Initial Case Reports From the Paradigm Change Viral Illness Survey
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. During the last week of February, I heard from someone with chronic mold-related illness living in the Southwest U.S. who had just…
Coronavirus COVID-19 and Viral Illness Survey
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Although the coronavirus COVID-19 has been declared a global pandemic, much is still unknown about key issues with regard to it. For…
Could The Coronavirus Covid-19 Epidemic Have A Toxic Mold Connection?
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. As the coronavirus COVID-19 begins to cause illness and fatalities in the U.S., a question on my mind is whether those who…
Stanford Professor Ron Davis Discusses ME/CFS Research Studies
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Research scientist Ronald W. Davis was interviewed about the possible role of various toxins (including mold toxins) in ME/CFS in an interview…
Erik Johnson Describes Toxic Issues During the Lake Tahoe Illness Outbreak
Mold avoidance pioneer Erik Johnson discussed his experiences during the 1980’s in the Lake Tahoe epidemic of the disease now officially called ME/CFS in an ME/CFS Alert…
Paul Cheney Seminar on Oxygen Toxicity (2013)
This page provides a transcript of a presentation given by Dr. Paul Cheney on chronic fatigue syndrome in North Carolina in 2013.
Updated Page: Mold Stories
Following are the stories of more than 50 individuals who have been reported to have experienced chronic health effects subsequent to being exposed to mold problems.…
CDC Website Pages on ME/CFS Now Mention Mold Connection and Chemical Sensitivities
Subsequent to a recent update, information provided about ME/CFS on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now includes a mention that…
Paradigm Change Literature Review: ME and CFS Medical Abnormalities
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. More than 1,000 peer-reviewed articles have been published demonstrating a wide variety of physiological abnormalities in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue…
A Panel of ME/CFS Experts Discusses Mycotoxin Research
A panel of research and medical specialists in the disease of ME/CFS shared their thoughts about ways in which the role that mycotoxins may be playing in…
Jen Brea’s Award-Winning ME/CFS Film “Unrest” Discusses Mold Avoidance Issues
Jennifer Brea was a Ph.D. student at Harvard University in 2012 when she was struck down with a flu that left her bedridden and experiencing a…
Erik Johnson
Erik Johnson became aware of the negative effects of toxic mold on his health in the early 1970’s as a student at Truckee High School in…
ME/CFS Patient Lissa Nilsson Shares Her Mold Story on Health Rising
ME/CFS patient and mold avoider Lissa Nilsson discusses the challenges that she and her husband faced after finding that their home had a major toxic mold…
Julie Rehmeyer and “Through the Shadowlands”
Julie Rehmeyer is a math and science journalist and ME/CFS sufferer who turned to the mold avoidance approach described in the book A Beginner’s Guide to Mold…
“Myalgic Encephalomyelitis”: New Website Provides Factual Info on ME and CFS
Paradigm Change has launched a new website designed to provide credible and factual information about ME and CFS to researchers, physicians, journalists, government officials and others…
Health Rising Shares Former Death Rider Chris Graber’s Mold Story
The popular ME/CFS blog Health Rising shared the mold story of Chris Graber, who previously was a participant in the grueling Lake Tahoe Death Ride before becoming sick…
New Article about Mold Avoidance and ME/CFS in “American Scientist”
Journalist Julie Rehmeyer discussed her experiences moving toward wellness through mold avoidance in an interview in the May/June edition of American Scientist. In the interview, she described…
Paradigm Change Online Resources
This page provides a list of links to online information produced by Paradigm Change.
UK Daily Mail and Huffington Post Profile Mold Avoider Katie Steward
The UK press covered mold avoider Katie Steward’s story on September 13, 2016. The Huffington Post published the story first. It then was picked up by the Daily Mail and The Sun.
Mold Avoidance Linked to CFS Reversal in Medical Literature
A case study of a man with severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) having his symptoms significantly reversed as a result of mold avoidance and other treatments…