Few studies ten years ago considered the gut and its flora in the context of chronic disease. Now microbiome studies are popping up in just about every disease. The “gut-brain” axis is a real thing. The bacteria in the gut appear to be able to affect brain...
Remy provides the second in a series of blogs on using nimidopine – a calcium channel blocking drug – in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). As described in Dr. Katherine Downing-Orr’s 2010 book, “Beating Chronic Fatigue Your...
A Molecular Revolution We are in the midst of a molecular revolution. Instead of plucking out individual factors and studying them, researchers are ploughing through immense amounts of data to try and get at the molecular roots of illness. They’re using genetic,...
It’s always hard to lose a loved one, but the deaths in ME/CFS seem particularly hard. They tend to be quite painful, they often take place in the midst of a non-supportive medical system, and they’re a complete mystery. With no seeming way out it’s...
The HEAL Initiative (Helping End Addiction Long Term) is one of the rare NIH initiatives that presents real possibilities for a long neglected population. It took an act of Congress – which gave the NIH $500 million and specifically directed them to use it attack...
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