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Four Peaks Healthcare Associates

Theresa Dowell, FNP, PT
Nat Metz, FNP
Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, POTS & Long COVID

At Four Peaks Healthcare Associates, our mission is simple; to provide compassionate, patient-guided care. We believe that through empathy, communication, trust and shared decision-making our patients will achieve optimal outcomes.

03/06/2026

Here is another very comprehensive blog from Cort Johnson (Health Rising). This is a long in depth blog with his usual "the Gist" as a summary but that is quite long and detailed also. There is a lot of good information on the IMPACC study.

The big IMPACC long COVID study findings suggest that inflammation and reduced male s*x hormone levels may be playing havoc with the small blood vessels in long COVID -= and ME/CFS

03/01/2026

The Open Medicine Foundation is taking on a large study (a study group of 1000 people) determined to uncover biomarkers for the varied biological subsets of ME/CFS.

The Open Medicine Foundation's huge Bioquest project has the potential to transform ME/CFS patients experience with doctors, dramatically enhance research and get drug companies finally interested in this illness.

02/09/2026

Progress!

We have some exciting news to share! Congress has instructed the National Institutes of Health to develop an implementation plan for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap within 180 days of the president signing the recent L-HHS bill. So…in six months, we should have a plan to implement the ME/CFS resea...

01/19/2026

Kara Wada, MD lives with Sjogren's and has lived the myriad of symptoms, misdiagnosis and ways to cope with this autoimmune disorder. This YouTube video outlines many of her coping mechanisms, pacing and how to live well with Sjogren's and other autoimmune and chronic illnesses.
This is a YouTube video that can be stopped, paused or fast-forwarded to make it easier to manage within your energy envelope.

What if the KEY to managing your Sjogren's was simpler than you think?Living with Sjogren's can be a rollercoaster. Some days you feel okay, and other days y...

01/18/2026

An Australian MECFS study looked at multiple areas of interest and "integrated energy metabolism, blood proteins, and immune cell findings together to determine how the different systems in the body are interacting with each other." Due to the complexities of the areas studied and MECFS's multifactorial systems AI is being used to help filter through the information.

Geoff’s Narration The GIST ME/CFS studies keep getting more comprehensive and more complex. Take this nice robust recent Australian study, “Mapping the complexity of ME/CFS: Evidence for abnormal energy metabolism, altered immune profile, and vascular dysfunction“, which integrated energy m...

01/02/2026

Read the news from the Open Medicine Foundation's five research centers around the world (US, Canada, Australia, Sweden). The directors of the research centers make up a diverse group of scientists across multiple specialties that frequently speak with each other of their interdisciplinary projects.
As always Cort Johnson also provides a short version of his blogs, "The Gist"

“The strength of this research network is really everybody can learn from each other and utilize the different expertise that different groups, different labs have in this group.” Wengzhong Xiao Danielle Meadows, Vice President of the Open Medicine Foundation’s Research Programs and Operations...

12/03/2025

Yale's School of Medicine posted a short interview (also in audio) with Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, a professor that has been active in studying MECFS and Long Covid. Dr Iwasaki is asked: Do We Know What Causes Long Covid.

During an interview on the Health & Veritas podcast, Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, discussed post-acute infection syndromes, like Long COVID, and what we’re learning

11/25/2025

There is an increasing number of scientists that are collaborating with each other and their specific discoveries. Here is a quick 18 minute video interview with two of the scientists that are working to unravel the complexities of MECFS and Long Covid.

In an interview with Dr. Chris Armstrong and Dr. Wenzhong Xiao, two of OMF’s Directors, they talk about what they think is going on in ME/CFS, including diff...

11/15/2025

How is a weight loss medication helping people with ME/CFS and Long Covid? When Zepbound was studied there was evidence of other benefits beyond weight loss and it appears to be a strong anti-inflammatory drug also.

GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.

11/04/2025

Science Daily reports on the newly discovered way to identify MECFS through DNA folds. Researchers state, "Our discovery offers the potential for a simple, accurate blood test to help confirm a diagnosis, which could lead to earlier support and more effective management."

A team of scientists has developed a highly accurate blood test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The test reads tiny DNA patterns that reveal the biological signature of the illness. For millions who’ve faced doubt and misdiagnosis, it’s a breakthrough that finally validates their experience — an...

10/28/2025

The use of Oxaloacetate to treat "fatigue, cognitive function, and daily activity in people with ME/CFS, and what it reveals about how supporting cellular energy metabolism may help improve both brain and body function." This blog gives you the "Deep Dive" into this treatment and its benefits.

A new clinical trial led by researchers at the Bateman Horne Center (BHC) offers encouraging evidence that targeting metabolism may help improve both brain function and daily activity in people with…

10/21/2025

Fibromyalgia (FM) and MECFS are showing up in genetic studies as a similar genetic architecture. The authors stated that these findings are "putting FM on a “firm biological foundation”".
Cort Johnson of Health Rising provides his summary or "the gist" section if the article is too long or complicated to read.

Geoff’s Narration The GIST Just months after the publication of the first large ME/CFS GWAS study comes an enormous FM GWAS study. Notice how these two diseases seem to be marching hand in hand. Both are greatly underfunded, both are still struggling for recognition in some circles, symptoms de...

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