Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums Written by VillageLife Giving Hope and Thanks This Christmas.
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Phoenix Rising and Rising….PR Is Official!
Posted by Cort Johnson Phoenix Rising is an officially designated 501 3C non-profit which means that donations are tax deductable, and, of course, we’d love to take some off your hands :) Phoenix Rising is currently engaged in several exciting projects; two treatment and physician review projects to help patients better determine which treatments to take and which doctors to
ContinueThe Stanford Initiative For Chronic Infectious Diseases (including ME/CFS)
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Montoya runs the Infectious Disease Clinic at Stanford University. His 50 plus publications have focused on wide range of pathogens including toxoplasma, encephalomyelitis, herpesvirus 6, cytomegalovirus, acanthoamoeba, and many more etc. A preliminary study several years ago suggesting that antiviral therapy returned a large percentage of the recipients to health sent a jolt through the
ContinueXMRV Buzz: Racaniello Retracts/Miller Jumps In/Retrovirologist ‘Superteam’ To Form…
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Racaniello Retracts Statement About XMRV and CFS – showing an admirable commitment to the pursuit of the truth Dr Racaniello made an abrupt about face regarding his statement that the four papers were ‘probably the beginning of the end of XMRV and CFS’. His new blog “XMRV and CFS- It’s Not the End’ paints a
ContinueXMRV Buzz (Dec 21st): The Retrovirology Papers Day II
Posted by Cort Johnson The Retrovirology Papers: Day Two – Not surprisingly the media jumped on the titillating but wrong story and stated XMRV was done and that it was not the cause of ME/CFS. XMRV certainly did take a hit, yesterday, but several important names, particularly Dr. Coffin – who was a co-author of two of the papers ,
ContinueME/CFS Books for the Holidays
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums All these books are by people with ME/CFS and all have received excellent reviews. This is an opportunity to support people with ME/CFS and get a good read in at the same time. If you know of other books please add them in the comments :) Unbroken by Lauren Hillebrand
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Posted by Cort Johnson The WPI response to the Papers Published in Retrovirology The Lombardi et al. and Lo et al. studies were done using four different methods of detection. They were not simply PCR experiments, as were the studies by McClure et al. and others who have recently reported their difficulties with contamination. Experienced researchers such as Mikovits, Lombardi,
ContinueRetrovirology Publishes Five Articles on XMRV and Contamination
Posted by Cort Johnson Retrovirology Journal Publishes Four Studies on XMRV and Contamination Retrovirology today published four studies that focus on the contamination issue with XMRV. None of them are definitive, and none of them demonstrate that contamination resulted in the findings of the original paper, but they do indicate how careful researchers have to be when they explore this
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 becomes a non-profit and begins taking 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
ContinueBlood Products Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement (BPAC) December 14-15, 2010
Discuss this article on the forums Written by Otis Support CFS at the Dept of Health and Human Services – register for the CAA Blood Working Group Seminar The DHHS is where the money is. Whether you love, like, dislike or cringe at the idea of being associated with the CFIDS Association, I encourage you to register – so that
ContinueA ‘Draw’ at the Blood Working Group Meeting
Posted by Cort Johnson Discuss this article on the forums A Wild Day- the Blood Working Group Reports – All thanks have to go to ValB626 on the MECFS Forums for just pouring out page after page of details from the hours of testimony and discussion on XMRV. Without it we would have had very little. It was exciting, we
ContinueMy ME/CFS Story: from the Amygdala Retraining On
Posted by Cort Johnson (This brings my story on the website up to date) After 25 years plus with ME/CFS I had tried all sorts of treatments. For about the first 10 years nothing worked and then all of a sudden lots of things began to work. Zinc solution, for some reason, all of sudden, bumped up my energy noticeably.
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