Dr. 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

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Hammering CFS: A Vistide Success

Posted by Cort Johnson A Recovering/Recovering Story – The wide range of recovering stories demonstrate how varied the ME/CFS population is; each story will only apply to a subset of people with ME/CFS (Vistide is a very strong drug that Dr. Peterson has been using in select patients for several years now. HVS has been telling about his experiences with

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A Visit to Dr. Peterson: Pts I, II and III

Let me begin by listing my reasons for writing this. To share my experiences with everyone who’s interested but may never intend to see Dr. Peterson.To give some insight to anyone who might be considering making an appointment but may have concerns regarding what it may entailTo help someone prepare for a scheduled appointment to see Dr. Peterson Becoming A

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2009 In Review

Posted by Cort Johnson EVENTS Biggest Event – what else? XMRV takes the spotlight as no research finding has before, retrovirologists across the world clamor for samples, worry mounts about a tainted blood supply, Hilary Johnson blows into the New York Times Op Ed section, and patients gasp and cross their fingers in hopes that it will all work out. See XMRV

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A CFS Chart on Every Doctor’s Wall

Posted by Cort Johnson Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is complicated. That’s bad enough for patients but for many physicians it’s entirely too complicated – the last person they want to see walk thru their office door is a chronic fatigue syndrome patient. Given the lack of chronic fatigue syndrome specialists – that’s a big problem – there are no substitutes

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Good Morning America Gets It Right!

Posted by Cort Johnson Its nice to see chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) well represented on the national stage. Dr. Donnica Moore was comfortable and poised on Good Morning America as she clearly enunciated many of the major aspects of ME/CFS.  Early on she focused on post-exertional malaise – something we really need to get across. The inevitable depression question didn’t

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Dr. Cheney Goes His Own Way – Again

Posted by Cort Johnson In April Dr. Cheney startled ME/CFS patients he announced that based on echocardiographic testing, that several commonly used supplements, some of which he had previously championed , were actually bad for ME/CFS patients. They included glutathione/whey protein, coenzyme Q. 10, D-Ribose and Vit D. Now he’s casting doubt on another core treatment; omega-3 fatty acids (fish

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Listen To M.E. – An ME/CFS Recovery Story: Part I

Posted by Cort Johnson This is  the most extroardinary recovery story I’ve ever heard. I’d known this person before his health had completely fallen apart. He’d participated heavily in the ME/CFS forums and had obviously studied this disease intensely but he’d basically slid off a cliff.   His case of ME/CFS had progressed far, far beyond what most people face,

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Dr. Logan on H2S, Fiber and the Gut

Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Logan is a board certified naturopathic physician who graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York.  An invited faculty member at the Harvard School of  Continuing Medical Education and published researcher he is the author of “The Brain Diet” and the co-author with Dr. Alison Bested of a recently updated book on

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