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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
Recent CFS research from psychological perspective
Recent CFS research fron psychological perspective Heterogeneity in chronic fatigue syndrome – empirically defined subgroups from the PACE trial by Williams TE, Chalder T, Sharpe M, White PD in Psychological Medicine [Preprint January 23, 2017] Long-term economic evaluation of cognitive-behavioural group treatment versus … Continue reading
Families with ME wanted for TV show
EXTRAORDINARY FAMILIES Do you have a family member living with ME or CFS? Is your family different from the norm? Do you celebrate your uniqueness and embrace your differences? 7Wonder want to celebrate the diversity of families in the UK … Continue reading
The search for a non invasive diagnostic test for ME/CFS
Solve ME/CFS Initiative blog post, 13 January 2013: Non-Invasive Diagnostic Test Project Seeks to Detect ME/CFS This week, we highlight the Cathleen J. Gleeson PhD Fund and our collaborative partnership with the University of Washington on diagnostic testing in ME/CFS. This … Continue reading
