Sensory Distress: The Other Side of Fibromyalgia
“If we lose sight of pleasures … that intoxicate the senses in the most sensuous and beautiful and simplest of ways, then we’ve lost a lot.” – Savannah Page Researchers have used heat, electricity, chemicals, and pressure to evoke pain in FM...
Fatigue Explained? Japanese Assert Brain Damage Causes Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A Central Nervous System Hypothesis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome “… neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies in combination with subjective or a newly developed objective evaluation method of chronic fatigue have begun to clarify the mechanisms underlying...
The ‘Insulted Midbrain’ in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Recently Dr. Lucinda Bateman proposed that neuroinflammation in the middle part of the brain could explain many, if not all, of the symptoms found in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. With that intriguing hypothesis in mind, we take a look back at a fascinating MRI study by...
Breaking the BDNF Blues: Dr. Courtney Craig D.C. on Natural Ways to Raise BDNF Levels in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(In part two of our series on BDNF and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Dr. Courtney Craig looks at natural ways to increase BDNF levels.) A Modifiable Piece of the ME/CFS Puzzle? BDNF Leading ME/CFS researcher Lenny Jason and his group just released a novel study showing...
Knackered Nerves: Do Low BDNF Levels Spell Nerve Exhaustion in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Pt. I
“The decreased production [of BDNF] in those with CFS was unexpected and a novel finding. This finding could reflect a reduced ability to maintain neuronal structure and function in … CFS.” Authors Chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis don’t get paired in...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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