Forum: Chronic Multi-System Illnesses

This is also posted in the General Discussion Forum. AmenClinics May 15, 2013 Kimberlyn, a 46-year-old married mother living in Arizona is...

Toni Bernhard J.D. 28 January 2013 Suffering from chronic pain or illness—or, as is often the case, both—can feel like a full-time job. One...

LUCINDA BATEMAN, MD CFIDS Chronicle; Spring 2008 Recently I was talking to the nurse practitioner I just hired to work in my fatigue clinic....

July 5, 2012 by Toni Bernhard, J.D. As a follow-up to last week’s piece, "What Those with Chronic Pain or Illness DON’T Want to Hear You Say", I...

Toni Bernhard J.D. 27 June 2012 The purpose of this piece is not to make fun of those whose comments are off the mark; most people have good...

Dr Russel Blaylock Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Question: You wrote that vitamin C has been shown to be effective in treating some patients with...

Chronic pain and illness play havoc with “good night’s sleep” advice. Toni Bernhard, J.D. in Turning Straw Into Gold April 13, 2012 Not a week...

Toni Bernhard JD 15 March 2012 My thoughts have turned to spring, partly because my eyes are itching and partly because the trees up and down my...

By Toni Bernhard, J.D. 14 November 2011 In the U.S., we're getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving. Soon, people around the world will turn their...

Toni Bernhard, J.D. 21 November 2011 It's that time of year. The media is filled with stories about people traveling to be with loved-ones....

By Staci R. Stevens, MA, and Christopher R. Snell, PhD 18 November 2011 The Pacific Fatigue Laboratory’s (PFL) two-day testing protocol is...

I was watching a PBS's special NOVA episode called the Iceman Murder Mystery. They were doing an autopsy on Otzi the Iceman, a 5,000 year old...

Andrew S. Papadopoulos & Anthony J. Cleare 27 Sept 2011 The weight of current evidence supports the presence of the following factors related...

by Toni Bernhard, J.D September 28, 2011 In May of 2001, I got sick with what the doctors thought was an acute viral infection. But I didn't...

The search for reliable biomarkers of disease in multiple chemical sensitivity and other environmental intolerances. De Luca C, Raskovic D,...

By Lesley J. Vedelago, O.D. Summer 2001 There are few references in the literature to visual and/or ocular disturbances in chronic fatigue...

I really enjoy her blogs and articles. Published on August 1, 2011 by Toni Bernhard, J.D. in Turning Straw Into Gold I've been mostly housebound,...

There's a lot of good stuff here. If you have or think you might have ME (hopefully US will officially change CFS to ME) you really need to look at...

Note : although the link to this article and the videos is on an MCS website, the information is relevant to all multi system illnesses. I have...

By Dr. Michael Cutler on 06/30/2011 Dear Dr. Cutler, Recently, I’ve read online that fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are similar, but...