It's Research Week at Bateman Horne Center! This means that as part of our Mission Possible giving campaign we fill you in on why research is so important to our organization and how we are using it to improve the lives of those with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, post-viral...
Fibromyalgia
#MillionsMissing 2020 – Virtual Support and Awareness Event
On Tuesday, May 12th at noon, 110 people, reclined, sat and stood gathered around Zoom powered computer screens to commemorate ME/CFS and FM Awareness Day. BHC partnered with Rebecca Cain, #MEAction Utah Representative, to conduct the live virtual #MillionsMissing...
Understanding the Neuroscience of Pain, Dr. Nelson
In our April education meeting we were pleased to host Matt Nelson, DPT, an educator, advocate, and expert in handling chronic and complex pain conditions. He described our current neurological understanding of pain, how pain may be decreased by education through...
Improving Quality of Life with Chronic Illness, Dr. Sherlock
In this month’s education meeting we were pleased to hear from Elizabeth Sherlock, PhD, a clinical psychologist who joined the Bateman Horne Center in 2018. She moderates support groups for patients and caregivers. Doctor Sherlock has a great deal of experience with...
Service Animals for Mobility Support with Chronic Illness
August's education meeting featured Kelley Rosequist, owner of Dog Training Elite Utah. She provided information on service dogs and specifically on how service dogs can provide mobility support for those with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and other chronic illnesses. What...
We See You. You are Not Missing to Us.
On May 12th, individuals around the globe will be celebrating International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. The May 12th date was chosen because it is Florence Nightingale’s birthday and she was believed to have suffered from ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a chronic disabling multi-system illness that remains misunderstood, underfunded in research, and even trivialized by some today.
What’s Next for the ME/CFS Clinician Coalition?
On March 15-16, leading ME/CFS clinicians from across the United States gathered in Salt Lake City for the second annual ME/CFS Expert Clinician Summit. The goal of this summit was to grow the collaborative network of disease experts, identify ways to expand their...
BHC Participates in NIH-Sponsored ME/CFS Meeting
The NIH will host 3 days of meetings focusing on ME/CFS research. The meeting on April 3 is titled, “Thinking the Future: A Workshop for Young Early Career ME/CFS Investigators”. This is followed on April 4–5 with a meeting titled, “Accelerating Research on ME/CFS”. ...
Pelvic Health and Chronic Illness
We were pleased to host Dr. Lauren Johnson—Doctor of Physical Therapy and current Director of the Pelvic Physical Therapy and Wellness Clinic in the Salt Lake City, Utah for our March Education Meeting. In this presentation, Dr. Johnson taught about pelvic health, how...
Cutting Edge Technology for ME/CFS Biomarker Discovery
Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that are produced by B cells of our immune system to specifically recognize and bind antigens. Antigens are molecules that instigate antibody production and can be from an invading pathogen or from our own body. Each antibody...
Fatigue, Pain and Sexual Health
Navigating intimacy with your partner can be hard enough without the added stressors of ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. We realize that discussing intimacy and sex may be taboo for some, but are nevertheless integral in a holistic view of health for every individual. We urge...
NIH Announces Precision Medicine Initiative
Research tends to neglect ME/CFS and FM - until right now. Precision medicine is the emerging scientific idea that medical treatment can and should be maximally efficient by tailoring medicine and healthcare to individual circumstances. Current research studies,...