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for ME/CFS, FM, ES, Long COVID and Chronic Pain

Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
Big News
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Big News chronic pain neuroplasticity Sep 06, 2022

I am the type of person who likes change and novelty. I have lived in different countries and provinces and reinvented myself more than once. I thrive on challenges and learning. And yet, I have...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
What Is Neuroplasticity and How Does it Work?
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What Is Neuroplasticity and How Does it Work? neuroplasticity Aug 31, 2022


The neurons in the brain and spinal cord are “plastic”, always changing in how they connect with each other. The changes are based on experience, our thoughts, emotions and actions. The...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
What Is Epigenetics and How to Hack it for Optimal Health
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What Is Epigenetics and How to Hack it for Optimal Health epigenetic Jul 27, 2022

This blog on epigenetics is a teaser. I am almost ready to launch Chapter 3: Biology of Change, part of my new book More Light. The chapter has three sections one each on neuroplasticity,...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Anxiety: Dispelling the Myth
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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Anxiety: Dispelling the Myth Jun 28, 2022

(a video of the original webinar that took place on May 6 for this discussion is available on the Media page)

Is Multiple Chemical Sensitivities Real?

For decades there has been a lack of...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
Can Any Good Come From Chronic Illness? Guest Blog By Ari Cubangbang
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Can Any Good Come From Chronic Illness? Guest Blog By Ari Cubangbang chronic illness May 30, 2022

(the audio at the top of this blog is a narration by Ari of the text below.  This audio version is for those people who prefer to listen than to read)

How I Came to Eleanor Stein’s Group...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
Classic Pacing with Ingebjørg Midesem Dahl
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Classic Pacing with Ingebjørg Midesem Dahl fibromyalgia Mar 31, 2022

This blog is guest written by Norwegian author Ingebjørg Midsem Dahl. Ms. Dahl is severely ill with ME. She wrote the book Classic Pacing to help others learn from her experience, extensive...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
Know Pain, by Debbie Patterson
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Know Pain, by Debbie Patterson chronic pain Mar 07, 2022

My name is Debbie Patterson. I am a Registered Physiotherapist in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta. I am also a member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and a founding member of the...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
ME/CFS Recovery Story
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ME/CFS Recovery Story advocacy me/cfs Jan 31, 2022

 This is a story written by Mellissa, a person managing the symptoms of ME/CFS and comorbidities and how her life was transformed by Dr. Stein’s educational programs. Introducing...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
ICanCME: Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative ME Research Network
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ICanCME: Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative ME Research Network me/cfs help me/cfs research Jan 23, 2022


In August 2019, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded the first team grant ever for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

 

The press release states “Government of Canada invests...

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Eleanor Stein, MD FRCP(C)
Meet Dr. Neil Nathan, MD
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Meet Dr. Neil Nathan, MD me/cfs help Jan 17, 2022

About Neil Nathan MD

Dr. Neil Nathan is one of few physicians who enjoys the challenge of learning how to help patients with complex chronic diseases, diseases most other physicians don’t...

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fMRI Evidence - Neuroplastic Intervention Is Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain chronic pain neuroplasticity Oct 19, 2021

Hot off the Press! Research Update

If you have read my blog posts or attended my online course Pathways to Improvment, you will know that I have become increasingly interested in the power of...

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How Do You Know If Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia or Environmental Sensitivities Information Is Legitimate? me/cfs research Oct 16, 2021

When False Ideas Cost Lives - Scurvy and ME/CFS

In any young field and in the absence of gold standard tests and treatments theories about what causes and what cures diseases abound. This has been...

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