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    Chronic Kidney Disease and ME/CFS

    Dr. Edward Hyman found indolent coccal bacteria present in urine of patients with a variety of different inflammatory diseases and when he killed the bacteria through antibiotic therapy, confirmed through daily clean catch urinalysis, the symptoms disappeared. Dr. Hyman died in 2003 and his...