Health Rising
Finding Answers for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Long COVID, and Fibromyalgia
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Amatica’s Bold Vision and Big Step Forward For ME/CFS and Long COVID
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back — concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely…
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Pathogen Activated T-cells Take Central Stage in Long COVID: Are They Driving It?
Geoff’s Narration The GIST One of the immune system’s premier hunter-killer cells, cytotoxic (killer) T cells (CD8) find infected, cancerous, or damaged cells, and then bore holes into them and trigger their suicide program. We rely on them to mop up infections. If they don’t…
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Precision Life’s New Long COVID Genetic Wellness Report is Out
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Health Update: Stuck – instead of getting better during an extended stay in Mammoth Lakes, I got worse. Traveling down to the Vegas area did appear to help, perhaps because it’s at a lower elevation. On the plus side, my autonomic readings (resting…
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The Eternal ME/CFS Fibromyalgia Question: How Close Are They? And Why it Matters
Geoff’s Narration The GIST So much for the ME/CFS community depends on the answer to the question: “How close a match is ME/CFS to long COVID?” Symptomatically and physiologically, the two diseases look quite similar. If ME/CFS or other complex chronic diseases are a…
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Bezisterim – the Best Long COVID Drug Trial Yet? BioVie Aims for a Big, Phase III Trial
Geoff’s Narration The GIST The Second Generation Makes Progress… Last year, UCSF researcher and LIINC cofounder Dr. Michael Peluso compared first- and second-generation long-COVID clinical trials. The first-generation trials relied on educated guesses, were largely aimed at…
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IVO-21 – A Paradigm Changer AND a Mitochondrial Drug for ME/CFS?
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Solve M.E. really hit it out of the park with their May 26th Catalyst Award, “Mitochondrial Stabilizer IVO-21 as Therapy for ME/CFS”, which they explored in a recent webinar (see below). We see different kinds of treatment options pop up from time to…
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WASF3: A Critically Important Process in ME/CFS? Paul Hwang’s Surprising Saga
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Health Update: Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! No lions or tigers, but plenty of bears (or at least one bear). A black bear swiped the dogs’ food while we were on a walk, then kept disrupting things at night, making the dogs bark and […] The post…
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Jarred Younger on Neuroinflammation, “the” Brain Hub, the “Most Disappointing Event” and more in ME/CFS
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Jarred Younger pioneered the first LDN trials in FM, and helped develop a new, less invasive method for measuring brain inflammation, as well as a way to determine whether immune cells from the body are getting into the brain. He’s assessed the effects…
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Is a WEAKENED Fight/Flight System Causing ME/CFS and Long COVID? Part II
Geoff’s Narration The GIST The Blog Health Update – an unsympathetic Forest Service employee booted me out of my campsite, leading to yet another move. That exacerbated my symptoms (nausea, cold sweats) and set me back. The Oura ring findings were interesting. First came the…
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Frayed Brain Connections in ME/CFS Tell a Tale
Geoff’s Translation The GIST Back to the brain! Years ago, Andrew Lloyd of the Dubbo studies noted that the symptoms in ME/CFS were all symptoms produced by the brain – and we are overflowing with brain studies right now. We just looked at the Bedard group’s study, which…
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The Fatigue in ME/CFS Comes From the Brain … Or does it?
Geoff’s Narration The GIST Health Update – Fire Weather … This was supposed to be a hot, fire-ridden summer out in the Western U.S., and it has been. My pattern of running into issues continues. This is the 6th strenuous episode since I crashed 7 weeks ago. With three […] The…