug Help with ME/CFS?
Want to listen to the blog? Thanks to Geoff for providing a narration of it. 🙂 The multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) is back in the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) news. Health Rising first reported that Copaxone helped some ME/CFS...
Courtney Craig on Overcoming Depression with Ketamine, and Her Online Diet Course for ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID
Courtney Craig is something of a rarity. For one, it took her years, and a lot of study and trial and error, but she was able to become, in her words, a very "high-functioning" person with chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia (ME/CFS/FM). Coming down with ME/CFS/FM...
Hypothyroidism of the Muscle? A New Thyroid Subset Emerges in ME/CFS
Something new! Thanks so much to Geoff for doing a voice narration of the blog :). If you have any problems please let us know. This is the first of two blogs on atypical thyroid issues in diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and long...
Voracious Brains, Inflamed Muscles and Immune Invaders? The NIH ME/CFS and Long COVID Conference Pt. II
The second post on the NIH's ME/CFS and long COVID Conference focuses on a timely issue - the brain. The Nath study proposed that ME/CFS was an immune-driven brain disorder. This part of the conference made it clearer than ever that the...
The RECOVER Initiative – Not the Solution for Long COVID (Or Anyone Else)? The Lisa McCorkell Interview
The NIH's RECOVER Initiative is in a strange place. It's gone through most of its $1.15 billion nest egg without producing anything of note and its critics abound. It does have its supporters. Steven Deek at UCSF called RECOVER "a great success“, and other researchers...
Unraveled #4: Drs. Ruhoy and Kaufman on Sleep in ME/CFS, FM, long COVID and Allied Diseases
Sleep Series This is the 2nd in a series of (at least) 4 blogs on sleep. Health Rising's Sleep Series Pt. I – Dr. Bruck Interview - Bronc kicked the series off with an interview of Dr. Bruck - a retired sleep researcher whose son has ME/CFS. Pt. II – Ruhoy and...
Bad Motor? Are ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Long COVID all Motor Cortex Diseases?
Avindra Nath’s big ME/CFS NIH study recently found increased motor cortex excitability and issues with effort preference and “reward” in ME/CFS. Reward is kind of a weird but important term in neuroscience. The “reward system” is...