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Balance deficits in CFS with & without FM

Research abstract: Balance deficits in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome with and without fibromyalgia, by Jorge M Serrador, Karen S Quigley, Caixia  Zhao, Thomas Findley, Benjamin H Natelson in NeuroRehabilitation 2018;42(2):235-246 OBJECTIVE: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a disorder of unknown etiology associated … Continue reading

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Markers of non-coeliac wheat sensitivity in patients with ME/CFS

Research letter: Markers of non-coeliac wheat sensitivity in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Melanie Uhde, Alyssa C Indart, Xuechen B Yu, Sophie S Jang, Roberto De Giorgio, Peter H R Green, Umberto Volta, Suzanne D Vernon, Armin Alaedini … Continue reading

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Unrest at the Senedd – #TimeForUnrestWales

Unrest at the Senedd          #TimeForUnrestWales On Wednesday 18th April Unrest comes to the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. This will be an opportunity to let Welsh politicians and the media know about ME and the poor state of health and social … Continue reading

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Rituximab impedes natural killer cell function in CFS/ME patients

Research abstract: Rituximab impedes natural killer cell function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients: A pilot in vitro investigation by Natalie Eaton, Hélène Cabanas, Cassandra Balinas, Anne Klein, Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 2018 19:12 [Published: … Continue reading

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Dutch report on CFS downgrades CBT & GET, calls for more research

The Dutch Health Council  report to their Parliament in the Hague on CFS, 19 March 2018. Report in Dutch          Summary in Dutch        Background Google translation of Report into English     Google translation of Summary into English  Google translation of Background into English The Report’s conclusions and … Continue reading

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Cortene – a new drug trial & disease hypothesis for ME/CFS

Cortene In his blog, Health Rising, Cort Johnson introduces a new drug trial and hypothesis for ME/CFS. With the help of Dr Lucinda Bateman and Dr Suzanne Vernon a small drug company, Cortene, will be conducting a small proof-of-concept trial of a new … Continue reading

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Forward ME Group writes to the Times: patients are ‘not simply deconditioned’

Times online letter, 22 March 2018: TREATMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH ME Sir, The article by Tom Whipple, (“Findings of £5m ME chronic fatigue study ‘worthless’,” Mar 22) highlights a long-standing problem. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) … Continue reading

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Rethinking the treatment of CFS – a reanalysis of the PACE trial

Research abstract: Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT by Carolyn E. Wilshire, Tom Kindlon, Robert Courtney, Alem Matthees, David Tuller, Keith Geraghty and Bruce … Continue reading

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PACE Trial reanalysis in the news – Findings of £5m ME chronic fatigue study ‘worthless’

Times article, by Tom Whipple, Science Editor, 22 March 2018: Findings of £5m ME chronic fatigue study ‘worthless’ [register for free to read 2 articles a week] Scientists have questioned the robustness of a study that recommended exercise and cognitive behavioural therapy … Continue reading

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A metabolic ‘trap’ hypothesis for ME/CFS?

Open Medicine Foundation blog post, 14 March 2018: OMF-funded research: a metabolic ‘trap’ hypothesis for ME/CFS On this #OMFScienceWednesday we highlight a new project that OMF is funding, which proposes a new metabolic ‘trap’ hypothesis for ME/CFS. This project is … Continue reading

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