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...
A $200,000 grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been awarded for a study seeking to identify antibody biomarkers for ME/CFS. The Bateman Horne Center will partner with Armin Alaedini, PhD on this important research. By Suzanne D Vernon...
On May 12th, individuals around the globe will be celebrating International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day. This date has been designated as an international day for awareness since 1992 and over the years it has evolved into a kick-off event for awareness...
Bateman Horne Center Leadership are Co-Investigators on this Cutting-Edge Immunogenomic Study to Quantify ME/CFS Moving Toward a Genomic CBC for ME/CFS By Suzanne D Vernon, PhD There are two major barriers to identifying ME/CFS biomarkers: 1) variation in how patients...
This past summer, we completed an open-label, proof of concept trial using a combination of valacyclovir, the generic form of Valtrex, and celecoxib, the generic form of Celebrex to see if it improved symptoms in women sick with Long COVID. The combination of these...
The National Institute of Health has awarded funding for ME/CFS Collaborative Research Centers and Data Coordinating Center to collaborative research teams that include the Bateman Horne Center of Salt Lake City, Utah (BHC). This funding represents the largest single...
I met Armin Alaedini in 2008 at a meeting in San Francisco that was about solutions for Lyme and other tick-borne diseases through cutting edge science. I was fascinated by his presentation on immunological findings in post-treatment Lyme disease and I approached him...
Me and my ME Who is me, or rather who am I, and what is ME? My name is Dr Bear Lawrence, and I’ve enjoyed an interesting life. I’ve worked as a delivery driver in Norway, a helicopter tour pilot in the Caribbean, and a flight instructor in Oregon. In the UK I’ve been...
Promising Clinical Trial Results: Advancing ME/CFS and Long COVID Treatment by Suzanne Vernon, PhD, Director of Research At the Bateman Horne Center (BHC), we are committed to finding effective treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)...
Melissa's World Each day my room's eternally A prison and infirmary It's not a choice that's up to me Relentlessly I miss my family, lost my friends The list of losses never ends My body breaks, my spirit bends Relentlessly I've tried it all, took every test I...
Bateman Horne Center is honored to have a guest message by Janet Dafoe. She is a caregiver for her very severe ME/CFS son, advocate and fundraiser for the End ME/CFS Project at Open Medicine Foundation and CFSRC at Stanford. Follow her on Twitter at @JanetDafoe. Ron...
The Bateman Horne Center, a center of excellence, is leading the way in the medical advancement and treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) through integrated medical research and clinical care. The Bateman Horne...
Buzz – October: Each month we scour the Internet to bring you a summary of news articles, blogs and research publications we think you’ll find interesting for our What’s the Buzz post. This month, Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD, BHC Research Liaison, highlights and summarize...
The National Institute of Health has awarded funding for ME/CFS Collaborative Research Centers and Data Coordinating Center to collaborative research teams that include the Bateman Horne Center of Salt Lake City, Utah (BHC). This funding represents the largest single...
The Bateman Horne Center is always excited to share important research on ME/CFS and FM happening around the globe. Today, we focus on David Systrom, a pulmonary and critical care physician who researches all forms of exercise intolerance and heads, by request of the...
To a loved one of someone with a chronic illness: The intention behind this letter is to share the importance of believing and validating your loved one with chronic illness. This may seem simple, and perhaps even obvious, but the power behind these actions can be...
Many investigators pivoted to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 science and medicine in 2020. We did too at BHC because we understood the opportunity the pandemic provided for "real-time" clinical research of post-COVID-19 sequelae and to share all we know about ME/CFS -...
In February of this year, we began enrolling for a study to evaluate endothelial function in people with ME/CFS and Long COVID. “Endothelial” refers to the cells that line the inside of blood vessels. Endothelial cells are actively involved in contracting/relaxing the...
Before I got ME/CFS I was a women's health nurse practitioner working in a busy practice. I had spent years of education preparing for this dream job: two bachelor's degrees in biology and nursing and two master's degrees in philosophy of science and nursing. I loved...
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.