Michael Crawford and the Locations Effect
British musical star Michael Crawford attributes his recovery from myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.) to moving to a pristine coastal town in New Zealand. After falling ill with…
Strategies for Treating Extremely Sensitive Mold Patients
By Lisa Petrison Although a number of ME/CFS and chronic Lyme doctors are now beginning to consider the role that toxic mold may be playing in…
My Experiments with Mold Avoidance in the Portuguese Countryside
By Sara My name is Sara. I am from Portugal and this article is about how I am living at the moment. I have been ill for over…
Does Mold Cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Mold remediation professional Sanjay Gupta has written a collection of 36 short articles on various topics related to toxic mold illness. The articles provide a credible introduction to…
Paradigm Change Sponsors Chronic Illness Survey
The Chronic Illness Survey is a research project designed to gather information about those who suffer from chronic multisymptom illness, such as ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, toxic mold illness, chronic…
Looking at the Literature About Mycotoxin Urine Tests
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Recently in the Facebook group that I run, Mold Avoiders, I mentioned that I didn’t think sufficient science exists to justify the RealTime…
New Book: “Erik on Avoidance: Writings About Mold Avoidance, 2000-2015”
Many years before any articles about the dangers of mold toxins in buildings appeared in the medical journal literature, Erik Johnson already had developed a concerted strategy…
Survey Results (Pt. 2): Moving Forward with Choosing the Right Name
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Part 1 of this blog series provided some basic information on the findings of a recent community survey looking at opinions related…
Survey Results (Pt. 1): Evaluating a Proposed Name to Replace “ME/CFS”
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. A recent survey presented to the community by Paradigm Change and ME Advocacy asked a total of 1,147 people about their opinions…
Background on Names Recently Proposed to Replace “ME/CFS”
By Lisa Petrison Following is some background information about some of the names that recently have been proposed as possible replacements for the name ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue…
An Analysis of the IOM Committee’s Report on “ME/CFS”
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. The preliminary version of the IOM report focusing on the disease that the government is now calling “ME/CFS” was released yesterday (February…
Severe M.E. Patients Speak Out
By Rebecca Bailey, Laurel B., Ricky Buchanan, Linda Crowhurst, Peggy Munson, Roger Peacey, Jim S., Katrina Tangen and Daniel Zee Editor’s Note: One of the…
Problems with the P2P Draft Report
By Lisa Petrison, Ph.D. Like many in the ME community, I continue to believe that the NIH P2P initiative is likely to result in an entirely…
The Problem with “ME/CFS”
By Lisa Petrison Following is a comment on the topic of the government’s new use of the term “ME/CFS,” which I delivered to the CFS Advisory Committee…
Physicians Nathan, Teitelbaum and Shoemaker Rap About Mold
Editor’s Note: Dr. Neil Nathan, Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum and Dr. Ritchie Shoemaker talked about recent research findings and new treatment options with regard to mold toxicity…
How I Survived Toxic Mold
“How I Survived Toxic Mold” is a project designed to present in one place brief summaries of many people’s experiences with toxic mold. The goal is to…
Medical, Scientific and Journalistic Pitfalls in the Study of ME/CFS
By Julie Rehmeyer Editor’s Note: Julie Rehmeyer is an award-winning math and science journalist whose work has been published in Science News, Wired, Discover, New Scientist,…
Mold Avoidance and Locations Effect Videos from “Get Well From M.E.”
Giles Meehan discusses the apparent relationship between M.E. and toxic mold in two highly informative “Get Well From M.E.” videos, entitled “Where Are You with M.E.?” (focusing…
Taking a Closer Look at “The Yellow Wallpaper”
This short story was written in 1899 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Gilman suffered from neurasthenia, a condition similar to “ME/CFS.” Many people — including the author…
IOM Statement from Anne Keith
Here is the statement presented to the IOM committee on “ME/CFS” on January 27, 2014, by advocate Anne Keith. Many thanks to Anne for making the…