In January 2016, I cut my hair and started wearing wild socks, vowing to do so until we had a biomarker. It must have worked [!] because in 2017 BHC was included in two of the three National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded ME/CFS Collaborative Centers grants...
Because of the investment of many supporters - donors large and small - the Bateman Horne Center (BHC) has been able to partner with cutting-edge researchers across the globe. BHC works directly with researchers to enroll well-categorized patients into their research,...
On May 12th, individuals around the globe will be celebrating International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day and 2017 marks the 25th anniversary. The May 12th date was chosen because it is Florence Nightingale's birthday and she was believed to have suffered from...
In 2015, the Bateman Horne Center began a transformation. Once the Fatigue Consultation Clinic (FCC) and the Organization for Fatigue & Fibromyalgia Education & Research (OFFER), two separate organizations with regional footprint came together to make a global...
“Advancing Research” is central to Bateman Horne Centers’ mission of empowering patients and improving clinical care for ME/CFS and FM. The trick of course is figuring out the best way to advance research. This is a decision any organization targeting research into...
My family and I recently returned to Salt Lake City after a 22-year absence. We had missed Utah’s western landscape and snowcapped mountains and the youthful feeling of the city. Additionally, I knew there would be unique professional opportunities available to me in...
Improving Lives Today Begins with Education. Regardless of age, education, or experience, learning is the catalyst for change. You cannot influence a process, mindset, or required skill without learning what needs improvement and how to accomplish it. That is...
Incredible people have spent time at BHC as medical residents, interns, pre-med students, and clinical research coordinators as a waypoint in their educational journeys. As a part of our mission, we train upcoming medical professionals and researchers to help be a...
On this page, BHC provides resources from CME offerings and other professional literature specific to these diseases. On this page, BHC provides resources from CME offerings and other professional literature specific to these diseases. Continuing Medical Education for...
On this page, BHC provides resources from CME offerings and other professional literature specific to these diseases. On this page, BHC provides resources from CME offerings and other professional literature specific to these diseases. Continuing Medical Education for...
On this page, BHC provides resources from CME offerings and other professional literature specific to these diseases. CMEME/CFS Diagnostic CriteriaSymptoms Supporting DiagnosisDiagnosing and Managing ME/CFSTop ResourcesLiteratureFunctional ImpairmentPost-Exertional...
Biomarkers can take the “process of elimination” out of diagnosing ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia. Biomarkers (short for biological markers) can be objectively measured and tell you something about the individual – whether there is disease present, what type of treatment...
BHC prepared the following response the NIH Request For Information (RFI) regarding the future of ME/CFS research Sixteen different centers within the NIH sought input concerning new research strategies for ME/CFS. They asked patients and advocates to tell the...
On this page, BHC shares details on our support groups and Lunch & Learn opportunities. Support GroupsSecond & Third Tuesday of each month Both monthly support groups are designed to include people with ME/CFS, FM, Long COVID, and co-existing conditions. We...
Even though the world’s attention is on COVID-19, BHC’s continued commitment to clinical care, research and education for our ME/CFS and FM community remains unwavering. Because our community’s well-being is central to all we do, we have compiled a list of resources...
Each of us is a 24/7 data-generating machine. Wearable accessories and devices count our steps, monitor our heart and breathing rate and track our water intake. Our smart phones keep us connected all while tracking our every movement. We use apps to count calories,...
'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 Deficiency. “I’ve...
Dr. Suzanne D. Vernon, BHC research liaison, explains how the IOM report defining the core symptoms of ME/CFS also define the BHC research roadmap. ________ At the October 2012 CFS Advisory Committee meeting Dr. Sandra Kweder, Deputy Director of the Office of New...
Image Credit: National Institute of Health For decades, no one has known what causes myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, commonly called ME/CFS). As a result, this debilitating disease has been very difficult to diagnose and even harder to treat. Funded by a major grant...
Provider Dr. Melanie Hoppers is a practicing physician, board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics. Dr. Hoppers completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Union University in Jackson, TN, and attended medical school at the University of Tennessee...
BHC Blog
At the Bateman Horne Center, empowering patients to find their strongest voice and live their best life is the first and most important component of our mission. We strive to strengthen community and share the beauty of the human spirit that lives within all impacted...
On November 1-3, 2015, Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD, Bateman Horne Center Research Czarista, attended the 7th annual Partnering for Cures convention. Partnering for Cures convenes leaders with the experience, creativity, and motivation needed to transform the medical...
When Cortene contacted BHC with an idea, and an early draft protocol designed to test CT38 as a treatment for ME/CFS, Dr. Suzanne Vernon and I agreed to help them refine the protocol and conduct the trial. The Cortene-funded trial was an FDA and IRB-approved...
Introduction It is hard to know how to support others when their health becomes compromised. It can leave you feeling powerless and unsure of what to do. It is even harder when your loved one is afflicted by an “invisible illness.” An illness where there isn’t a cast...
Each month we scour the Internet and bring you a list of news articles, blogs and research publications we think you'll find interesting. Occasionally, we'll highlight and summarize a few of them for you, like these: Cytokines are small powerful signaling proteins....
After high school, I attended and graduated from a class in machinist training through NASA. I worked for multiple machine shops throughout the years and ultimately became a journeyman machinist, CNC milling/CNC lathe programmer. In the late 1990s/early 2000s I...
The fatigue began at the top of my head and rolled down my body, as if I’d been standing under a cold shower. I felt flushed, chilled, achy, and unsteady on my feet. I had to lean against the display case of the cupcake shop, hoping my son wouldn’t notice. We were on...
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.