HealClick

05/05/2023

Much of the talk has been about Neely’s mental health – in large part so we don’t have to talk about our larger societal health

08/03/2021

www.medpagetoday.com/rheumatology/lupus/93856

Wonderful news for the lupus community, expert says

09/09/2020

https://www.prohealth.com/me-cfs/library/are-covid-19-studies-already-providing-clues-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs-and-the-long-haulers-94401

COVID-19 is already shedding light on the different immune responses patients have to the virus, which may be providing clues to what is happening in ME/CFS.

07/13/2020

https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/generalprimarycare/87422

Short steroid bursts linked to serious adverse events within a month

07/01/2020

With discussion of post-viral syndromes that pertain to all viruses, not just COVID....

‎Show On Point, Ep Lingering Symptoms, Long-Term Damage: For Some, It's A COVID-19 Recovery Reality - Jun 25, 2020

01/21/2020

https://www.rheumatologynetwork.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/placebo-effect-work-ra-treatments

The placebo response in clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis appears to have grown over the last two decades with patients exhibiting significant improvements in pain scores with placebo treatment.

01/21/2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/chronic-inflammation-is-long-lasting-insidious-dangerous-and-you-may-not-even-know-you-have-it/2020/01/17/93ab0fa2-316f-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html

People often learn they have it when by developing an autoimmune disease. But the ailment might also play a role with heart disease, cancer, other disorders.

01/03/2019

With interesting info regarding immunity: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/30/children-leukaemia-mel-greaves-microbes-protection-against-disease

Newly knighted cancer scientist Mel Greaves explains why a cocktail of microbes could give protection against disease

12/22/2018

Today's exciting announcement: HealClick is becoming part of HealthRising and will now be managed by Cort Johnson! Cort has created and maintained the HealthRising website for several years, and has turned it into an exciting space for sharing information and support. I personally am incredibly excited to see HealClick become part of HealthRising where it will have a chance at re-emerging as a flourishing community. I know that Cort is excited to incorporate the site in order to make HealthRising even more valuable. I'll let Cort speak here about his plans, but I know he intends to rely on community input to make ongoing improvements to the site. He will also make sure that all user data remains available to current users (nothing will be lost with the transfer). Look for these changes early in the New Year. Something to look forward to! Yaaaaay HealthRising! Yay HealClick!

Health Rising - Supporting People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia with information on the latest treatments and research.

12/21/2018

I accept this data as true, but what I hate about the way this is reported is that there is no sense of scale. I think of emotions as the 5% factor - they shift things for better or worse by perhaps 5%, but they do not cause the basic underlying condition (or so it seems to me). Without a sense of scale, a story like this reinforces feelings of guilt and self-blame. Also, emotions are difficult to control! So willing oneself to be happy all the time simply isn't much of an option. All that said, to the extent one can find things to do and ways to live that lift our spirits, it can help, some. Again, my opinion only.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-negative-mood-body-immune-response.html

Negative mood—such as sadness and anger—is associated with higher levels of inflammation and may be a signal of poor health, according to researchers at Penn State.

11/11/2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/magazine/placebo-effect-medicine.html

New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect — possibly opening a Pandora’s box for Western medicine.