Signs of Change? Did Two ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia “Moments” Just Occur?
ME/CFS and FM Moments? I think of “moments” as unusual events that suggest the tide may be turning for these common but sorely neglected diseases. Health Rising has documented several possible ME/CFS “moments” over the past two years and now we...
CHROME Study Seeks Diagnostic Biomarkers for ME/CFS
(Apologies for two email blasts for those who got them. We had a scheduling mix-up) A study seeking to uncover a diagnostic biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that you can participate in from your home? That was unexpected. I had never heard of Dxterity...
Study Suggests Similar Processes Are Driving Long COVID and ME/CFS
Eric Schadt, the study’s senior author, is not your average researcher, and Phillip Comella, the lead author, has personal experience with mysterious diseases and difficult diagnoses. A biomathematician and bioengineer, Schadt has been at the forefront of...
Montreal Study Links Inflammation with PEM in Severely Ill ME/CFS Patients
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a fascinating potential factor for ME/CFS because they are malleable; i.e they can change over time, and they affect gene expression. That gives them the power to biologically rewrite who we are. While they can’t change our underlying DNA...
Genetic Study Finds Mitochondrial Link to Fibromyalgia
Researchers in both fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are doing deeper dives into the genetics of these illnesses than have ever been done before and they’re coming up with some surprises. Travis Craddock of the Institute for Neuroimmune...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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