NIH: Genetic explanation uncovered with links to ME/CFS symptoms
Previously unexplained symptoms found associated with multiple copies of a single gene. Big news out of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today as the scientists at the National Institute […]
Health Rising & Business Wire: Did MitoQ Mend Us?
Cort Johnson, founder of Healthrising.org, recently teamed up with neuroscientist Joshua Grant of Mendus.org to complete a six-week, 144 person study titled entitled “The influence of MitoQ on symptoms and […]
Gut Microbiome and ME/CFS – Research Study Conclusion
Recent work from the Hanson group at Cornell University addressing the potential contribution of gut microbiome to the pathophysiology of ME/CFS was published recently in the journal Microbiome. In the […]
Bel Mara Health, Women’s Health: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) associated with early menopause: Study
Last year, a study published in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society, revealed a newfound link between Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), […]
Dr. Susan Levine’s Responses to Follow-Up Webinar Questions
In Part Two of her follow-up to our March 17 webinar, Dr. Susan Levine, founder of the Medical Office of Susan M. Levine, M.D., responds to a wide range of patient questions that time did not was not able to field during the webinar. Read More…
Dr. Susan Levine’s Responses to Follow-Up Webinar Questions—Part I
On March 17, the Solve ME/CFS Initiative hosted a webinar with Dr. Susan Levine, founder of the Medical Office of Susan M. Levine, M.D., called, “The Future of ME/CFS.” Read More…
Guest Blog: Making Reasonable Accommodations for ME/CFS Students
Guest blogger Michael Ottlinger, PhD, addresses the reasonable accommodations that must be made for students with ME/CFS. Read More…
Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian ME/CFS Interview in L.A.
Stuart Murdoch, lead singer of the indie band Belle and Sebastian, talks to the Solve ME/CFS Initiative about his experience with the disease myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Stuart was in […]
Guest Blog: Dr. Lucinda Bateman on the Discussion Surrounding the IOM Report
Lucinda Bateman, MD, specializes in the diagnosis and management of unexplained chronic fatigue, ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. Having served on the IOM committee that produced the recent report, Beyond ME/CFS: Redefining an Illness, she brings an in-depth, well-informed opinion to the conversation surrounding the IOM report on ME/CFS, the new diagnostic criteria and the proposed name, Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID). READ MORE…
IOM Report Released – Recommends New Diagnostic Criteria, Calls for More Research, and Proposes New Disease Name
IOM Report Released – Recommends New Diagnostic Criteria, Calls for More Research, and Proposes New Disease Name. The report underscores the profound impact that ME/CFS has on the millions who suffer from it worldwide (est. 17 million) and the importance of getting people diagnosed; committee calls for more research funding. READ MORE…
Guest Blog: Armin Alaedini, PhD – The Search for Food Sensitivity Biomarkers in ME/CFS
Often those with ME/CFS experience gastrointestinal symptoms. Biomarkers of these symptoms could help to identify subtypes in ME/CFS. Dr. Armin Aledini is using samples from the SolveCFS BioBank™ to look for auto-antibodies against a range of dietary proteins. In this guest blog post he discusses Celiac disease, which is a commonly misdiagnosed condition with symptoms similar to ME/CFS. READ MORE…
Deciphering Post-Exertional Malaise
On September 18, 2014, Dane B. Cook, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Solve ME/CFS Initiative 2011 funded investigator, presented our most popular webinar of the year on the system biology approach his team is taking to provide a clear picture as to what causes post-exertional malaise. In this guest post for our blog, Dr. Cook reviews the material presented and tackles the many questions we received from webinar participants.