The Next Expansion: Why Rheumatology Must Prepare for Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions (IACCs) When The Lancet Rheumatology published Dr. Brittany Adler’s essay, Expanding the Rheumatology Lens: Should We Embrace POTS and Post-Infectious Syndromes?, it captured...
Mitochondria in the Spotlight: From NIH Recognition to Research Advances When the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released its recent Research in Context feature on mitochondria, it did something that may have gone unnoticed by many but was profoundly significant...
Bateman Horne Center: A Center of Excellence Born from Urgency and Vision When Dr. Lucinda Bateman founded the Bateman Horne Center (BHC), she carried with her both the weight of history and a clear vision for the future of care. For decades, she, along with patient...
Finding Comfort When Bedbound: A Community Member Shares Her Advice August is Severe ME/CFS Awareness Month, a time to recognize and honor the experiences of those living with the most disabling form of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)....
Understanding the Potential of Oxaloacetate for Long COVID and ME/CFS A Q&A with Suzanne Vernon, PhD and Jennifer Bell, FNP-C The REGAIN study, published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, explored the effects of oxaloacetate (OAA), a naturally occurring compound, on...
An AI Map of a Puzzling Illness: How BioMapAI Tries to Decode ME/CFS, One Symptom at a Time Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is notorious for its complexity: a disabling illness marked by crushing fatigue, post‑exertional malaise, pain,...
What do we mean by IACC? We’ve been using a term that may be unfamiliar to some: IACC, which stands for Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. This blog explores what the term means, why it’s useful, and how it relates to other acronyms and evolving terminology....
Scaling Compassionate Care: Why Global Access Starts with BHC’s Clinical Expertise From Clinic to Global Community At Bateman Horne Center (BHC), we’ve spent more than a decade listening to patients and learning how to diagnose, treat, and manage ME/CFS, Long...
Bridging the Gap: A Decade of Knowledge in One Freely Accessible Guide In our last post, we introduced the One Guide. One Goal. campaign—a grassroots effort to raise $500,000 to distribute the Bateman Horne Center’s (BHC) Clinical Care Guide to healthcare...
At BHC, we believe that no one should suffer alone —and no clinician should be without the tools to help. That belief drove us to create the Clinical Care Guide for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions. It’s also the driving force...
A New Chapter at BHC: Rooted in Experience, Leading with Purpose As millions grapple with the long-term effects of post-infectious illness, the Bateman Horne Center (BHC) is entering a new era—one defined by lived experience, scientific urgency, and a commitment to...
As a mother who has watched my child suffer with ME/CFS for ten years, I felt a complex mix of validation and heartbreak reading the groundbreaking study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Finally, researchers are documenting what I've witnessed firsthand: viruses can...
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.