Phoenix Rising

PHOENIX RISING

 A Guide To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Bringing Opportunity to ME/CFS/FM Patients

The Phoenix Rises From the Ashes of Its Former Existence

Cort Johnson
Phoenix Rising: A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Newsletter

The Phoenix Rising newsletter includes news events, research summaries, including the 'Paper of the Month', personal stories, editorials, etc. This newsletter will keep you up to date on the latest breakthroughs chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and what they mean.


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VOLUME III

No. I: December 2007  (1) - The Story Edition

No II. January 2008   - The Infection Connection - Dumbfounded in  Dubbo!

No. III. February 2008 - The Centers For Disease Control and ME/CFS

No. IV. March 2008  - Dr. Nancy Klimas on the Immune System, Pathogens and Hope for the Future.

No. V. April 08 - Dr. Ken Friedman  Interview 1: the Federal Response to ME/CFS.

No. VI. May 08 -  Fighting Mad: The Tom Hennessey Interview

No VII. June 08 - Dr. Ken Friedman Interview II: Research - Roadblocks and Opportunities

No. VIII July 08 -  The Symposium on Viruses in ME/CFS: a Two Part Overview

No IX August 08 - May Day: the Congressional Briefing, CFSAC Meeting

No. X September 08 - Cortisol, Cortisol, Cortisol! - The Cortisol Edition

No. XI October 08 - the Dr John Chia Interview: Introduction, Part I, Part II

No. XII November 08 - the News Edition: the CAA Slams the CDC!, the Whittemore-Peterson Neuro-Immune Institute Comes Out of the Closet/The First Federally Approved Drug for ME/CFS?

VOLUME II

Vol II No. 1 September 06 - The Subsets in  CFS; An Immune Subset in CFS? plus Pharmacogenomics V: The Subset Studies / Meg's Story / Personal Story - Breakthrough Denied? Part II

Vol II No. II October 06 - Death and CFS / Exercise Problems in CFS or Not?

Special Edition: The Dorothy Wall Interview (Nov 06)

Special Edition: The Marly Silverman Interview (Jan 07)

Vol II No. III Nov/Dec 2006 - The Treatment Edition: D-ribose to Improve Energy / LRT- A Missing Factor in CFS Treatment? / Massage the Pain Away? / Antibiotics and Anti-depressants For CFS? and more

Special Edition: The 2007 P.A.N.D.O.R.A / IACFS Patient Conference

  •  Part I: Politics and Advocacy / Dr. Teitlebaum and D-Ribose / Ask the Experts
  •  Part II: Sleep and CFS / Dr. De Meirleir and the Gut / P.A.N.D.O.R.A. Sand Castle Awards / Dr. Cheney's Keynote Address

Special Edition: The 2007 IACFS 8th Professional Conference

  •  Part I: Fatigue Session Introduction / Vascular & Cardiovascular / Exercise Studies
  • Part II: The Brain / Gene & Genetics Studies
  • Part III: The Immune System, the Gut, Pain and Sleep
  • Part IV: The Clinical Trials
  • Part V: Defining CFS, Economic Costs, Behavioral Issues and the Conference Take Away Points.

Vol II No. IV Jan/Feb 2007 - The CAA Media Campaign / A Model of HPA Axis Dysfunction in CFS / Validation of the Model / The Intensive Twin Studies Find Brain Abnormalities / Oxidative Stress and Red Blood Cells in CFS.

Special Edition: The Pat Fero Interview (Apr 07)

Vol II No. V March/April 2007 - A Disease of Many Faces? Fatigue in CFS, FM, Multiple Sclerosis and Post-Cancer.

Special Edition: The Advocacy Issue: Report From Lobby Day, the CFSAC Meeting and  The Neuro-immune Grant for CFS Part IV: The Neuroimmune RFA (June 07)

Vol II No. VI May/June 2007 - "Hitting a Moving Target" - The Prevalence/Definition Edition.

Vol II No. VII July/August 2007 - The Autonomic Nervous System Edition

Special Edition:  The Rik Carlson Interview (Sept. 07)

Special Edition: The Suzanne Vernon Interview (Nov 07)

Special Edition: 2006  Year in Review: Paper of the Year, Top Ten Research Papers.

VOLUME I

Vol I No I Sept 2005 - CFS Research Center Formed / The NIH Comes Through (!) - New Funding Granted / A Tragic Death / The Genes Have It - A Promising Gene Expression Study / Downer Paper of the Year / Psychological Basis for CFS Invalidated? / CFS Research Spreads East

Vol I No 2 October 2005 - British Government Climbs Out of the Stone Age / Free Radicals Attack CFS Patients / Swedish Epidemiologists Hit a Trifecta / A Month in the Life of an CFS/MCS Patient Part I

Vol I No 3 November 2005 - Unique Donor Sample Program / CFS Researcher Publishes 'Novel' / Low Blood Volume in POTS (and CFS?) Resolved? / Is CFS an AIDS-like disease? Another Opportunistic Pathogen in CFS / Report from Portugal / Month in the Life of an CFS/MCS Patient Part II

Vol I No 4 December 2005 - Two CFS Conferences / REDLABS Comes to the U.S / A Biomarker in the  Brain? / Exercise Causes Immune Activation / Special Report: the Neuroimmune Grant for CFS, Part I, The 2003 Neuroimmune Conference

Vol 1 No 5 January 2006 -  A Goodbye To Jason Breckenridge / Ampligen Trial Opens / Dr. Kerr/Cheney/Natelson Talk / Immune Cells Burned Out in CFS? / No Orthostatic Intolerance in CFS?

Vol I No. 6 February 2006 - CAA Publishes Large Research Overview / The Dubbo Studies Part One - EBV; A Model of Post-infective Fatigue Emerging? / Fatigue and Infection - A Central Agent Identified?/ Report From Down Under - Life With CFS in Australia.

Vol I No 7 March 2006  - Evidence of Brain Shutdown in Fatigued CFS Patients / An Overview of Fibromyalgia Part I: - Is FMS a Brain Disease? / The Neuroimmune Grant for CFS, Part III - Reviewing the Reviewers.

Vol I No. 8. April 2006 - Reports from the London Conference / An Overview of Fibromyalgia Part II - Is FMS a Muscle Disease? / Treating CFS - An Overview of the Recent Clinical Studies

Vol I No. 9 May 2006 - The CDC Pharmacogenomics Studies Part I; Allostatic Stress in CFS / Reduced Brain Blood Flows in CFS / No Hypercoagulation in CFS?

Vol I No 10 June 2006 - Dr. Cheney talks / HHV-6 Conference Highlights /The CDC Pharmacogenomics Studies Part II: The Gene Expression Studies I, II, III

Vol I No. 11 July 2006 - Senate Slams NIH, Praises CDC / The  Immune, Neurological and Endocrine Gene Mutations in CFS / Claire's Story

Vol I No. 12 August 2006 - Free Canadian Legal Resource / Phoenix Rising Researcher of the Year! / A Biomarker for CFS Identified? / Estrogen - A Cause of the Female Predominance in CFS? / Personal Story - Breakthrough Emerging Part I

Special Edition: 2005 The Year in Review - Trends in CFS Research / Paper of the Year / Top Ten CFS Research Papers.

 

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