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It seems odd that AFM is peaking every other year (at least since 2014). When I searched for "biennial virus," the only two that seemed to show up were "Respiratory Syncytial Virus" and "Parainfluenza Virus," both of which are human respiratory viruses. It seems they think AFM may be caused...

Post onset, I had provocative skin testing done. I had some reactions to grasses, but, apparently, a fairly major reaction to corn. This seemed somewhat odd, since I never previously noticed any reaction from eating corn or products containing corn as an ingredient. Post onset, I did have a...

I think you're right and that your eyes are moving in anticipation of the screen scrolling. If you have dizziness/vestibular problems, trying to visually track objects can make you feel dizzy. When my dizziness was at its worst, I'd momentarily feel dizzy just from watching a car move across a...

Sounds like they are talking about sunburn as opposed to heat injury. Although I used to get mild to moderate sunburns as a child, it stopped when I was a teenager and no longer had access to a pool. However, I went out on a friend's catamaran in my early twenties - one or two years before the...

I got "page not found" at the above link for the live stream, but this worked: https://www.facebook.com/batemanhornecenter/videos/331133540814821/UzpfSTY3NDU0ODk5MjY0OTg1MjoxODMyNzczNzIzNDk0MDM0/

Interesting computer simulation of RBCs moving through a retina capillary. Gives a sense of the deformation that goes on. I suspect that this is slowed down compared to real time. You can set it to go 1.5x faster by clicking on the gearwheel next to "YouTube."

"No, I'm afraid that now makes it all three contestants who answered 'What is The China Syndrome?'"

FWIW, it seems that one way RBCs can become more rigid is when small molecules (ligands) bind to a protein in the cell membrane called glycophorin A (GPA), which, in turn, interacts with other proteins in the cell membrane, reducing deformability. When tracer antibodies to human glycophorin A...

About eight months after onset, I underwent a battery of tests at a "famous" otologic institute to try to figure out the cause of my continuous "dizziness." They seemed stumped, but a senior doctor there said that they sometimes saw this kind of dizziness with "vascular insufficiency" to the...

I stumbled upon this May 2018 article concerning Tryptophan, the Kynurenine Pathway and IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Tryptophan Metabolism through the Kynurenine Pathway is Associated with Endoscopic Inflammation in Ulcerative Colitis...

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Hopefully, this grant reflects on some success they've seen in their recent GWI trial. They're looking to do something similar in relation to ME, but are having trouble finding funding. In a video posted on this thread, Dr. Klimas said that a Parkinson's group had agreed fund a small ME/CFS...

I think this (the Columbia study in the video above) was more about showing a trend in a large group of patients (~300) vs controls, rather than producing "a consistent and replicable diagnostic cytokine profile" for individual patients.

I've never personally noticed a seasonal change, but I wonder if the explanation for feeling better could be as simple as improved sleep. I definitely sleep better when it is cold. Perhaps somewhat better sleep can tip the balance for some, but then the additional activity eventually catches up...

According to its website, the Open Medicine Foundation is located in Agoura Hills, CA. Currently, that area and many surrounding communities have been besieged by a wind-driven wildfire known as the "Woolsey Fire." The fire began on November 8th, and currently covers 90,000 acres across Ventura...

Interesting article from earlier this year in WIRED. REAL HEROES HAVE THE GUTS TO ADMIT THEY'RE WRONG

A 1991 editorial by SW contains the following: As seems par for the course, his 2½ page editorial contains 51 references. I found this among a compendium of similar SW quotes gathered by @Valentijn at PR. https://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/simon-wessely-quotes.21025/

Clearly, he doesn't understand that Work = Power * time. That is, even with low available power, much can sometimes be achieved if the work can be carried out in small increments and/or over much more than the usual amount of time. It's the sort of thing that would be obvious to a physicist.

The supposed link between CFS and depression goes back to this July 1990 paper: Chronic Fatigue: A Prospective Clinical and Virologic Study ..in which only six of the 26 patients met the Holmes criteria. This was the famous study in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) which...