Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
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Long (long) time person with ME/CFS/FM, Translator ME/CFS/ fibromyalgia/long COVID/POTS, etc. research and advocate. Creator of Health Rising and Phoenix Rising. Roaming the western US since 2012
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Aug 22
Tonmya is FDA Approved to Treat Fibromyalgia: CEO Seth Lederman Talks - Health Rising
Tonmya is the first FDA approved drug for use in fibromyalgia in 15 years. Seth Lederman, CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, talked about how the drug was developed, what it does, and when it will become a...
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Aug 10
Jarred Younger Finds a VERY Inflamed Brain in ME/CFS - Health Rising
Geoff’s Narration The GIST “We’re seeing things in the front of the brain, we’re seeing issues in the back of the brain, we’re seeing a lot of things in between…this is a brain-wide issue”. It’s sa...
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Jun 23
A Neuroinflammation Buster? Jarred Younger on tFUS Stimulation for ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and long COVID - Health Rising
Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) may be able to reach deep enough in the brain to help people with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and long COVID.
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Jun 6
Why the Carnivore Diet Could Backfire in ME/CFS and Long COVID: A Closer Look at the Risks - Health Rising
Dr. Courtney Craig explains why carnivore diets may seem helpful in the short run for people with ME/CFS and long COVID they are not the answer.
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Jun 1
Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· May 9
Too Much Exertion Produces Autonomic Nervous System Hit in Long COVID, ME/CFS, and Fibromyalgia - Health Rising
Geoff’s Narrations The GIST The Blog A trip to Seattle to see Dr. Ruhoy held up the blogs a bit but they’re back! Exercise physiologist Rob Wust’s “Wearable heart rate variability monitoring identif...
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· May 4
Stymied, Moving Forward or Both? The Long-COVID (and ME/CFS) Clinical Trials Dilemma - Health Rising
Big pharma is largely staying clear of long COVID trials but the many small and some quite large clinical trials are underway provide hope.
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Mar 31
Crazy Times: Trump Administration Pulls Millions of Dollars From Long COVID Grants (and Then Restores Them?) Plus ME/CFS, Antiviral, Vaccine Funding Hit - Health Rising
The Trump administration pulled the plug on $45 million of long COVID studies and then two days later reversed itself. What the heck is going on?
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Feb 25
Long COVID, ME/CFS and the Trump Administration: Where We Stand Now - Health Rising
Geoff’s Narrations The Blog The GIST The GIST is on the bottom right “May you live in interesting times” Apocryphal Chinese curse We’re living in interesting times, that’s for sure. This blog attemp...
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Feb 13
High Default Mode Network Activity in ME/CFS Associated with Decreased Alertness, Difficulty Carrying out Tasks and More - Health Rising
Alertness, the ability to carry out tasks, sleep and others in chronic fatigue syndrome are impacted by activation of the default mode network in the brain.
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Cort Johnson
@cortjohnson.bsky.social
· Jan 24
An Explosion of ME/CFS in the US + The Real Difference RECOVER May Make In Long COVID - Health Rising
Long COVID increases the prevalence of ME/CFS in the US fifteenfold plus a deep dive into RECOVER's testing program suggests it might help a lot.
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