Dr. Stein's Blog
for ME/CFS, FM, ES, Long COVID and Chronic Pain
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...
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...
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...
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...
From the IACFS/ME Virtual Conference 2021
Attending the IACFS/ME Second Virtual Scientific Conference, I was left with hope for the future. The number of serious biomedical researchers in the field...
The Third International Virtual Congress on Fibromyalgia
On June 24 - 25 I attended the Third International Virtual Congress on Fibromyalgia. Many of the presenters were from Europe and were...
Sleep research is advancing by leaps and bounds. The most exciting information to me is understanding what is happening in the brain during the various sleep stages. Understanding the biology of...
With very few exceptions - YES.
August 22, 2021: Updated COVID information: The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines on the delta variant.
How are people with ME/CFS, FM and ES...
The IACFS/ME conference scheduled for June 2020 was cancelled due to COVID and a mini-version was presented online on Aug. 21, 2020. This blog covers some of the highlights.
Research...
It is likely that during the COVID-19, you have been using videoconferencing way more than you used to as a way of staying in touch with your friends and family. I am no different. I have taken my...
During my group psychotherapy sessions this week and last, we spent lots of time discussing how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people's lives. Ironically, many patients report that they have...
To provide context for this new information, please re-read my blogs on Naviaux’s work from May 2016 and October 2016. In the May 2016 blog, I summarize Naviaux’s 2014 paper on...