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

Continue
Dr. Suzanne Vernon 1200x634 1

Dr. Suzanne Vernon: 25 Years of Trying to Crack the Case of ME/CFS

For over 25 years, Dr. Suzanne Vernon has been trying to crack the case of myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Image courtesy of Dr. Suzanne Vernon. by Bronc I first fell ill with terrible fatigue-like symptoms in the summer of 2010. Besides the bone-crushing fatigue, I felt fearful, confused, perplexed and demoralised by this mysterious illness that had reduced

Continue

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatments

Currently there are no nationally-approved drug treatments in any country for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), except in Argentina, where Ampligen is approved. A few specialist doctors have their own ME/CFS treatment protocols; patients who cannot find such specialists must work with their own doctors to seek treatment for their individual symptoms. Many ME/CFS patients experiment on their own. To discuss

IIMEC12

The 12th Invest in ME Conference, Part 1

OverTheHills presents the first article in a series of three about the recent 12th Invest In ME international Conference (IIMEC12) in London. The 12th Invest in ME International ME Conference (IIMEC12) was held at One Great George Street on Friday June 2nd, 2017. You can view the full conference agenda (with photos and biographies of the speakers) here and the

Continue
php6gDovvPM

Julie Rehmeyer’s ‘Through the Shadowlands’

Writer Never Give Up talks about Julie Rehmeyer’s new book “Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer’s Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn’t Understand” and shares an interview with Julie …  A riveting new book by science journalist, patient and ME/CFS champion, Julie Rehmeyer, has just hit the stands. “Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer’s Odyssey into an Illness Science Doesn’t

Continue

Lipkin’s Monster ME/CFS Study: Microbes, Immunity & Big Data

The Microbe Discovery Project outlines an ambitious new study by top researchers that has collected patient samples, but needs desperately funds to complete the work. Columbia University’s Center for Infection and Immunity(CII) has seriously upped the ante on the initial microbe discovery project in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Their impressive, rigorous new study could point the way to diagnostic tests,

Continue
Fluge and Mella

Fluge & Mella’s pre-trial study highlights life-changing potential of rituximab

Sasha gives the background and Simon gives the interpretation of the latest study from Haukeland, published today… It’s out! Dr Øystein Fluge and Professor Olav Mella have published their new study in PLoS ONE. And though the study was not a blinded, placebo-controlled trial, the results are further evidence that rituximab is beneficial in some ME/CFS patients, and potentially life-changing

Continue