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
ContinueA 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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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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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
ContinueDr. 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
ContinueDr. Chia Produces Herbal Immunodulator – Oxymatrine
Posted by Cort Johnson Dr. Chia, an infectious disease specialist focusing on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), has finished the production of a pure form of Oxymatrine, an alkaloid derived from the Sophora plant in China. Oxymatrine is used to treat many diseases including hepatitis and cancer there. Oxymatrine has been an important part of Dr. Chia’s protocol for several years
ContinueListen To M.E. – An ME/CFS Recovery Story III: Renewal
Posted by Cort Johnson Click Here for Part I/ Part II When we last left ‘patient X’ he was in a semi-coherent state and had trouble tolerating even mild stimuli without pain. Emaciated and in pain he had essentially resigned himself to dying. Then, remarkably enough, he heard of doctor in his own area whom, he was told, was successfully
ContinueListen To M.E.-An ME/CFS Recovery Story: Part II – Implosion
Posted by Cort Johnson To Read Part I Click Here When last we left ‘patient X’ he had spent a night in a New York mental facility after collapsing with exhaustion and telling medical personnel that he had myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. Now back in California, with his health failing he’s going from clinic to clinic trying to find some
ContinueListen 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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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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