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Exercise tests suggest autoimmunity causes the exertion problems in CFS, FM & POTS

Posted on 08/21/2017 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 16 August 2017: Exercise Tests Suggest Autoimmunity Causes the Exertion Problems in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and POTS Researchers and doctors get interested in ME/CFS in different ways. Many have a personal connection, … Continue reading →

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Inflammation correlates with symptoms in CFS

Posted on 08/18/2017 by wames

Research overview abstract: Inflammation correlates with symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Anthony L Komaroff in PNAS August 15, 2017 It is not unusual for patients who say they are sick to have normal results on standard laboratory testing. The physician … Continue reading →

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‘The most common disease you’ve never seen’: how one woman turned her illness into a life-changing film

Posted on 08/17/2017 by wames

Telegraph article, by Alan Vincent, 11 August 2017: ‘The most common disease you’ve never seen’: how one woman turned her illness into a life-changing film   Jennifer Brea was 28 when she was bedridden with a high fever. As she … Continue reading →

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The ME/CFS Symposium at Stanford – watch the video

Posted on 08/16/2017 by wames

The ME/CFS Symposium held at Stanford on Saturday August 12th 2017 can be viewed online: https://youtu.be/s7bBMXQSmuM The start times of each speaker: Open Medicine Foundation’s Community Symposium is now available to view online for anyone who was unable to watch … Continue reading →

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The Mail online asks: Why are doctors and patients still at war over ME?

Posted on 08/15/2017 by wames

Mail online post, by Jerome Burns, 15 August 2017: Why are doctors and patients still at war over M.E.? How the best treatment for the debilitating condition is one of the most bitterly contested areas in medicine Myalgic encephalomyelitis can … Continue reading →

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FITNET’s internet-based CBT may impede natural recovery in adolescents with ME/CFS

Posted on 08/14/2017 by wames

Review abstract: FITNET’s Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is ineffective and may impede natural recovery in adolescents with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A Review, by Simin Ghatineh and Mark Vink in Behav Sci (Basel). 2017 Aug 11;7(3). pii: E52 The Dutch Fatigue … Continue reading →

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Is SEID comparable to research case definitions of CFS?

Posted on 08/12/2017 by wames

Two groups of American researchers debate the appropriateness of using case definitions for research purposes. Article abstract: Mistaken conclusions about systemic exercise intolerance disease being comparable to research case definitions of CFS: a rebuttal to Chu et al., by Leonard A. Jason, Madison Sunnquist, Kristen … Continue reading →

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This is why I quit exercise therapy

Posted on 08/11/2017 by wames

Buzzfeed news blog post, by Camilla Maxted, 6 Aug 2017: This is why I quite exercise therapy When it comes to my illness, I’ve learned to listen to my symptoms, trust my body, and give it the one thing it … Continue reading →

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Increase in the Regional Cerebral Blood Flow following Waon Therapy in Patients with CFS

Posted on 08/11/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Increase in the Regional Cerebral Blood Flow following Waon Therapy in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study, by  T Munemoto, Y Soejima, A Masuda, Y Nakabeppu, C Tei, in Intern Med. 2017;56(14):1817-1824 [Epub 2017 Jul 15] Objective: … Continue reading →

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Cytokine responses to exercise & activity in patients with CFS

Posted on 08/10/2017 by wames

Cytokine responses to exercise and activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: case control study, by LV Clark, M Buckland, G Murphy, N Taylor, V Vleck, C Mein, E. Wozniak, M. Smuk, P.D. White in Clinical and Experimental Immunology August … Continue reading →

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