Author Archives: wames
BBC asks about using a wheelchair on public transport
Important factors to consider when treating children with CFS/ME
Research abstract: Background: Paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is relatively common and disabling. Improving treatment requires the development of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) that enable clinicians and researchers to collect patient-centred evidence on outcomes. Health professionals are well placed to provide … Continue reading
30% of people with ME/CFS in Japan are severely affected
Article abstract: In 2014, the Japanese Ministry for Health, Labour, and Welfare commissioned a national patient survey of ME/CFS patients in Japan. Japan ME Association president Mieko Shinohara graciously summarizes the survey results here for us, which revealed that 30% of ME/CFS patients … Continue reading
Time to Change Wales – mental health campaign to end stigma & discrimination
Time to Change Wales is the first national campaign to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems. National Time to Talk Day – 2nd February 2017 – It’s a day that brings the nation together … Continue reading
The interface between CFS & depression
Research abstract: The chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remains a contentious and controversial presentation despite decades of systematic research into the presentation from a variety of specialties within the medical and associated disciplines. Variously championed as an aetiology of immunological, neurological, neurophysiological, psychiatric and psychological origin, … Continue reading
Treatment and management of CFS/ME: all roads lead to Rome
Review abstract: This comprehensive review explores the current evidence on benefits and harms of therapeutic interventions in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and makes recommendations. CFS/ME is a complex, multi-system, chronic medical condition whose pathophysiology remains unknown. No established diagnostic … Continue reading
Team Shareth raises over £420 for WAMES
Sharon Price writes: Yesterday evening Gareth and I completed our 5 mile swimathon for WAMES! Woop woop! 322 lengths of 25 metres; so two and a half miles each. A long way! We are aching but feeling very proud of ourselves. … Continue reading
Giardia-specific cellular immune responses in post-giardiasis CFS
Research abstract: Background: The role of pathogen specific cellular immune responses against the eliciting pathogen in development of post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome (PI-CFS) is not known and such studies are difficult to perform. The aim of this study was to … Continue reading
