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07/13/2025

TREATME: the Open Medicine Foundation's Mammoth ME/CFS and Long COVID Treatment Survey Results

In the largest survey of its kind, almost 4,000 ME/CFS and long patients told TREATME how effective 150 drugs and supplements (and a few other treatments) had been.

Not surprisingly some surprises - good and bad - were in store. Nobody would have guessed what the most efficacious drug would be, and along the way, some favorites took a hit.

Find out what happened in

The massive TreatME survey assessed the effectiveness of 150 treatments in ME/CFS and long COVID.

06/23/2025

A Neuroinflammation Buster? Jarred Younger on tFUS Stimulation for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and long COVID

Jarred Younger has been waiting for 20 years for a device that can impact the deeper regions of the brain that he believes play a core roles in ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and long COVID.

They are currently undergoing FDA approval, and Younger will shortly begin testing them in his lab.

Check out why he's so excited about them in

Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) may be able to reach deep enough in the brain to help people with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and long COVID.

06/06/2025

Why the Carnivore Diet Could Backfire in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Closer Look at the Risks

Promoted by "meatfluencers" who cite their weight loss, improved energy, and mental clarity, carnivore diets are all the rage today.

Nutritionist (and former ME/CFS patient) Courtney Craig takes a deep dive into what happens to the body during a carnivore diet, suggests it might not be the best idea for those with ME/CFS/FM and/or long COVID, and proposes better ways to improve your health in

Dr. Courtney Craig explains why carnivore diets may seem helpful in the short run for people with ME/CFS and long COVID they are not the answer.

06/03/2025

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) Commonly Found in ME/CFS and Chronic Fatigue

ME/CFS/FM seems to excel in finding ways to compress nerves, blood vessels, or spinal fluid.

With his thoracic outlet syndrome findings, Peter Rowe has added another potential anatomical hotspot to check for.

The good news is that if you do have TOS and don't know it, there are ways to relieve it and perhaps even your ME/CFS/FM symptoms.

Find out more in

Thoracic outlet syndrome could be contributing to the symptoms in a considerable number of people with ME/CFS and similar diseases.

06/01/2025

The GLP1 Agonists: An Exciting New Class of Drugs For ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID?

It's still early days, but Drs. Ruhoy and Kaufman recently reported that, at times, they're seeing "incredible" results in some of their ME/CFS/FM/long COVID patients who are taking very low doses of the new anti-obesity drugs.

Time will tell - and there is a hurdle - but with many more drugs of this type on the way, this class of drugs is clearly one to keep an eye on.

Check it out in

GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic could be surprisingly helpful in diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and long COVID.

05/23/2025

RFK Jr on Long COVID and Postviral Diseases: Will He Produce?

RFK Jr. recently said a remarkable thing - one of his sons has long COVID - and he's committed to long COVID research.

As DHHS Secretary RFK Jr. oversees the NIH, CDC and FDA, among others; i.e. the man has clout and can institute major changes in how these agencies approach these diseases. We've never had an ally at such a high level.

The big question is, will he produce? Find out more at

RFK Jr publicly stated that one of his sons has long COVID and is committed to the research, and as DHHS Secretary, he could make a huge difference. But will he produce?

05/17/2025

Finding the Key? Could Unraveling T-cell Exhaustion Solve ME/CFS and Long COVID

"Solving" ME/CFS and long COVID—now that's a bold possibility that people don't talk about much.

The Selin/Gil/Kumar team, though, believes it's possible—not easy, not easy at all, but possible - right now using the technology we have —to get at the pathogen/autoimmune factor/toxin that's been driving the immune systems in these diseases bananas - and very likely causing the diseases themselves.

Find out what's going on and why they think they're really onto something in

Researchers assessing T-cell exhaustion in ME/CFS and long COVID could ultimately identify what caused these diseases.

05/09/2025

Too Much Exertion Produces Autonomic Nervous System Hit in Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia

Rob Wust's latest study found that short periods of intense activity and even mild exercise, if done for too long, can send the heart rate variability of long COVID patients into a tailspin that takes many hours to return to normal.

In fact, exertion done the day before can dramatically reduce HRV levels at night. Studies suggest that the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) dominance that results may be hitting ME/CFS/fibromyalgia/long COVID patients where it hurts the most - in their ability to build their energy levels.

Given these results, one has to ask how deeply the stress response and the autonomic nervous system figure in these diseases.

Geoff’s Narrations The GIST The Blog A trip to Seattle to see Dr. Ruhoy held up the blogs a bit but they’re back! Exercise physiologist Rob Wust’s “Wearable heart rate variability monitoring identifies autonomic dysfunction and thresholds for post-exertional malaise in Long COVID” study...

05/04/2025

Stymied, Moving Forward or Both? The Long-COVID (and ME/CFS) Clinical Trials Dilemma

A recent article outlined the trouble long COVID researchers are having getting big pharma to provide even minimal support for their long COVID trials.

Find out why big pharma is turning its nose up at what could be a huge payday. Then check out the surprisingly wide array of long COVID clinical trials that are underway - some of which appear big enough to provide rapid validation.

Find out more in

Big pharma is largely staying clear of long COVID trials but the many small and some quite large clinical trials are underway provide hope.

03/31/2025

Crazy Times: Trump Administration Pulls Millions of Dollars of Long COVID Grants (and Then Restores Them?) Plus ME/CFS, Antiviral, Vaccine Funding Hit, and DOGE Gets Last Say

It's been an exciting week!

In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration sent shock waves through the long COVID research community when it pulled funding from $45 million of almost finished long COVID grants. Two days later, without explanation, it appears to have restored them.

Meanwhile, as a Trump spokesperson suggested that long COVID-19 does not exist, the Trump administration shut down the Office of Long COVID-19 and pulled over $500 million from antiviral, vaccine, and immune research into COVID-19 and long COVID-19.

Ian Lipkin's ME/CFS Center got caught in the Columbia University - Trump administration crossfire, and has been shut down, just as Lipkin was in talks with drug companies.

Plus, in a radical move that could have long-term implications, one DOGE and one DHHS employee will now have the last say on all NIH funding initiatives.

It's been wild times indeed. Check out what's been happening

The Trump administration pulled the plug on $45 million of long COVID studies and then two days later reversed itself. What the heck is going on?

03/02/2025

Post Coronavirus Vaccination Study Sparks Controversy – and Finds Immune Breakdowns

Vaccination problems have featured in ME/CFS for decades but it took the coronavirus vaccines for researchers to get interested in what's now called post-vaccination syndrome.

A crack team of Yale immunologists uncovered a series of immune abnormalities - many of which were similar to those found in people with ME/CFS or long COVID - in people laid low by the coronavirus vaccines.

It also, perhaps inevitably, sparked controversy from medical "traditionalists" and vaccine conspiracy theorists. Find out what happened in

Post coronavirus vaccination study finds immune breakdowns similar to those found in chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID

02/25/2025

Long COVID, ME/CFS and the Trump Administration: Where We Stand Now

Lost in the news of all the other changes the Trump administration has been making has been its work to radically remake the NIH, CDC, and FDA - work that could, of course, affect ME/CFS and long COVID.

Much is still up in the air, but with an MEAction Townhall coming up tomorrow to discuss the situation, this blog outlines which changes have been made (or attempted to have been made :)) and the views of the new figures leading the DHHS, NIH, CDC, and FDA.

We live in interesting times, indeed! Check it out in

Geoff’s Narrations The Blog The GIST The GIST is on the bottom right “May you live in interesting times” Apocryphal Chinese curse We’re living in interesting times, that’s for sure. This blog attempts to gauge the state of ME/CFS, FM, long COVID, and similar diseases given the Trump adm...

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