Original Sin? Could a Cold Virus Be Causing Long COVID? (or Other Post-Infectious Illnesses?)
Researchers find yet another way to potentially explain long COVID and perhaps other post-infectious illnesses One outcome of more or less abundant funding and the worldwide reach of COVID-19 is the creativity that gets unleashed. This Harvard study “Impact of...
Cleaning Crisis? Defective Mitochondrial Cleanup In ME/CFS May Be Impairing Energy Production
The mitochondria are a big mystery in ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. Plenty of evidence – most of it from small studies, admittedly – suggests the mitochondria are involved. Nailing down exactly what’s gone wrong has not been easy given the variety of...
Myoglobin, Platelets and Monocytes, Oh My: The IACFS/ME Conference Review #III
In part III of Health Rising’s coverage of the 2022 IACFS/ME Conference, we cover presentations by members of Maureen Hanson’s NIH-funded ME/CFS research center. Systrom’s Keynote Address Kicks off IACFS/ME ME/CFS and Long-COVID Conference The Hugely...
The Hugely Predictive Factor for Long COVID…is also found in ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: the IACFS/ME Conference II
This is the second in a series of blogs on the IACFS/ME 2022 International Conference on ME/CFS (and long COVID). The last one focused on David Systrom’s Keynote address. This one focused on an hour-long talk that kicked off the keynote session. Systrom’s...
Fatigue Goes Legit at the NIH: The “Beyond the Symptom – Biology of Fatigue” Workshop
Although fatigue has traditionally been scorned in medical research. studies show that ME/CFS – the “chronic fatigue syndrome” – is significantly more functionally disabling than multiple sclerosis, heart failure, diabetes, depression, and...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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