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NICE publishes ME/CFS guideline: evidence says GET & CBT cannot cure!

NICE ME/CFS guideline outlines steps for better diagnosis and management   NICE has today published its updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). 29 October 2021   It is estimated that there … Continue reading

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Research: Cerebral blood flow remains reduced after tilt testing in ME/CFS patients

Cerebral blood flow remains reduced after tilt testing in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome patients, by C Linda MC van Campen, Peter C Rowe, Frans C Visser in Clinical Neurophysiology Practice Vol 6, 2021, Pages 245-255 [doi.org/10.1016/j.cnp.2021.09.001]   Highlights Cerebral … Continue reading

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Hypothesis: ME/CFS as an immune & oxidative stress disorder

The reification of the clinical diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) as an immune and oxidative stress disorder: construction of a data-driven nomothethic network and exposure of ME/CFS subgroups, by Michael Maes, Marta Kubera, Kristina Stoyanova, Jean-Claude … Continue reading

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Research: Impact of life stressors on ME/CFS symptoms

Impact of life stressors on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome symptoms: An Australian longitudinal study, by  Cassandra Balinas, Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Rebekah Maksoud, Donald Staines, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(20) [10.3390/ijerph182010614] (This article belongs to the … Continue reading

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Research: CAN connectivity predicts symptoms in ME/CFS

Cortical autonomic network connectivity predicts symptoms in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Mark A Zinn, Leonard A Jason in International Journal of Psychophysiology Vol 170, Dec 2021, Pages 89-101 [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.10.004]   Highlights The findings of this study contribute … Continue reading

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Healthcare: Caring for the patient with severe or very severe ME/CFS

Caring for the patient with severe or very severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Jose G Montoya, Theresa G Dowell, Amy E Mooney, Mary E Dimmock, Lily Chu in Healthcare Vol 9, #10, p 1331, 6 Oct 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101331] (This article … Continue reading

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NICE will announce guideline decision next week

NICE announces next steps for publication of its guideline on ME/CFS   NICE has today (20 October 2021) announced the next steps for publication of its updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). … Continue reading

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Research review: Potential implications of TRPM7 in ME/CFS

Potential implications of mammalian Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 7 in the pathophysiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a review, by  Stanley Du Preez, Helene Cabanas, Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(20), 10708  [doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010708] … Continue reading

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Diagnostic test research: Autoantibodies & receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction & disability in ME/CFS

Autoantibodies to vasoregulative G-Protein-Coupled receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction and disability in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Helma Freitag, Marvin Szklarski, Sebastian Lorenz, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Aurélie Philippe, Claudia Kedor, Patricia Grabowski, Tanja Lange, Gabriela Riemekasten, Harald … Continue reading

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Research: Neurochemical abnormalities in CFS

Neurochemical abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome: a pilot magnetic resonance spectroscopy study at 7 Tesla, by Beata R Godlewska, Stephen Williams, Uzay E Emir, Chi Chen, Ann L Sharpley, Ana Jorge Goncalves, Monique I Andersson, William Clarke, Brian Angus, Philip … Continue reading

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