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US top science journal asserts shift in attitude towards ME/CFS has occurred

Simmaron Research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 31 March 2017: The Shift: Top Science Journal Asserts Shift in Attitude Towards ME/CFS Has Occurred, “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a biological disease” Dr. Ian Lipkin’s Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia … Continue reading

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New book: Science, Politics, …….and ME: a health scandal in our generation

CreateSpace.com book publication announcement, 5 March 2017: Science, Politics, …and ME A health scandal in our generation, by Dr Ian Gibson & Elaine Sherriffs Few diseases can have been so maligned by false information, so manipulated by an insidious establishment-controlled ideology, or so poorly dealt with … Continue reading

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Adults’ experiences of the illness trajectory in post-infectious fatigue syndrome in Norway

Research abstract: From good health to illness with post-infectious fatigue syndrome: a qualitative study of adults’ experiences of the illness trajectory, by Eva Stormorken, Leonard A. Jason and  Marit Kirkevold in BMC Family Practice 2017 18:49  [PNorwayublished: 27 March 2017] Background: Municipal drinking water contaminated with the parasite Giardia lamblia in Bergen, Norway, … Continue reading

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UK MEGA project update on funding applications & patient advisory group

MEGA research blog post, by Sonya Chowdhury, 29 March 2017: Our latest funding application and Patient Advisory Group update An update from the Scientific Team and Patient Advisory Group. First the bad news: unfortunately our preliminary application to Wellcome, submitted … Continue reading

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Patterns of control beliefs in CFS

Research abstract: Patterns of control beliefs in chronic fatigue syndrome: results of a population-based survey, by Johanna M. Doerr, Daniela S. Jopp, Michael Chajewski, Urs M. Nater in BMC Psychology (open access), 6 March 2017 BACKGROUND:   Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) represents … Continue reading

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Expectations of recovery in severe ME could impose unreasonable, unrealistic, even fatal demands

Stonebird blog post, Mar 2017: 25% Group and Stonebird Response to BACME (British Association for ME/CFS), article on care provision for severe ME Response to BACME Working Group on Severe CFS/ME Shared Clinical Practice Document Version 1 When you work … Continue reading

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The problem of bias in behavioural intervention studies: lessons from the PACE trial

Abstract: The problem of bias in behavioural intervention studies: Lessons from the PACE trial, by Carolyn Wilshire in Journal of Health Psychology [Preprint 23 March 2017] Geraghty’s recent editorial on the PACE trial for chronic fatigue syndrome has stimulated a lively … Continue reading

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The role of autonomic function in exercise-induced analgesia in ME/CFS

Research abstract: The Role of Autonomic Function in Exercise-induced Endogenous Analgesia: A Case-control Study in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Healthy People by Jo Nijs, Lieven Danneels, Luc Lambrecht, Greta Moorkens, Mira Meeus, Lorna Paul, Jessica Van Oosterwijck, Uros Marusic, and Inge De Wandele in Pain Physician 2017; … Continue reading

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How living with CFS/ME impacts upon people’s identity

Thesis abstract: A life lived differently: an exploration of how living with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) impacts upon people’s identity, by Rebecca E. Murray. University of Huddersfield Doctoral thesis 2017 [Published online March 13, 2017] Existing literature provides an insight into CFS/ME, but … Continue reading

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