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Peptide microarray differentiates cases in ME/CFS

Posted on 12/19/2016 by wames

Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a complex, heterogeneous illness of unknown etiology. The search for biomarkers that can delineate cases from controls is one of the most active areas of ME research; however, little progress has been made in … Continue reading →

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ME featured on radio programme Post Cyntaf

Posted on 12/18/2016 by wames

Listen to Post Cyntaf, a Welsh language morning news programme on Radio Cymru featured ME on Friday 16 Dec 2016. Part 1  (17.47 mins – 22.22mins) Interview with student Alwen Messmah from North Wales, and her mother Sian Part 2 … Continue reading →

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A cardiac marker for disability in ME

Posted on 12/16/2016 by wames

A Cardiac Marker for Disability in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Written by Carol Sieverling (2004), Edited by Maryann Spurgin (2016). Forward (2016): The fascinating thing about this article is that everything from chemical allergies to immune dysfunction in ME is explained in … Continue reading →

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The RituxME & CycloME studies – video of Dr Oystein Fluge talk

Posted on 12/16/2016 by wames

Video posted on the RME Sverige You Tube channel, 19 Nov 2016: The RituxME and CycloME studies – Ongoing Clinical Research in the ME/CFS Research Group, by Öystein Fluge, MD, Dep. Oncology and Medical Physics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norge … Continue reading →

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Genetic variation affects adrenergic receptors in ME/CFS

Posted on 12/16/2016 by wames

ME Research UK comment, 7 Dec 2016: Genetic variation affects adrenergic receptors Given the estimated 20,000 genes that determine the characteristics of human beings (and make up the human genome), identifying those that may be responsible for the development of … Continue reading →

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Can patients with CFS really recover after GET or CBT?

Posted on 12/15/2016 by wames

Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Publications from the PACE trial reported that 22% of chronic fatigue syndrome patients recovered following graded exercise therapy (GET), and 22% following a specialised form of CBT. Only 7% recovered in a control, no-therapy group. These figures … Continue reading →

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Alison Hunter case report

Posted on 12/14/2016 by wames

ME Australia blog post: Case report: Alison Hunter by Christine Hunter, 13 December 2016 For the past decade patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome have been shamefully mistreated due to government policy failure and lack of medical education. Case Report … Continue reading →

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Microbial fermentation in the gut may affect energy metabolism in ME/CFS

Posted on 12/14/2016 by wames

Research abstract: Introduction: The human gut microbiota has the ability to modulate host metabolism. Metabolic profiling of the microbiota and the host biofluids may determine associations significant of a host–microbe relationship. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a long-term disorder … Continue reading →

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How me & my ME became worse… following an exercise programme

Posted on 12/13/2016 by wames

Rosa rainbows blog post: How me and my ME became worse, 17 September 2016 Extracts: I haven’t written a blog post for about two months, and the reason is that I have become very ill. For my friends who do … Continue reading →

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Dr Phil Hammond writes about the ME campaigners’ challenge to the science of CBT & GET

Posted on 12/13/2016 by wames

Private eye Medicine Balls column, 10 December 2016: ‘ME campaigners don’t ignore CBT and GET… but they do challenge the science’ Private eye Medicine Balls column, 25 November 2016: ‘ME cluster bomb’  [Written by ‘M.D.’, the nom de plume of Dr Phil … Continue reading →

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