Nov. 2025, PCARES: 'POTS : An Invisible Illness'

'Expert physicians (2024 POTS and Beyond CME faculty) from leading institutions—including Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, University of Utah — underscore the need for greater awareness and understanding.'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnwk...

Guardians of the Brain.
A brief review of 6 recent, important reports that help us understand the brain-immune system axis
erictopol.substack.com/p/guardians-...
in the new Ground Truths, open-access (free)
relevance: #LongCovid, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, ME/CFS, autoimmunity

Here’s the thing with symptom-titrated exercise in #MECFS, friends:
1. You never get away from the energy robbing nature of this disease
2. Never
3. See #1 and #2

If all your patients miraculously seem to improve in response to your special exercise regimen, they’re probably talking to me instead.

A comprehensive large-scale genetic analysis for primary antiphospholipid syndrome provides new insights into the genetic basis and pathophysiology of this rare disease.

In Arthritis & Rheumatology
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Levels of calprotectin were higher in primary APS & aPL+ patients vs controls

Calprotectin provoked aPL-mediated thrombocytopenia by engaging platelet surface TLR4 and activating the NLRP3-inflammasome, thereby reducing platelet viability in a caspase-1-dependent manner

In A&R
loom.ly/4gNFSBQ
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Finally making the switch to bluer skies. Here for the science and public health. And for the cat photos - they are still the best part of social media. Not loving the open account settings. Will be keeping all thoughts to myself . . . for now.