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April 23, 2008
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| Question of the Week | Does your doctor ask what supplements you are taking?
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| Last Week's Question | Do you take probiotics?
Yes: 87% No: 13%
Most frequent use: digestion, followed by IBS, diarrhea, vaginal or urinary tract infections, allergies/eczema. |
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Dr. David Bell's Thinking on ME/CFS as a Mitochondrial Disease
 ME/CFS is a disorder involving the cells' energy-producing mitochondria - but it's a mitochondrial disease like no other,
Dr. Bell believes.
Why isn't it diagnosed, classified and studied like other kinds of mitochondrial disease? That may be "just around the corner."
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Biochemical cause of muscle fatigue redefined; ME/CFS implications?
Columbia researchers link post-exertion 'muscle fatigue' (and congestive heart failure) to calcium channel leaks into cells, not lactic acid, as formerly believed. They're now testing a promising leak-blocking drug.
The Mind-Heart Connection: What Is Stress and the 'Stress Response'?
Dr. William Collinge explains how our brain, muscles, heart, and circulatory system communicate in dealing with stress - and why techniques for creating a 'relaxation response' are the cornerstone of mind/body medicine for ME/CFS & FM.
THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 25 - Live Chat with Dr. WILLIAM COLLINGE, PhD, ImmuneSupport.com Chat Room (3-4 pm Pacific, 6-7 Eastern)
Dr. Collinge is the authority on effective complementary self-help therapies for ME/CFS and FM. He offers a wealth of advice on managing cycles and flares, sleep problems, physical challenges, stress & depression - and much more.
Annette Whittemore & the Making of the Whittemore Peterson Institute
The Empty Chair© Project... Show Your Support for ME/CFS in Washington
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