Posted by Cort Johnson [ATTACH]3001[/ATTACH]Amy Dockser Marcus at the Wall Street Journal has become the go-to journalist for news on XMRV and CFS in the national media. Now she’s broken the news that the Alter study, soon to be published in the prestigious journal “The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America”, has now
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‘Altered’ Reality: the XMRV Papers Disappearing Trick
Posted by Cort Johnson Amy Dockser Marcus at the Wall Street Journal has become the go-to journalist for news on XMRV and CFS in the national media. Now she’s broken the news that the Alter study, soon to be published in the prestigious journal “The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America”, has now
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Posted by Cort Johnson Patients leapt for joy at the news suggesting that the WPI’s findings have been validated by two major institutions in the US but not everybody was happy that the information had been released in a way it was. The Whittemore Peterson Institute’s Facebook site posted a link to Dr. Raccienllo’s blog but refused to discuss the
ContinueXMRV Confirmation Just Around the Corner? Journalists Report that NIH and FDA Confirm Findings…
Posted by Cort Johnson Dutch Journalists have been all over the European XMRV Conferences. Now in a startling announcement two Dutch journalists from the Health Professionals Journal Ortho report that they were able to obtain a lecture from NIH official Dr. Harvey Alter at the Blood Transfusion workshop May 26/27th in Zagreb, stating that both the FDA and NIH had
ContinuePregnenolone : A Different Approach to Adrenal Problems
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Cort I put this together after getting an email from someone I know about a kind of unusual treatment that worked very well for her. June’s adrenal glands weren’t just low – they were shot. In fact her cortisol levels were low enough to get her diagnosed with
ContinueOpen Pandora’s Moneybox – Vote in the Chase Community Giving Contest
Posted by Cort Johnson When I finally got what the Chase Community Giving Contest really is it made my jaw drop. What it is is easy money for non-profits – and lots of it – and in these difficult economic times that’s a godsend for nonprofits. Chase has deposited a boatload of money (5 million dollars) that it’s going to
ContinueA Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Patient Returns: An Interview with Martha Kilcoyne by Cort Johnson
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Quote: After a bout with the flu when she was pregnant in 1993 Martha Kilcoyne was stuck with flu-like symptoms that never went away. On disability after two years of fruitless battle with the disease, she and her husband started over from ground zero. Working by themselves they pioneered several
ContinueChristmas Shopping For Phoenix Rising
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Shopping! The easy way to support Phoenix Rising as it takes on some large projects. Every time you use Phoenix Rising to purchase something on Amazon.com Phoenix Rising will receive a 4 to 8% return on your purchase. All your purchases will take place on a special Phoenix Rising section
ContinueDr. Nancy Klimas on Her New Clinic and More
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Klimas has been one of the central figures in CFS. A prominent AIDS researcher in the mid-1980’s she became acquainted with CFS when patients with another strange kind of immune dysfunction showed up on her door. In Osler’s Web she recounts that she, like everyone else, ‘tried not to believe in it” (eg CFS) but
ContinueJoke COMPETITION now running (Set up by Yours Truly)
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by Victoria (I suspect you are all feeling a little disgruntled, fed up with Chronic illness & pain, & need a good laugh) I am starting a competition. Whoever posts the funniest Joke of the Month of June, wins the $50 credit sitting in my PayPal account (they gave
Continue$250 000 dollar for P.A.N.D.O.R.A. NEW SHORTER VIDEO, NEW CAMPAIGN.
Posted by Cort Johnson By simply voting, P.A.N.D.O.R.A. can win up to $250 000 and Pandora can use it – they want to create WPI-like Neuroendocrineimmune Treatment/Research/Educational Center in New Jersey (and then in Florida). Watch the instructional video in full size by clicking on read more: PANDORA is in the top 200 and wins $20 000 at this point
Continue‘It’s All Academic’: How the Medical Research System Rewards Researchers Not Patients
Posted by Cort Johnson The NIH invests over $31.2* billion annually in medical research for the American people. NIH website There’s something fishy with the way the medical system works. Take this simple fact; from 1996-1999 the FDA approved 157 new drugs. From 2006 to 2009, not long after the NIH’s budget had more than doubled..the FDA approved only 74
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