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Nursing Times comments on reports of POTS research
“ME: one third of patients ‘wrongly diagnosed’,” says The Daily Telegraph, which has reported on a new study of a condition called postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS). In PoTS, the heart rate increases by over 30 beats per minute when standing, … Continue reading
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Tagged Nursing Times, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
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Maija Haavisto and treatments for CFS/ME
Maija Haavisto is a Finish writer and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patient who wrote the massive ME/CFS and FM compendium “Reviving the Broken Marionette: Treatments for CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia“, which provided comprehensive overviews of over 250 treatments. Maija’s health improved greatly … Continue reading
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Tagged Cort Johnson, LDN, low dose naltrexone, Maija Haavisto, Reviving the Broken Marionette
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Why people with CFS think they feel better or worse
Abstract The purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify participants’ attributions for their global impression of change ratings in a behavioral intervention for unexplained chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. At 3-month follow-up, participants (N = 67) … Continue reading
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Tagged deterioration, Fred Friedberg, improvement
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A definition of recovery in ME & CFS should be based on objective measures
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Adamowicz and colleagues recently proposed to use “a consistent definition of recovery that captures a broad-based return to health with assessments of both fatigue and function as well as the patients’ perceptions of his/her recovery status” for patients with chronic … Continue reading
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Tagged case definitions, objective measures, recovery
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Macrophagic myofasciitis, vaccinations and CFS
Abstract Macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF) characterized by specific muscle lesions assessing long-term persistence of aluminium hydroxide within macrophages at the site of previous immunization has been reported with increasing frequency in the past 10 years. We describe clinical and laboratory findings … Continue reading
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Tagged aluminum-containing vaccine, creatinine kinase levels, inflammatory myopathy, Macrophagic myofasciitis, MMF
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Potential of CFS biomarkers
Abstract Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remains an incompletely characterized illness, in part due to controversy regarding its definition, biological basis and diagnosis. Biomarkers are objective measures that may lead to improvements in our understanding of CFS by providing a more … Continue reading
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Tagged biomarkers, DB Fischer, Leonard Jason
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Is CFS a meme (dysfunctional culturally-transmitted idea-infection)?
Response to 2004 article by Peter White: What causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a meme?, by Anthony D Collings, David Newton in BMJ 18 June 2014 In his 1976 book ‘The Selfish Gene’ (1) Richard Dawkins coined … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Collings, cause, culturally driven disease disorders, David Newton, Ellen CG Grant, EM Goudsmit, JK Anand, meme, NAsim MArie Jafry, Neil C Abbot, Pembrokeshire, Richard Dawkins, Sam Lewis, Stephen E Ralph, Suzy Chapman, The selfish gene
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More money for CBT, mindfulness etc in Wales
Welsh Government press release: A £650,000 funding boost to improve access to psychological therapies for people with mental health problems in Wales has been announced by Health Minister Mark Drakeford. The funding will support the delivery of psychological therapies – … Continue reading
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Tagged CBT, Mark Drakeford AM, mental health, mindfulness, psychological therapies
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Decreased basal ganglia function and relationship to fatigue in CFS
Abstract Reduced basal ganglia function has been associated with fatigue in neurologic disorders, as well as in patients exposed to chronic immune stimulation. Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been shown to exhibit symptoms suggestive of decreased basal ganglia … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew H Miller, Decreased basal ganglia function, fatigue, fMRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory
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Computer based diagnostic tool for chronic fatigue & Chinese Medicine
Abstract Objective Chronic Fatigue (CF) still remains unclear about its etiology, pathophysiology, nomenclature and diagnostic criteria in the medical community. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) adopts a unique diagnostic method, namely ‘bian zheng lun zhi’ or syndrome differentiation, to diagnose … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Medicine, computer-based diagnostic tool, Conformal Predictor), CP-RF, diagnosis, Multi-Label Learning, Problem Transformation method, Random Forest, syndrome differentiation, TCM
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