Posts Tagged CFS

  • Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining Mayo Clinic to Study CFS/FMS Amygdala Retraining
    The Mayo Clinic is conducting a pilot study of the Gupta Amygdala Retraining™ Programme for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FMS).
  • We, Tuskegee? We, Tuskegee?
    Severe ME/CFS/MCS patient Peggy Munson was hospitalized, near death, after the Ice Storm of December 11, 2008 and ensuing 3-day power outage. She remembers today, one year later.
  • Dr. Oz Features ME/CFS and XMRV Dr. Oz Features ME/CFS and XMRV
    On Thursday, December 3, Dr. Oz spoke with Donnica Moore, MD, as well as a recovered patient and shared an animation video showing how the virus incorporates itself into the DNA within our cells.
  • CFS/ME and XMRV on Doctor Oz Tomorrow CFS/ME and XMRV on Doctor Oz Tomorrow
    Dr. Mehmet Oz will be featuring CFS/ME on his talk show this Thursday, December 3, 2009. Check local listings for times.
  • Online fundraiser for severe ME/CFS and MCS sufferer Online fundraiser for severe ME/CFS and MCS sufferer
    Help Jason keep his love Nicole afloat: on "bad days" she cannot speak and can barely turn over in bed. With savings dwindling quickly, they are appealing to friends and family for help.
  • Coping with Chronic Illness During the Holidays Coping with Chronic Illness During the Holidays
    by Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed. | Unable to attend family holiday celebrations due to chronic illness? Here are some tips for making the holiday season a time to look forward to no matter what your circumstance.
  • Dr. Oz show to feature CFS/ME and XMRV Dr. Oz show to feature CFS/ME and XMRV
    Mehmet Oz, M.D. will be focusing on the XMRV discovery and its implications for CFS/ME sufferers in an upcoming show. Want to share your story?
  • Missing: A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Missing: A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
    Salvador López Arnal interviews Eva Caballé, Spanish author and MCS activist, about her new book "Desaparecida. Una vida rota por la sensibilidad química múltiple" ("Missing. A life broken by Multiple Chemical Sensitivities").
  • Recovered CFS/ME Patient Goes to Washington, D.C. Recovered CFS/ME Patient Goes to Washington, D.C.
    Recovered CFS/ME patient Mike Dessin offers his testimony to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) in Washington, D.C.
  • Fly Away to XAND-ado, or Where Is Elaine DeFreitas? Fly Away to XAND-ado, or Where Is Elaine DeFreitas?
    CFS/ME patient-activist Peggy Munson's latest missive urges other CFS/ME patients to Tweet, post on Facebook and use other accessible forms of activism to keep the XMRV conversation going.
  • How XMRV Retrovirus Findings May Fit With The Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS How XMRV Retrovirus Findings May Fit With The Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS
    Ashok Gupta has written a draft medical paper which explains how the recent XMRV findings fit with his Amygdala Hyperarousal Model for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia.
  • Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain Rewiring the Chemically Sensitive Brain
    Annie Hopper's Dynamic Neural Retraining System offers new hope to those with severe chemical and electrical sensitivities, fibromyalgia, and related conditions
  • “First, Do No Pharma”
    Peggy Munson, ME/CFS patient/activist, counters Mike Adams and other proponents of alternative medicine that have written off XMRV as Big Pharma conspiracy.
  • 'There's no such thing as a virus that causes CFS' ‘There’s no such thing as a virus that causes CFS’
    Mike "The Health Ranger" Adams of NaturalNews.com claims in a recent article that there is no such thing as a virus that causes CFS. Is he right?
  • The next HIV? ME/CFS and AIDS activists unite The next HIV? ME/CFS and AIDS activists unite
    by Peggy Munson | Hi Friends & fellow revolutionaries, As some of you may know, the biggest news to hit the ME/CFS community -- ever -- just dropped a couple of days ago on October 9, 2009.
  • From Chronic Fatigue to Lyme: Medically Unexplained No More From Chronic Fatigue to Lyme: Medically Unexplained No More
    by Pamela Weintraub | Over the past year, forces at the highest reaches of medicine have made ever stronger efforts to burden the sick, diseased, and infected with psychiatric labels, consigning them to often mind-numbing psych meds and untreated infection
  • Peggy Munson: ME/CFS and the Retroviral Elephant Peggy Munson: ME/CFS and the Retroviral Elephant
    In the ME/CFS community, since yesterday, there has been a swell of jubilation. This may seem odd to a lot of people considering that researchers just found something in our blood similar to HIV.
  • Breaking News: retrovirus linked to CFS / ME Breaking News: retrovirus linked to CFS / ME
    In a new groundbreaking study, retrovirus XMRV has been linked to chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis.
  • What Doctors Are Really Thinking What Doctors Are Really Thinking
    You ever wonder what doctors are really thinking when they're diagnosing disease? It's rare for a doctor to admit, "I don't know." More often that not, it seems, they just make up ...
  • Neural Therapy Neural Therapy
    A brain healing technique developed in Germany which involves the injection of local anesthetics into various points on the body to restore electrochemical function of tissues.
  • Bee Venom Therapy / Apitherapy Bee Venom Therapy / Apitherapy
    Bee venom therapy has been used since ancient times to treat arthritis, rheumatism, back pain, skin diseases and, more recently, as an alternative therapy to treat multiple sclerosis, Lyme disease and chronic fatigue syndrome.
  • Amygdala Retraining™ Program Amygdala Retraining™ Program
    Ashok Gupta Explains his Amygdala Retraining™ Program for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses.
  • Amygdala Retraining™ Program Appendix Amygdala Retraining™ Program Appendix
    Appendix to Ashok Gupta's article "Explaining the Amygdala Retraining Program™ for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses."
  • Dr. Amy Yasko's Nutrigenomics Protocol Dr. Amy Yasko’s Nutrigenomics Protocol
    Approach for autism, ALS, MS, and other neuro disorders that uses genetic testing for mutations in the methylation pathway to help nutritionally bypass existing blocks.
  • GYN problems GYN problems
    Dear Dr. T, Do you see problems with irregular cycles, hormone imbalances, ovarian cysts, vaginosis, endometriosis, or other GYN problems in women with FM/CFIDS?
  • CFS/ME Web Resources CFS/ME Web Resources
    Websites and articles about chronic fatigue syndrome, including the severe neurological disease called myalgic encephalomyelitis.
  • CFS/ME Support CFS/ME Support
    Support for those suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and related conditions.
  • Glutathione Depletion—Methylation Cycle Block Hypothesis: The Customized Approach Glutathione Depletion—Methylation Cycle Block Hypothesis: The Customized Approach
    Richard A. Van Konynenburg, Ph.D's customized treatment plan based on what he perceives to be the most successful treatment approaches currently used in autism, which he believes shares the same basic pathogenetic mechanism with CFS.
  • Glutathione Depletion—Methylation Cycle Block Hypothesis: The Simple Approach Glutathione Depletion—Methylation Cycle Block Hypothesis: The Simple Approach
    Richard A. Van Konynenburg, Ph.D's simple treatment plan based on what he perceives to be the most successful treatment approaches currently used in autism, which he believes shares the same basic pathogenetic mechanism with CFS.
  • SHINE Protocol SHINE Protocol
    A resource developed by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum to guide patients and practitioners in establishing an effective treatment program for CFS/FM. SHINE is an acronym that stands for Sleep, Hormones, Infections, Nutrition, and Exercise.
  • Marshall Protocol Marshall Protocol
    Controversial, demanding protocol originally developed to treat the symptoms of the "Th1" inflammatory disease sarcoidosis, and now being used by patients with CFS, FMS, lupus, lyme disease, and other chronic diseases.
  • Shoemaker Biotoxin Illness Protocol Shoemaker Biotoxin Illness Protocol
    Using various tests, Dr. Ritchie C. Shoemaker has mapped out the Biotoxin-Related Illness Pathway that helps identify and correct dysfunction for those made ill by neurotoxins from mold, lyme disease, spider bites, and other bacteria and fungi.
  • Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
    FDA-approved naltrexone, in a low dose, can boost the immune system — helping those with HIV/AIDS, cancer, autoimmune diseases, and central nervous system disorders.
  • FOCUS ON: CFS/ME FOCUS ON: CFS/ME
  • Are fertility problems more prevalent with FM? Are fertility problems more prevalent with FM?
    Dear Dr. T, Are fertility problems more likely to occur with fibromyalgia than in the general population?
  • Long-term side effects of D-ribose? Long-term side effects of D-ribose?
    Dear Dr. T, I recently began taking Corvalen for energy. Could it potentially create too much ATP, placing extra demands on the body for nutrients and/or causing hormone imbalances? I am especially concerned about its impacts upon insulin/cortisol levels.
  • MCS-TV MCS-TV
    MCS-International.org's extensive on-demand video library and 24-7 live TV broadcasting station for Environmental Illness and related conditions.
  • CFS, chlamydia pneumoniae and porphyria CFS, chlamydia pneumoniae and porphyria
    Dear Dr. T, Have you worked with chlamydia pneumoniae, and do you know of herbal, nutritional or homeopathic treatments? Do you know anything about natural treatment for porphyria?
  • The Next Step? Ashok Gupta at the IACFS/ME Conference The Next Step? Ashok Gupta at the IACFS/ME Conference
    Cort Johnson of the Phoenix Rising forums interviews Ashok Gupta on his Amygdala Retraining™ Program at the IACFS/ME Conference this year.
  • Stop medications before conceiving? Stop medications before conceiving?
    Dear Dr. T, Should women with FM/CFIDS stop all medications before trying to conceive?

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