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
October 17, 2016
Previously unexplained symptoms found associated with multiple copies of a single gene. Big news out
Cort Johnson, founder of Healthrising.org, recently teamed up with neuroscientist Joshua Grant of Mendus.org to
Recent work from the Hanson group at Cornell University addressing the potential contribution of gut
Last year, a study published in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society,
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…
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. 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…
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…
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.
In the 2nd part of this three-part blog series on physical examination in ME/CFS, Dr. Peter Rowe discusses joint hypermobility. Read More…
September is Pain Awareness Month; we wanted to bring you some resources about managing the pain associated with ME/CFS. For a long time pain was not thought to be a prominent symptom in ME/CFS, but muscle pain, joint pain and headache are common in ME/CFS patients.
By Jennifer Spotila, J.D. for The CFIDS Association of America, 2010 Part One – Unraveling
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