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…
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…
The neurotoxins made by certain species of mold recently have been recognized in research literature and by practitioners as having the ability to cause or trigger psychiatric…
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…
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…
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…
Text and Photos by Lisa Petrison Occasionally at the end of a yoga class, the instructor will suggest that I imagine being back in a place where…
A Diagnostic Challenge A challenge for conventional medical practitioners in diagnosing toxic mold illness has been that symptoms as well as laboratory tests tend to present somewhat differently across…
By Lisa Petrison Back in 2008, a few other mold avoiders and I came upon a doctoral dissertation about the neurological effects of satratoxin (a trichothecene…
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…
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By Lisa Petrison Very frequently, new mold avoiders ask me how they can go about quickly determining whether a particular building, a particular outdoor environment or…
By Sean Perman & Jamie Rautenberg Editor’s Note: This delicious and satisfying vegan dish contains creamy coconut milk plus lots of turmeric – a spice renowned for its anti-inflammatory…
By Julie Genser Even though I know fresh vegetable juices are one of the best ways to deliver absorbable nutrients to my inflamed intestines, I have…
“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…
By Lisa Petrison and Erik Johnson Note: For more than six years now, the two of us have been part of ongoing discussions involving a total…
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,…
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…
By Mary Ackerley, M.D. Editor’s Note: Dr. Mary Ackerley is an integrative psychiatrist who recently obtained certification in the Shoemaker Protocol used to treat toxic mold illness.…
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…