BHC Blog
Composing Progress for ME/CFS and FM
In music, harmony is when three separate notes that agree with one another come together to create a chord. To make beautiful music, you need to understand more than how to play a single instrument, you must understand and make sense of what...
Tipping Point for ME/CFS FM – Robust Research Underway
The science of ME/CFS and FM are at a tipping point. The Bateman Horne Center (BHC) is squarely targeted on bringing these diseases to the mainstream and progress is accelerating. Our powerful combination of an active and specialized medical center...
BHC Screens Forgotten Plague, Hosts Discussion
In late March, the Bateman Horne Center (BHC) held a screening of The Forgotten Plague: a Documentary of Life with M.E. The showing, presented in collaboration with the Westminster College Pre-Professional Health Society, brought together more than...
Uncovering Biomarkers – Fcg receptors in ME/CFS
Uncovering Biomarkers – Is protein dysfunction a risk factor for the development of ME/CFS? The Bateman Horne Center (BHC) is determined to bring ME/CFS and FM into the mainstream by focusing on the discovery of biomarkers. Biomarkers will improve...
Silence – the Soundtrack of My Illness
In this edition of the Patient Voice, Eleanor writes about the soundtrack of her life: How her journey with Fibromylagia and ME/CFS silenced the music for a while, but with some help from Dr. Bateman and BHC, she is finding ways to put the music...
Remaining Upright: Approach to Orthostatic Intolerance
In this educational seminar, Dr. Cortez defines Orthostatic Intolerance and provides an overview of the anatomy involved. She introduces various clinical lab tests and discusses their role in diagnosis then offers several case illustrations from...
Survivor – ME/CFS, FM & Immune Deficiency Edition
'Ginger' writes about her journey through sickness, sadness, laughter and joy. She describes herself as an optimistic, stubborn, pretty determined “ginger” battling the ails of getting sick as a little kid with ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia & Immune...
What’s the Buzz – March
Each month we scour the Internet and bring you a list of news articles, blogs and research publications we think you’ll find interesting for our What's the Buzz post. Occasionally, we’ll highlight and summarize a few of them for you,...
IACFS/ME Cover Art Contest
Announcement: The IACFS/ME has put out a call for young artist to submit their artwork for their cover art contest related to a new Primer for pediatric ME/CFS. The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic...
Quiet the Nervous System Hypersensitivity of Fibromyalgia
Presented by N. Lee Smith, MD Dr. Smith received his medical degree (M.D.) from the University of California, San Francisco and later developed a subspecialty in Behavioral Medicine. This field explores the mind-body interface: finding effective...
Lucinda Bateman, MD, is a renowned clinician, researcher, and educator. Her Johns Hopkins University Medical School training instilled an approach to care that she has employed throughout her career - the patient comes first and the unknown or unexplained does not equate to a lack of proper and compassionate care. Since starting her own practice in 2000, she has served on six boards or committees, been the principal investigator for 45 studies, authored/coauthored 40 journal articles, served as adjunct instructor and adjunct assistant professor in the University of Utah Departments of Preventative Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology, and lectured around the world.