Author Archives: wames

Making drugs obsolete: the electroceutical revolution – FM & ME/CFS perspective

Posted on 01/10/2017 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 2 Jan 2017: Making Drugs Obsolete: The Electroceutical Revolution – A Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS Perspective This is the first of three blogs looking at major NIH projects which, while not being aimed at … Continue reading →

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Fuel shortage: Norwegian study expands on energy problem in ME/CFS

Posted on 01/09/2017 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 27 Dec 2016: Fuel shortage: Norwegian study Expands on Energy Problem in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Fluge and Mella seem to be working at almost lightning speed. Besides managing their huge Rituximab study … Continue reading →

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Fatigue & psychosocial variables in autoimmune rheumatic disease & CFS

Posted on 01/06/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Objective:  Fatigue is common in autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD). This study  compared symptom-related cognitions, beliefs, behaviours, quality of sleep, lack of acceptance and distress in participants with ARD such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), seronegative spondyloarthropathy (SpA), and connective tissue disease (CTD), … Continue reading →

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Efficacy of 4-steps physical activity self-regulation programme for chronic fatigue

Posted on 01/05/2017 by wames

Research highlights: 4-STEPS yielded sustained small to moderate sustained effects on self-reported fatigue severity, impact, and health-related quality of life. There were modest effects on physical activity. There were no significant effects on psychological and somatic distress. Benefits on fatigue … Continue reading →

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Metabolic profiling reveals disturbances in fatty acid & lipid metabolism in ME/CFS

Posted on 01/05/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) remains a continuum spectrum disease without biomarkers or simple objective tests, and therefore relies on a diagnosis from a set of symptoms to link the assortment of brain and body disorders to ME/CFS. … Continue reading →

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Poor sleep quality, greater circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines & severity & frequency of CFS/ME

Posted on 01/04/2017 by wames

Research highlights: Sleep quality, inflammation, and CFS/ME symptoms were analyzed. Poor sleep quality predicted pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α. Worse sleep quality related to greater fatigue severity and daily interference. Worse sleep quality related to more severe and frequent … Continue reading →

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The potential role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner in CFS

Posted on 01/04/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Aims: To explore the experiences and expectations of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and general practitioners in order to develop the potential role of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the diagnostic care path of abnormal fatigue developed for … Continue reading →

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UK ME/CFS Biobank update – 30,000 samples banked

Posted on 01/03/2017 by wames

CureME newsletter December 2016: UK ME/CFS Biobank are delighted to announce that we have reached our participant recruitment goals and have now banked close to 30,000 aliquots (blood samples) in the Biobank. Our samples represent people with mild/moderate ME/CFS, severe ME/CFS, … Continue reading →

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Christmas greetings to all from WAMES

Posted on 12/23/2016 by wames
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Metabolic profiling indicates impaired pyruvate dehydrogenase function in ME/CFS

Posted on 12/23/2016 by wames

Research abstract: Myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating disease of unknown etiology, with hallmark symptoms including postexertional malaise and poor recovery. Metabolic dysfunction is a plausible contributing factor. We hypothesized that changes in serum amino acids may disclose … Continue reading →

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