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Posts Tagged myalgic encephalomyelitis

• Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: The shocking disease
  Jodi Bassett writes about the many ways getting myalgic encephalomyelitis is a 'shock to the system' of sufferers.
• 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?
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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 Mike Dessin offers his testimony to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC) in Washington, D.C.
• Ashok Gupta Interview
  Planet Thrive founder Julie Genser interviews Ashok Gupta to get a more in-depth view into the Amygdala Retraining™ Program for CFS/ME and related disorders.
• 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
  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
  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’
  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
  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
  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
  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
  In a new groundbreaking study, retrovirus XMRV has been linked to chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis.
• 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.
• Amygdala Retraining™ Program
  Ashok Gupta Explains his Amygdala Retraining™ Program for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses.
• Amygdala Retraining™ Program Appendix
  Appendix to Ashok Gupta's article "Explaining the Amygdala Retraining Program™ for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses."
• CFS/ME Web Resources
  Websites and articles about chronic fatigue syndrome, including the severe neurological disease called myalgic encephalomyelitis.
• CFS/ME Support
  Support for those suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephalomyelitis, and related conditions.
• 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
  
• MCS-TV
  MCS-International.org's extensive on-demand video library and 24-7 live TV broadcasting station for Environmental Illness and related conditions.
• Ashok Gupta Explains the Amygdala Retraining Program for ME/CFS/FM and Associated Illnesses
  Ashok Gupta's self-recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome gave him the insight needed to develop his Amygdala Retraining™ Program that helps those with CFS, ME, Fibromyalgia, MCS and related conditions.
• Unconscious Amygdalar Fear Conditioning in a Subset of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients
  I propose here a novel hypothesis for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). ME/CFS may be a neurophysiological disorder focusing on the amygdala.
• Corkscrewed! Me and My Lyme
  Just when I thought there were no other ways to be pathogenically screwed, I have been corkscrewed.
• Self: Ornithology: The Immune System
  Everywhere I go now there are crows, following | me like innuendo, their feathers fanning out ominous | as police fingerprints. | With evolutionary anthropology, | they are condemning me.
• The Mystery and Tragedy of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
  These are plague years. Governments, insurance companies, even scientists—we, the people, too—are scared. Who'll fall ill next, who'll have to pay?