Cort Johnson
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Founder of Health Rising /Phoenix Rising - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)/Fibromyalgia/Long COVID journalist/blogger - ME/CFS/FM patient for 40 plus years
Western US
Joined February 2009
The GLP-1 Agonist Boom in ME/CFS, FM and Long COVID: Insights, Using it, Trials Underway https://t.co/2vrIoFdts0
#LongCOVID, #MECFS, #FM
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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.
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PrecisionLife’s Bold Attempt to Break the Code on and Beat ME/CFS and Long COVID #MECFS #longCOVID
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Geoff’s Narration The GIST This is the next in a series of blogs exploring ongoing projects in ME/CFS, FM and long COVID. The first featured the RECOVER project’s next set of long COVID clinical...
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The Brain Disease: Huge Fibromyalgia Genetic Study Highlights the Brain and Offers New Treatment Possibilities #FM
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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....
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New Epigenetic Diagnostic Test For ME/CFS Wows … But Can It Hold? #MECFS
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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...
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RECOVER’s 2nd Round of Long COVID Clinical Trials Shows Progress… and Limitations https://t.co/o1PqqCVpGS
#longCOVID
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The RECOVER Initiative announces four more clinical trials for long COVID including low dose naltrexone, bariticinib, GLP-1 agonists, and stellate ganglion blockade.
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In Good Health: How Chronic Illness Redefined My Relationship with Food - Rachel Riggs #MECFS and Complex Chronic Illness Cookbook has arrived!
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In Good Health cookbook by Rachel Riggs
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Is the Long COVID Field Missing a Major Opportunity? #longcovid
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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...
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The Promise of Vagus Nerve Stimulation – and the No Brainer Long COVID Trial Underway #MECFS #longCOVID #FM #POTS
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Vagus nerve stimulation could reduce inflammation, pain and stress in ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and long COVID. A long COVID trial is underway.
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Gut Reactions: BioMapAI Points to Multiple Dysregulated Systems in ME/CFS #MECFS
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BioMapAI study suggests the gut problems in ME/CFS are driving other system malfunctions and symptoms.
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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 #MECFS
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The Senate Appropriations bill provides strong support for ME/CFS and long COVID. Now it moves to the House.
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Tonmya is FDA Approved to Treat Fibromyalgia: CEO Seth Lederman Talks #FM
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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...
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium - #longCOVID #MECFS - That is, unless I contact each researcher individually and get their permission, which is clearly not going to happen! Too bad!
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🧵 We're opening more roles to build the Universal Blockchain for humans and AI. Learn more and apply! https://t.co/1eJMJdD28D
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium - #longCOVID #MECFS - The fact that I do not post images and relate general findings (no stats) has been good enough but not for Keystone which will only allow coverage of already published findings to be reported.
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium - #longCOVID #MECFS - There will also be no blogs. I have been covering conferences for decades, and, in fact, covered the last Keystone conference without issue, and have never received a request like this.
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium - #longCOVID #MECFS - My coverage of the Keystone conference has ended, and all tweets are being removed as per the organizers' request/order.
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium -Post-Infection Syndromes - #longCOVID #MECFS - Hanson really digging into enteroviruses...we need to be able to distinguish enterovirus caused ME/CFS from coronavirus caused long COVID.
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The breath of God is moving again—awakening hearts, families, and nations. @ElijahListSteve
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium -Post-Infection Syndromes - #longCOVID #MECFS - notes that enteroviruses can persist long after acute infection has been resolved; Suggests that enteroviruses could be producing long COVID w/out us knowing it.
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Keystone Long COVID POST Acute Infection Syndromes Symposium -Post-Infection Syndromes - #longCOVID #MECFS - proposes that in 1950s and 1980s hidden pandemic occurred (I got it in the early 1980s)...suggests we are due for another outbreak
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