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ME/CFS guideline (US): ME/CFS Essentials of diagnosis & management

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: essentials of diagnosis and management (see authors below) in Mayo Proceedings, Aug 25 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.07.004]   Consensus recommendations – introduction abstract: Despite myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) affecting millions of people worldwide, many clinicians lack the … Continue reading

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Biomarker research: The case for hyperbaric oxygen therapy in CFS biomarker identification

Chronic fatigue syndrome and epigenetics: the case for hyperbaric oxygen therapy in biomarker identification, by Rajit J Shah in J Pulmonol Respir Res. 2021; 5: 027-030. [DOI: 10.29328/journal.jprr.1001020]   Review abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a poorly-understood respiratory condition that … Continue reading

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Research: Feeling like ‘a damaged battery’: …lived experiences of UK university students with ME/CFS

Feeling like ‘a damaged battery’: Exploring the lived experiences of UK university students with ME/CFS, by Frances Waite, Dely Lazarte Elliot in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 23 Aug 2021 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2021.1969800]   Research abstract: Introduction: Research regarding students with myalgic … Continue reading

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WAMES ponders the NICE guideline shockwave

WAMES ponders the NICE guideline shockwave How far will it extend?   People with ME/CFS have been looking forward to the publication of the revised NICE guideline on 18th August 2021, since the review process began in early 2018. Frustratingly … Continue reading

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Research: Diffusion tensor imaging (MRI) reveals neuronal microstructural changes in ME/CFS

Diffusion tensor imaging reveals neuronal microstructural changes in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Kiran Thapaliya, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Don Staines, Leighton Barnden in European Journal of Neuroscience, August 6, 2021 [doi/10.1111/ejn.15413]   Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients suffer from … Continue reading

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WAMES writes to NICE

WAMES writes to NICE about publication delays   The shock of yesterday’s announcement from NICE, ‘pausing’ publication of the ME/CFS guideline, was followed up this morning when there was still no announcement about what was to happen next. Are they … Continue reading

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Research review: Redox imbalance links COVID-19 & ME/CFS

Redox imbalance links COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Bindu D Paul, Marian D Lemle, Anthony L Komaroff, Solomon H Snyder in PNAS August 24,  2021 118 (34); [doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024358118]   Review abstract: Although most patients recover from acute COVID-19, … Continue reading

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Treatment research: The effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation… in patients with CFS, FM, & rheumatoid arthritis

The effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on immunological responses and patient reported outcome measures of fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and rheumatoid arthritis, by E Traianos, B Dibnah, D Lendrem, Y Clark, V Macrae, V Slater, … Continue reading

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New free Pacing app for ME/CFS from Australia

ME/CFS Pacing App from Emerge Australia   Emerge Australia would like to introduce to you the ME/CFS Pacing App created by our generous contributor, Mathew Blake. The app is designed to help people with mild to moderate ME/CFS better manage … Continue reading

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Research review: HHV-6 infection & risk of CFS

Human Herpesvirus 6 infection and risk of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, by Mozhgani S-H, Rajabi F, Qurbani , M, Erfani Y, Yaslianifard S, Moosavi A, Pourrostami K, Baradaran Bagheri A, Soleimani A, Behzadian F, Safavi M, … Continue reading

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