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The biopolitics of CFS/ME

The biopolitics of CFS/ME, by Nikos Karfakis, in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences [Available online 8 June 2018] Highlights: The diagnosis of CFS/ME is not only … Continue reading

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Hyperintense sensorimotor T1 spin echo MRI is associated with brainstem abnormality in CFS

Hyperintense sensorimotor T1 spin echo MRI is associated with brainstem abnormality in CFS by Leighton R. Barnden, Zack Y. Shan, Donald R Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Kevin Finegan, Timothy Ireland, Sandeep Bhuta, in NeuroImage: Clinical Volume 20, 2018, Pages 102-109 Research abstract: We recruited 43 Chronic … Continue reading

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The expression signature of very long non-coding RNA in ME/CFS

The expression signature of very long non-coding RNA in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Chin-An Yang, Sandra Bauer, Yu-Chen Ho, Franziska Sotzny, Jan-Gowth Chang, Carmen Scheibenbogen in Journal of Translational Medicine 2018 16:231 [Published: 17 August 2018] Research abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is … Continue reading

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Metabolic features & regulation of the healing cycle – a new model for chronic disease pathogenesis & treatment

Metabolic features and regulation of the healing cycle – a new model for chronic disease pathogenesis and treatment, by Robert K Naviaux in Mitochondrion [Available online 9 August 2018] This article presents a hypothesis of chronic diseases including ME/CFS Highlights for … Continue reading

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Dry eye syndrome & the subsequent risk of CFS

Dry eye syndrome and the subsequent risk of chronic fatigue syndrome—a prospective population-based study in Taiwan, by Chih-Sheng Chen, Hui-Man Cheng, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Shin-Yi Tsai, Chia-Hung Kao, Hui-Ju Lin, Lei Wan, and Tse-Yen Yang in Oncotarget 2018 Jul 17; 9(55): 30694–30703 [Published online 2018 … Continue reading

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ME/CFS – Metabolic disease or disturbed homeostasis?

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-Metabolic Disease or Disturbed Homeostasis? by Erifili Hatziagelaki, Maria Adamaki, Irene Tsilioni, George Dimitriadis and Theoharis C Theoharides in Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics August 3, 2018, jpet.118.250845 Research article abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex disease characterized by debilitating fatigue, lasting … Continue reading

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Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is not effective for ME/CFS: a review of the FatiGo trial

Multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment is not effective for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chCronic fatigue syndrome: A review of the FatiGo trial, by Mark Vink and Alexandra Vink-Niese in Health Psychol Open. 2018 Jul-Dec; 5(2): 2055102918792648 [Published online 2018 Aug 6]   Research abstract: The FatiGo trial concluded … Continue reading

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System reset? Study suggests Pro-Inflammatory / Autoimmune reset in ME/CFS

Simmaron Research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 4 August 2018: System Reset? Study Suggests Pro-Inflammatory / Autoimmune Reset Occurred in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Epigenetics research holds the fascinating possibility of figuring out what shifted at the very beginning of chronic … Continue reading

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M.E.: ‘an insane idea’ – an animation by Alexandra Hohner

M.E. – ‘an insane idea’ – an animation by Alexandra Hohner An award winning short animation by Alexandra Hohner uses interviews with a young man who developed ME/CFS following a giardia infection. She says ” The experiment is based on the idea … Continue reading

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Visual aspects of reading performance in ME

Visual aspects of reading performance in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), by Rachel Wilson, Kevin B. Paterson, Victoria A. McGowan, Claire Hutchinson in Frontiers in Psychology [Preprint July 26, 2018] Research abstract: People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) report vision-related reading difficulty, … Continue reading

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