Monthly Archives: April 2012

Medical students influenced by name of condition

Posted on 04/07/2012 by wames

Researchers in Australia and Belgium surveyed medical students to discover how medical students classify a range of conditions they might encounter in their professional lives and whether a different name for a condition would influence their decision in the categorisation … Continue reading →

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Functional consequences of repeated OP exposure

Posted on 04/06/2012 by wames

The class of chemicals known as the “organophosphates” (OPs) comprises many of the most common agricultural and commercial pesticides that are used worldwide as well as the highly toxic chemical warfare agents. The mechanism of the acute toxicity of OPs … Continue reading →

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Is overall genome instability cause of ME/CFS?

Posted on 04/04/2012 by wames

Henry Heng, an American researcher has been funded by the National CFIDS Foundation adn Nancy Taylor Foundation for Chronic Diseases to discover whether overall genome instability rather than a specific molecular mechanism may cause chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome … Continue reading →

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Are you losing ESA and live in Merthyr Tydfil?

Posted on 04/02/2012 by wames

Would you be willing to do an interview for Channel 4? Do you live in Merthyr Tydfil? Have you been told that you are losing your Employment and Support Allowance due to the government changes coming in on 30th April … Continue reading →

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Nitric oxide metabolite production during exercise in CFS

Posted on 04/02/2012 by wames

Research abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling illness of unknown etiology that is characterized by fatigue associated with a reduced ability to work, lasting for more than 6 months, and accompanied by a specific set of symptoms. … Continue reading →

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South Wales Echo on Post-viral fatigue syndrome

Posted on 04/01/2012 by wames

Dr Joanna Longstaffe describes Post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) and advises: the most important thing for you to do is to rest up, maintain a healthy diet and general lifestyle and try to remain as stress free as possible to give … Continue reading →

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Update on rituximab

Posted on 04/01/2012 by wames

Drs Oystein Fluge and Olav Mella have been given 2 million Norwegian Kroners (approx. £220,000) to help fund a larger multi-centre follow-up study to confirm their findings  that some people with ME had benefited from the immune modulator rituximab. This … Continue reading →

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