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A content analysis of CFS & ME in the US news from 1987 to 2013

Research abstract: A content analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis in the news from 1987 to 2013, by Zachary A Siegel, Abigail Brown, Andrew Devendorf,  Johanna Collier, Leonard Jason in Chronic Illness [Preprint April 2017] Objectives: The aim of this … Continue reading

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CFS and the immune system

Review summary: Chronic fatigue syndrome and the immune system: Where are we now?, by Fane Kojo Fosu Mensaha, Amolak Singh Bansal, Brian Ford, Geraldine Cambridge in Neurophysiologie Clinique/Clinical Neurophysiology [Available online 12 April 2017] Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterised by multiple … Continue reading

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Help secure the World Health Organisation’s classification of ME & CFS

ME action blog post: Help secure the World Health Organisation’s classification of ME & CFS Important call to action! We need all hands on deck for a simple, but important task. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is reviewing its International … Continue reading

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Migraine summit & CFS & FM

Health rising forum post, by Cort Johnson, 11 April 2017: Migraine Summit Poses Opportunities For Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients A Different Kind of Summit Online Health Summits have become something of a big deal over the past couple … Continue reading

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An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for CFS

Research abstract: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) intervention for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): A case series approach, by Lauren Roche, David L Dawson, Nima G Moghaddam, Anne Abey in Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science [Published online April 8, 2017] Objective: Acceptance and … Continue reading

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Central nervous system findings in CFS

Review abstract: CNS findings in chronic fatigue syndrome and a neuropathological case report Kimberly Ferrero, Mitchell Silver, Alan Cocchetto, Eliezer Masliah, Dianne Langford in Journal of Investigative Medicine Vol 65 Issue 4 [published 6 April 2017] Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized as a persistent, debilitating complex disorder of unknown … Continue reading

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Dr Shepherd says ‘It’s time for an independent review of the PACE Trial methods & results’

Article abstract: PACE trial claims for recovery in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – true or false? It’s time for an independent review of the PACE Trial methods and results, by Charles Bernard Shepherd in Journal of Health Psychology, 10 April 2017 The … Continue reading

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Peterson’s atypical subset opens new view of ME/CFS

Simmaron research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 5 April 2017: Peterson’s Atypical Subset Opens New View of ME/CFS in Columbia/Simmaron Publication “We now have biological evidence that the triggers for ME/CFS may involve distinct pathways to disease, or, in some … Continue reading

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Welsh health watchdog monitors websites selling medicine

BBC news Wales article, 6 April 2017: Websites selling medicine looked at by health watchdog Two websites selling prescription medicines are having their registrations looked at by the Welsh health watchdog, the BBC has learned. Gender GP, an online transgender … Continue reading

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Review of acupuncture & moxibustion as treatments for CFS

Review abstract: Acupuncture and moxibustion for chronic fatigue syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine: a systematic review and meta-analysis, by Taiwu Wang, Cong Xu, Keli Pan and Hongyan Xiong in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine (open access) 2017 17:163  [Published online 23 March 2017] BACKGROUND: … Continue reading

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