Extraordinary NIH ME/CFS Clinical Center Study May be Most Comprehensive and In-Depth Ever
Thanks to Simon and MEAction for allowing Health Rising to post Simon’s exposition of the truly remarkable chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) study about to take place at the NIH. This blog first appeared on MEAction. Most images and captions were added by me...
Are All the “Feel-Good” Pathways Blocked in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Missing that runner’s high? (Any high at all?) Your living circumstances or the losses you have endured may not be to blame. The loss of those good feelings may not be due to depression. Physiology could be behind all of them. “Highs” or good...
Fibromyalgia and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: the Neurogenic Inflammation Connection
On the face of it, fibromyalgia (FM) and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) appear to be very different disorders. Both can cause severe pain, but in fibromyalgia the pain is generally widespread and less intense (relative to CRPS, anyway), and more intense and...
Standing Clear: Drug Stops Orthostatic Intolerance in ME/CFS In Lab – Next Steps
Few healthy people give any thought at all to standing up, but for a subset of people with chronic fatigue syndrome standing up is an act that’s fraught with peril. Whether their hearts start racing (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and/or their...
Biomarker for Fatigue Could Help Validate Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Measuring Fatigue Finally? How to objectively measure fatigue has dogged chronic fatigue syndrome field for decades. Until researchers can tell how fatigued a person really is people with ME/CFS and FM will always have to deal with the “I’m tired,...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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