Dr. Singh
An Old Murine Leukemia Virus (MLV) Hand
Dr. Singh knows these viruses well and she’s not surprised at the difficulty researchers are having pining them down. She has been studying XMRV for four years and a close relative of it (Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus) for 12 years. ](How lucky we were that a major MLV researcher in the area located just down the street from Dr Bateman). I asked her if she was having more or less trouble with XMRV than she did with the Moloney Virus when she first got started with it and she said it was about the same.… Read More
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Standing is just not a pleasant experience for many people with CFS. The autonomic nervous systems of a chunk of people with ME/CFS dysfunction when they stand up – sending their heart rates soaring, their blood vessels opening instead of closing and , their brains into confusion due to lack of oxygen. But even if they can stand their problems may still not be over because then they have to balance and that can be problematic in ME/CFS as well.
(written for EmpowHER.com 
(A recent Fibromyalgia Tai Chi study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found substantial improvements after a 12 week, twice a week trial of Tai Chi. SF 36 scores were moderately increased while Fibromyalgia Impact Test scores (FIQ) dramatically improved indicating increased activity levels. 
‘Names’ Step Out - A key, key need for 25 years has been to get distinguished researchers, ‘names’, interested in ME/CFS. We’ve always had good, committed researchers but rarely have we had people who could be counted as ‘opinion-makers’ or leaders.
Dr. Cheney gave permission to have his comments on the Workshop posted here. Thanks to Rich for contributing it.
