Tag Archives: Cort Johnson
Ampligen – the first drug approved in the world for ME/CFS
Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 25 August, 2016: Ampligen Takes Big Step Forward – Becomes First Drug Approved Anywhere For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Ampligen became the first drug approved for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) anywhere in the world … Continue reading
US report says there’s (almost) no evidence CBT/GET work in ME/CFS
Health rising blog, by Cort Johnson, 18 August 2016: Federal Report Says There’s (Almost) No Evidence CBT/GET Work in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) This has a been good week for advocacy. It’s shown that smart advocacy works. Twice advocates went … Continue reading
Recovering from CFS & FM – The Lerner Way
Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, Aug 12, 2016: Recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia – The Lerner Way Recovery Recoveries or near recoveries from chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and/or fibromyalgia don’t happen often but they do occur. … Continue reading
Post Lyme Disease & ME/CFS – are they the same?
Simmaron research blog post, by Cort Johnson, August 6, 2016: Post Lyme Disease and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) – Are They The Same? Post treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLSD) occurs when someone is treated for Lyme disease but never recovers. … Continue reading
Rehmeyer makes statisticians’ ‘jaws drop’ over PACE
MEAction blog post by Alex Anderssen, 8 August 2016: Rehmeyer makes statisticians’ ‘jaws drop’ over PACE Science writer Julie Rehmeyer presented a critique of the PACE trial to North America’s largest gathering of statisticians in Chicago earlier this week. Her talk was titled, “Bad … Continue reading
The blood volume paradox in ME/CFS & POTS
Health Rising blog post: The Blood Volume Paradox in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and POTS by Cort Johnson, 29 July 2016. Kunihisa Miwa, a Japanese ME/CFS researcher, has been on something of a roll. Through no less than five studies he pioneered the … Continue reading
Mixed results for MitoQ in FM & CFS study
Research abstract: Fibromyalgia (FM), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are disorders with similar symptom constellations including pain, fatigue, cognitive problems and sleep disturbance, among others. These multi-system illnesses have many known abnormalities, few reliable treatment options and … Continue reading
Is FM a danger to ME/CFS?
Health rising blog post by Cort Johnson, 5 June: Is Fibromyalgia a danger to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? Extract: Sharing similar symptoms with a much larger disease could be problematic if the two diseases are not precisely differentiated. Not only … Continue reading
The other MEGA ME/CFS project
Simmaron research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 29 June 2016: The Other MEGA Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Project: Dr. Hornig Talks Three MEGA chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) projects (The OMF’s Severe ME/CFS Big Data project, NIH’s Clinical Center Study, The UK’s Grand … Continue reading
