The study showed that pathogenic triggers in the brain impacted the muscles ability to do work. It’s always seemed that both the brain and the muscles must be involved in diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and long COVID. The question has always been how? A study just showed up could answer that question. It originates in the brain, can be triggered by infection, is associated with neuroinflammation, and impacts the ability of the muscles to produce energy (!). The new finding has birthed something called the brain-muscle axis. First, though, we look at the ..read more

Thanks to the over 320 people who made Health Rising’s summer donation drive a success. Thanks to everyone who made Health Rising’s Summer Donation drive a success! We exceeded our goal of $20,000 ($21,204) – and I still have some checks to pick up when I get back to Vegas. We had more people contribute during the drive (320+) than ever before. Whether you contributed $5 or $500, thank you so much – it all adds up. A Community-Supported Website Health Rising has two paid employees: myself and Stavya,  our website guru, but Health Rising wouldn’t be what it is without the support i ..read more

THE GIST Another day, another potential mitochondrial enhancer! We just came across LOLA and now we have urolithin A – a most intriguing compound. Urolithin A (UA) is produced by the gut bacteria when they break down the substances found in foods like pomegranates, walnuts, strawberries and raspberries. it’s not new to science; it was discovered about 40 years ago, but more recent interest in its health-enhancing properties has resulted in hundreds of mostly lab and animal studies. UA’s great gift appears to be its ability to enhance mitochondrial production and muscle functioning acros ..read more

Check out Geoff’s Narrations The GIST https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GIST-Longevity.mp3 The Blog https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HR-Narr-Longevity.mp3   THE GIST Could people with diseases like long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) be aging more rapidly than normal? Recently, a large review paper made that case in long COVID (and referred to ME/CFS). The authors demonstrated that processes associated with aging such as chronic inflammation, immunosenescence (exhausted T-cells), dysbiosis, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular ..read more

Check out Geoff’s Narrations The GIST https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GIST-Caffeine.mp3 The Blog https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HR-Narr-Caffeine.mp3   Billions of people use caffeine every day. Could it help a bit with one of the most problematic and difficult aspects of fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and long COVID – exercise? Another exercise study! We have exercise on the brain – kind of literally (you’ll see :).  Exercise studies are just rolling in. Over the past 2 months, Health Rising has reported on: A muscle study suggesting that an ..read more

Health Rising’s series of “What’s Up Doc?” Zoom video series aks chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), long COVID and related diseases experts “What’s up? What’s exciting you now?” The first one talk features Lauren Stiles, the leader of Dysautonomia International. The Zoom Interview is below and below that is an overview of the interview that includes some added content.   Lauren’s Story  We will get to the “What’s Up” part but first, I had to ask her about Lauiren about the illness that led her to found Dysautonomia International. A healthy, energetic 31-year-old ..read more

Digging Wide and Deep With our blogs, and the GIST, and now with Geoff’s narrations, we take complex topics and try to make them as understandable as possible. We dig wide and deep as we tackle complex subjects and try to make them as understandable as possible. Look at the wide range of blogs just from the last month or so. From brain donation to ME/CFS/FM/long-COVID mimics to research breakthroughs to treatment possibilities, Health Rising is seemingly everywhere. The Immune Switch in the Brain blog, for instance, showed how a major immune breakthrough could particularly impact diseases li ..read more

Check out Geoff’s Narration The GIST https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GIST-Rescuing-metabolic-Problems.mp3 The Blog https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HR-Narr-Rescuing-Metabolic-Problems-2024-06-24-4.59 PM.mp3A Deep Dive into the Muscles Pays Off A leader in computational analysis, Wengzhong Xiao, of the Open Medicine Foundation, co-led the study. It’s so good to see the muscles getting more research in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Rob Wust’s recent long-COVID study exploring the effects of exercise on the muscles reaped dividends, and right ..read more

Check out Geoff’s Narrations The GIST (coming soon) The Blog https://www.healthrising.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/HR-Narr-German-Exercise.mp3   Given how important exercise is to our long term health, it’s no surprise that several exercise programs have been created. Simon Perikles’s is the latest one. One of the more disturbing things from a long-term health perspective for people with diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID is the difficulty and, oftentimes, inability to exercise. Given that, it’s not surprising many efforts have tried to find a way to do tha ..read more

THE GIST At least eight studies have told us that when people with ME/CFS engage in a 2-day exercise test that their ability to produce energy drops the second day. While this appears to be one of the most anomalous findings in all of medicine all we know is that it applies to people with ME/CFS, in general. A Korean study asked if the same findings apply to people whose ME/CFS was triggered by a toxic exposure; i.e. would exercise one day produce the same drop in energy the next day? The study found that the toxin-injured ME/CFS patients switched from using the highly efficient and cleaner ..read more