Dr. Stein's Blog
for ME/CFS, FM, ES, Long COVID and Chronic Pain
How Do Our Bodies Make Vitamin D?
Vitamin D is actually a hormone rather than a vitamin. Like other hormones, vitamin D is made in the body, whereas vitamins are obtained through food. An inactive pr...
I dove into the online world in April 2020, at the start of COVID. I had already been working on my first course, Pathways to Improvement, for several months when the pandemic closed down my medical p...
Emerging Science-Based Management of Fatigue and Post-Exertional Malaise
In the final part of this in-depth analysis of fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM), I focus on management. I wish I had ...
What Causes Post-Exertional Malaise?
In Part 1 of this four-part blog series, I described what it feels like to have disabling fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM). In part 2, I summarized some ...
Validating Research on Fatigue and PEM by Professor Robert WĆ¼st and Colleagues
In March 2024, I created a short informational video summarizing a paper published by Dutch researchers from Professor R...
How are they similar, and how are they different?
Welcome to a four-part blog series on one of the most important topics in our community: fatigue and post-exertional malaise. I frequently receive em...
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How we think about and cope with chronic disease makes a huge difference to our experience and quality of life. Our mindset and beliefs can shift us from surviving in anger and grief to moving forw...
Imagine if there were a medication that could make it very hard, even physiologically impossible, to crash. How much better might your quality of life be? Or might such a pill even facilitate recovery...
This is a special bonus blog on radical acceptance. I am writing this blog as much for myself as for you. After more than a month on crutches, I notice minimal improvement in my disabling foot pain an...
What Is the Science Behind Chronic Depression?
In this blogpost, I introduce a compelling new model of depression, a model with neuroplasticity at the center. The neuroplasticity model explains much ...
Is Cognitive Decline With Age Inevitable?
This blog post is a special feature about how to improve and maintain your mental acuity. You may have been told that as you age, you can expect your cogniti...
In this blogpost, I will introduce you to the emerging field of virtual reality-assisted rehabilitation and explore whether this approach may be helpful for people with fibromyalgia and other types of...
