Author Archives: wames
Research review: The gut microbiome in ME/CFS
The gut microbiome in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), by Rahel S König, Werner C Albrich, Christian R Kahlert, Lina Samira Bahr, Ulrike Löber, Pietro Vernazza, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Sofia K Forslund in Front Immunol 2022 Jan 3;12:628741 [doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.628741] … Continue reading
Hypothesis: Circadian rhythm disruption in ME/CFS: implications for the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
Circadian rhythm disruption in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Implications for the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, by Michael J McCarthy in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, Vol 20, March 2022, [doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100412] Highlights Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterized … Continue reading
Research review: Brainstem abnormalities in ME/CFS… evaluation of MRI findings
Brainstem abnormalities in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A scoping review and evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging findings, by Todd Nelson, Lan-Xin Zhang, Hui Guo, Luis Nacul, Xiaowei Son in Frontiers in Neurology Vol 12, p 769511, Dec 2021 [doi:10.3389/fneur.2021.769511] Review … Continue reading
Research: Experiences…on educational adaptations for students with CFS/ME (Norway)
Experiences among school personnel and school nurses on educational adaptations for students with CFS/ME: A qualitative interview study, by Wenche Ann Similä, Torstein Baade Rø and Torunn Hatlen Nøst in Front. Pediatr., 11 November 2021 [doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.756963] Research abstract: Introduction: … Continue reading
Research review: ME/CFS & POTS proposed as sub-types of long COVID
Proposed subtypes of post-COVID-19 syndrome (or long-COVID) and their respective potential therapies, by Shin Jie Yong, Shiliang Liu in Rev Med Virol. 2021 Dec 9; [doi: 10.1002/rmv.2315] Review abstract: The effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a highly transmissible infectious … Continue reading
Research: Compression stockings improve cardiac output & cerebral blood flow during tilt testing in ME/CFS patients
Compression stockings improve cardiac output and cerebral blood flow during tilt testing in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) patients: a randomized crossover trial by C. (Linda) M C van Campen, Peter C Rowe and Frans C Visser in Medicina 2022 … Continue reading
Research: Cerebral blood flow in long-haul COVID-19 patients: similarities with ME/CFS
Orthostatic symptoms and cerebral blood flow in long-haul COVID-19 patients: similarities with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by C (Linda) MC van Campen, Peter C Rowe and Frans C Visser in Medicina 2022, 58(1), 28, 24 Dec 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/medicina58010028] (This … Continue reading
Research: CFS & FM sometimes mistakenly attributed to Lyme Disease (US)
Mistaken identity: many diagnoses are frequently misattributed to Lyme Disease, by Takaaki Kobayashi, Yvonne Higgins, Michael T Melia, Paul G Auwaerter in The American Journal of Medicine Nov 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.10.040] Highlights The majority of patients with long-term symptoms referred … Continue reading
Hypothesis: Lessons from heat stroke for understanding ME/CFS
Lessons from heat stroke for understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Dominic Stanculescu, Nuno Sepúlveda, Chin Leong Lim and Jonas Bergquist in Frontiers in Neurology (2021). [doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.789784] Abstract: We here provide an overview of the pathophysiological … Continue reading
