Author Archives: wames
Diagnostic test research: Saliva fatigue biomarker for severe ME/CFS
Saliva fatigue biomarker index as a marker for severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome in a community based sample, by Leonard A Jason, John Kalns, Alicia Richarte, Ben Z Katz, Chelsea Torres in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, October 27, 2021 … Continue reading
Implement NICE ME/CFS guideline for safe, empathetic & equitable healthcare
WAMES asks NHS Wales: Don’t delay! Implement NICE ME/CFS guideline for safe, empathetic & equitable healthcare Poor healthcare for many with ME/CFS in Wales A new WAMES report into the implementation in Wales of the 2007 NICE guideline illustrates how: … Continue reading
NICE ME/CFS guideline – doctors’ leaders reject ‘evidence based’ change
NICE 2021 ME/CFS guideline – Doctors’ leaders reject ‘evidence based’ change, but many believe the guideline can be transformative On the whole patients are relieved that the revised NICE guideline for ME/CFS has at last been published and are … Continue reading
Research review: CFS & cardiovascular disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and cardiovascular disease: JACC state-of-the-art review, by Benjamin H Nateleson, Danielle L Brunjes, Donna Mancini in Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol 78, #10, pp 1056–1067, Sep 7, 2021 Review highlights ME/CFS, a clinical entity … Continue reading
NICE ME/CFS guideline – ME community expresses hope & caution
NICE ME/CFS guideline Cautious welcome from WAMES & the ME community WAMES welcomes the publication of the 2021 NICE guideline for ME/CFS and the decision by NICE to ‘follow the science’ regarding the inappropriateness of GET and CBT as treatments … Continue reading
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
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
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
