Dr. Pridgen on Doses, Fixing Broken Bodies and Why the Next Fibromyalgia...
If Dr. Pridgen is right, his protocol for treating fibromyalgia could end up turning the medical world’s conception of FM (and perhaps even chronic fatigue syndrome) on its head. The first treatment...
View ArticleMore is Better: Rituximab Trial Boosts Hopes for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The Rituximab Story “I was completely revitalized. Suddenly, I could be sociable again. I would go to work, go home, eat dinner and feel restless.” An ME/CFS patient in the study The Rituximab story...
View ArticleSimmaron’s Fifth Anniversary Event Updates ME/CFS Community on Dynamic...
Simmaron recently held a patient update session with its Scientific Advisory Board and key collaborators in Incline Village, Nevada. The event celebrated the Simmaron Research Foundation’s fifth year...
View ArticleThe Pridgen Revolution? Dr. Pridgen on Bringing His Antiviral Approach to...
The Pridgen Revolution? Almost three years ago, Dr. Pridgen threatened to turn the world of fibromyalgia treatment on its head. Few had connected fibromyalgia with viruses or even immune problems when...
View ArticleThrough the “Valley of Death”: Dr. Pridgen, Fibromyalgia and the Looming Trials
First there were the anecdotal reports – FM patients were not just getting better but some, and not just a few, were getting well using something entirely new – an antiviral protocol, of all things,...
View ArticleNorwegian Rituximab Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Trial Fails
Over the past five years or so, Rituximab has been the great hope for the ME/CFS community. The anecdotal stories of dramatic recoveries were beyond enticing. A successful trial could ultimately have...
View ArticleHelp Simmaron AMPlify therapies for M.E.!
Simmaron is fundraising for its one-of-a-kind study to analyze data from ME/CFS patients who respond to treatments like Ampligen®, IVIG, and cidofovir. The goal of the study is to build a scientific...
View ArticleNew Pathways: A Step Towards Fine-Tuning Treatments for ME/CFS?
Most chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) studies focus on females, but for once we have a study contrasting females and males. It makes sense that this group – hailing from Dr. Klimas’s Institute for...
View ArticleSolid Ground at Last? Cytokines Make Good in Major ME/CFS Review
The immune system in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has been kind of like a mirage in the desert. Given the way the disease starts and its symptom presentation – so close to the “sickness behavior”...
View ArticleFinally Found – A Natural Killer Cell Enhancer for ME/CFS?
For several years now, researchers at the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED) at Griffith University in Australia have been leading the research on natural killer (NK)...
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