Amber’s Long MCAS, POTS, MCS, ME/CFS Recovery Story
All eight of Health Rising’s recent recovery stories have featured different approaches thus far and so it goes with Amber’s story. Everything is different with Amber – she is different – and her pathway to wellness is different. Amber’s...
Does Mast Cell Activation Explain IBS (and Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS)?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a pretty big deal. The most common gut disorder, IBS, costs the U.S. economy about $1 billion a year and occurs in a considerable number of people with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromyalgia (FM). It, ME/CFS and FM,...
What “Phantom Nasal Congestion” May Tell Us About ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
When you have a systemic disease, any part of your body can provide a clue – even your nose. Over 15 years from 1998 to 2012, James Baraniuk, a longtime ME/CFS and GWI researcher at Georgetown University, became the first and thus far the last person to try and...
Marijuana as Medicine for ME/CFS and/or Fibromyalgia Pt I: The Science Behind Cannabis
This is Part I of a five-part series on using marijuana or Cannabis as medicine for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromaylgia (FM). The first two parts by Amber focus on the science behind using Cannabis and how to get started on it. Summary Cannabis...
Ramsay’s Continue Focus on the Mitochondria in ME/CFS – Plus, the Hunt for a Drug Target is On (!)
The Solve ME/CFS Initiative’s Ramsay Awards are small grants (@$50K – only in the medical field is 50K small) but potentially mighty grants. They are designed to give researchers the funding to produce pilot data needed to get really big grants – the...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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