Author Archives: wames

Alison Hunter case report

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

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

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

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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Make Welsh streets more walkable questionnaire for age 50+

Here is a chance to let people know about the additional challenges ME brings to walking in Welsh streets. Ageing well in Wales announcement: Help us make Welsh streets more walkable Many of us take walking for granted. However, for … Continue reading

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Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you

PLOS blog post by James Coyne PhD, 7 December 2016: Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you I was asked by a Danish journalist to examine a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of cognitive behavior … Continue reading

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Exercise exposes new types of POTS

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 6 December: Exercise Exposes New Types of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Extracts: Exercise has been used in many studies to understand chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but nobody until recently has used exercise … Continue reading

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High-frequency rTMS for the treatment of CFS

Research abstract: Structural and functional abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex seem to correlate with fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We consecutively applied facilitatory high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of seven CFS … Continue reading

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TV interview with Dr Nancy Klimas

US TV news report [NBVDFW Dallas], December 1, 2016 Dr Nancy Klimas of the Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine and ex marine Paula Bushman are interviewed. Researchers helping those tired of chronic fatigue [2 mins 4 sec] Now Dr. Klimas and … Continue reading

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NICE investigates if there’s a need to update CFS/ME guideline

As a stakeholder WAMES has been informed about NICE plans regarding the 2007 CFS/ME guideline and will be participating fully: I am writing to advise you that NICE has commenced its formal check of the need to update the clinical … Continue reading

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