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Posts by Cort Johnson

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Are All Roads Leading to the Immune System and the Blood in ME/CFS? - Health Rising What happens when you throw ten or so very different ME/CFS studies together? You get some core themes popping out. Check out the blog and see what they are.

Are All Roads Leading to the Immune System and the Blood in ME/CFS?
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"Invisible No More": Exploring Dr. Ruhoy's New Treatment Guide for ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. - Health Rising An in-depth exploration of Dr. Ruhoy's treatment guide "Invisible No More" for ME/CFS, long COVID and similar diseases

“Invisible No More”: Exploring Dr. Ruhoy’s New Treatment Guide for ME/CFS, Long COVID, etc. healthrising.org/blog/2026/03... #MECFS #LongCOVID

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The Massive Sequence ME/CFS and Long COVID Project Aims to Find Precision Drivers of These Illnesses - Health Rising The massive Sequence ME/CFS and long COVID whole genome sequencing project aims to find the precision drivers of these illnesses

he Massive Sequence ME/CFS and Long COVID Project Aims to Find Precise Drivers of These Illnesses #MECFS #longCOVID www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/03...

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Psilocybin Passes First Tests: Improves Symptoms in Fibromyalgia and Post Treatment Lyme Disease - Health Rising Geoff’s Narration The GIST   “These substances represent a potentially revolutionary approach to pharmacological pain management,” Crozpek et. Al. 2025 History has shown that our notions of what treat...

Psilocybin Passes First Tests: Improves Symptoms in Fibromyalgia and Post Treatment Lyme Disease #FM #PTLD www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/03...

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Blood, Sex and Inflammation: Did the IMPACC Study Uncover Core Issues in Long COVID and ME/CFS? - Health Rising The big IMPACC long COVID study findings suggest that inflammation and reduced male sex hormone levels may be playing havoc with the small blood vessels in long COVID -= and ME/CFS

Blood, Sex and Inflammation: Did the IMPACC Study Uncover Core Issues in Long COVID and ME/CFS? (Is the blood just not getting through?)#MECFS #longCOVID www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/03...

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Is the OMF's ME/CFS BioQuest Study the Study We've All Been Waiting For? - Health Rising The Open Medicine Foundation's huge Bioquest project has the potential to transform ME/CFS patients experience with doctors, dramatically enhance research and get drug companies finally interested in ...

Is the OMF’s ME/CFS BioQuest Study the Study We’ve All Been Waiting For? #MECFS

www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/02...

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Precision Medicine Required For ME/CFS? A Deep Genome Dive Uncovers Many Possible Causes - Health Rising A deep dive into the genome of ME/CFS patients points to many genetic causes of ME/CFS most of which impact energy production, the metabolism, and blood flows.

Precision Medicine Required For ME/CFS? A Deep Genome Dive Uncovers Many Possible Causes #MECFS www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/02...

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Tackling the World's Most Complex Diseases: Amatica's ME/CFS and Long COVID Project - Health Rising Amatica's huge gene expression database attempts to identify which subsets a person belongs in and which treatments that may work for them.

Tackling the World’s Most Complex Diseases: Amatica’s ME/CFS and Long COVID Project #MECFS #LongCOVID www.healthrising.org/blog/2026/01...

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"Something in the Blood" Again! ME/CFS and Long COVID Serum Locks the Muscles Down - Health Rising Geoff’s Narration The GIST Muscles on a Chip Whoa, another muscle study. We recently reported on a proteomic study suggesting that muscle repair problems contribute to post-exertional malaise in ME/CF...

“Something in the Blood” Again! ME/CFS and Long COVID Serum Locks the Muscles Down www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12... #MECFS #longCOVID

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ME/CFS Autopsy Study Finds a Wrecked HPA Axis: The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Report #3 - Health Rising A Dutch ME/CFS autopsy report findings multiple severe problems in the HPA axis of ME/CFS patients.

ME/CFS Autopsy Study Finds a Wrecked HPA Axis: The 2025 IACFS/ME Conference Report #3 www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12... #MECFS

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A Fibromyalgia Autoimmune Subset Rears Its Head - Health Rising More evidence is presented that the most severely ill fibromyalgia patients have an autoimmune disease.

Fibromyalgia Autoimmune Subset Rears Its Head www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11... #FM

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A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next) - Health Rising Solve ME Catalyst Award winner Dr. Iwasaki explains a subset of long COVID patients may have an autoimmune disease. Now she moves onto ME/CFS.

A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next) #longcovid #MECFS www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...

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The GLP-1 Agonist Boom in ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID: Insights, Using it, Trials Underway - Health Rising Complex, chronic illness experts discuss what GLP-1 agonists can and can't do in diseases like ME/CFS, long COVID, and POTS. Plus new long COVID trials.

The GLP-1 Agonist Boom in ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID: Insights, Using it, Trials Underway #MECFS #FM #longCOVID www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...

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The Brain Disease: Huge Fibromyalgia Genetic Study Highlights the Brain and Offers New Treatment Possibilities - Health Rising Geoff’s Narration The GIST   Just months after the publication of the first large ME/CFS GWAS study comes an enormous FM GWAS study. Notice how these two diseases seem to be marching hand in hand. Bot...

@bsky.app The Brain Disease: Huge Fibromyalgia Genetic Study Highlights the Brain and Offers New Treatment Possibilities #FM

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New Epigenetic Diagnostic Test For ME/CFS Wows ... But Can It Hold? - Health Rising Geoff’s Translation The GIST   “With this breakthrough, we are proud to enable a first-in-class test that can address an unmet need for a quick and reliable diagnostic for a complex, challenging-to-id...

New Epigenetic Diagnostic Test For ME/CFS Wows … But Can It Hold? #MECFS www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/10...

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RECOVER's 2nd Round of Long COVID Clinical Trials Shows Progress... and Limitations - Health Rising The RECOVER Initiative announces four more clinical trials for long COVID including low dose naltrexone, bariticinib, GLP-1 agonists, and stellate ganglion blockade.

RECOVER’s 2nd Round of Long COVID Clinical Trials Shows Progress… and Limitations healthrising.org/blog/2025/10... #longCOVID

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In Good Health: How Chronic Illness Redefined My Relationship with Food - Health Rising In Good Health cookbook by Rachel Riggs

In Good Health: How Chronic Illness Redefined My Relationship with Food - Rachel Riggs #MECFS and Complex Chronic Illness Cookbook has arrived! www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/10...

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Is the Long COVID Field Missing a Major Opportunity? - Health Rising Geoff’s Narration The GIST   From viral persistence to complex immune studies, to tissue sampling, to assessing heavy-duty immune treatment trials and large treatment trials, long-COVID researchers ar...

Is the Long COVID Field Missing a Major Opportunity? #longCOVID www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...

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The Promise of Vagus Nerve Stimulation - and the No Brainer Long COVID Trial Underway - Health Rising Vagus nerve stimulation could reduce inflammation, pain and stress in ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and long COVID. A long COVID trial is underway.

The Promise of Vagus Nerve Stimulation – and the No Brainer Long COVID Trial Underway #MECFS #longCOVID #FM #POTS www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...

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Gut Reactions: BioMapAI Points to Multiple Dysregulated Systems in ME/CFS - Health Rising BioMapAI study suggests the gut problems in ME/CFS are driving other system malfunctions and symptoms.

Gut Reactions: BioMapAI Points to Multiple Dysregulated Systems in ME/CFS #MECFS www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/09...

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Surprise! The Senate Bill Includes "Some of the Strongest Support for ME/CFS in Years": Plus, Taking it to the House - Health Rising The Senate Appropriations bill provides strong support for ME/CFS and long COVID. Now it moves to the House.

Surprise! The Senate Bill Includes “Some of the Strongest Support for ME/CFS in Years”: Plus, Taking it to the House #MECFS
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/08...

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Could ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Be Narcoleptic Spectrum Disorders? - Health Rising Could ME;/CFS and fibromyalgia be on the narcoleptic disease spectrum? After decades of work on these diseases, Dr. Perrino believes so...

Could ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Be Narcoleptic Spectrum Disorders? #MECFS #FM

www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/08...

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Tonmya is FDA Approved to Treat Fibromyalgia: CEO Seth Lederman Talks - Health Rising Tonmya is the first FDA approved drug for use in fibromyalgia in 15 years. Seth Lederman, CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, talked about how the drug was developed, what it does, and when it will become a...

Tonmya is FDA Approved to Treat Fibromyalgia: CEO Seth Lederman Talks #FM

www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/08...

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Jarred Younger Finds a VERY Inflamed Brain in ME/CFS - Health Rising Geoff’s Narration The GIST    “We’re seeing things in the front of the brain, we’re seeing issues in the back of the brain, we’re seeing a lot of things in between…this is a brain-wide issue”. It’s sa...

Jarred Younger Finds a VERY Inflamed Brain in ME/CFS www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/08... #MECFS

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Has the Right B-cell Depleting Drug Been Found for ME/CFS? Daratumumab Shines in Pilot Study - Health Rising A B-cell depleter called daratumumab does well in an early trial in ME/CFS. A larger trial is underway.

Has the Right B-cell Depleting Drug Been Found for ME/CFS? Daratumumab Shines in Pilot Study www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/07... #MECFS

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“Excited Every Day”: Dr. Michael Peluso on LIINC, Long COVID and ME/CFS #longCOVID #MECFS

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TREATME: the Open Medicine Foundation's Mammoth ME/CFS and Long COVID Treatment Survey Results - Health Rising The massive TreatME survey assessed the effectiveness of 150 treatments in ME/CFS and long COVID.

TREATME: the Open Medicine Foundation’s Mammoth ME/CFS and Long COVID Treatment Survey Results #MECFS #longCOVID

www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/07...

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A Neuroinflammation Buster? Jarred Younger on tFUS Stimulation for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and long COVID - Health Rising Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) may be able to reach deep enough in the brain to help people with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and long COVID.

A Neuroinflammation Buster? Jarred Younger on tFUS Stimulation for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and long COVID #MECFS #longCOVID #fibromyalgia #FM www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/06...

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

Why the Carnivore Diet Could Backfire in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Closer Look at the Risks #MECFS #longCOVID www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/06...

10 months ago 5 1 0 0
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The GLP1 Agonists: An Exciting New Class of Drugs For ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID? - Health Rising GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic could be surprisingly helpful in diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and long COVID.

The GLP1 Agonists: An Exciting New Class of Drugs For ME/CFS, FM, and Long COVID? #MECFS #FM #longcovid www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05...

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