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Research: Potential therapeutic benefit of Low Dose Naltrexone in ME/CFS

Potential Therapeutic Benefit of Low Dose Naltrexone in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: role of Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 Ion channels in pathophysiology and treatment, by Helene Cabanas,  Katsuhiko Muraki,  Natalie Eaton-Fitch,  Donald Ross Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in … Continue reading

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Research: Shadow burden of undiagnosed ME/CFS on society (Latvia)

Shadow Burden of undiagnosed Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) on society: retrospective and prospective—in light of COVID-19, by  Diana Araja, Uldis Berkis, Asja Lunga and Modra Murovska in J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(14), 3017; [doi.org/10.3390/jcm10143017] 6 July 2021 (This article … Continue reading

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Health Minister delegates reply re ME/CFS

Welsh Government replies re ME/CFS and long COVID   WAMES wrote to the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, on 7th June about ME and long COVID. She is the first Health Minister to fail to reply herself. Instead she delegated … Continue reading

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Research: Tolerability & efficacy of s.c. IgG self-treatment in ME/CFS patients with IgG/IgG subclass deficiency

Tolerability and efficacy of s.c. IgG self-treatment in ME/CFS patients with IgG/IgG subclass deficiency: a proof-of-concept study, by Carmen Scheibenbogen, Franziska Sotzny, Jelka Hartwig, Sandra Bauer, Helma Freitag, Kirsten Wittke, Wolfram Doehner, Nadja Scherbakov, Madlen Loebel, Patricia Grabowski in J … Continue reading

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Research: Genetic study of T cell receptor in ME/CFS

Genetic study of T cell receptor (TCR) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Marthe Ueland in University of Oslo, June 21, 2021   Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling disease affecting patients physically and … Continue reading

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Chest strap system monitors severity of CFS

Chest strap system monitors severity of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Conn Hastings in Medgadget, July 8 2021   Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, have developed a system to monitor the severity of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), … Continue reading

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Biomarker research: Skewing of the B cell receptor repertoire in ME/CFS

Skewing of the B cell receptor repertoire in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Wakiro Sato, Hirohiko Ono, Takaji Matsutani, Masakazu Nakamura, Isu Shin, Keiko Amano, Ryuji Suzuki, Takashi Yamamura in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Vol 95, July 2021, Pages 245-255 … Continue reading

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Bioenergetic & proteomic profiling of immune cells in ME/CFS patients

Bioenergetic and proteomic profiling of immune cells in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients: an exploratory study, by Paula Fernandez-Guerra, Ana C Gonzalez-Ebsen, Susanne E Boonen, Julie Courraud, Niels Gregersen, Jesper Mehlsen, Johan Palmfeldt, Rikke K J Olsen, Louise Schouborg Brinth … Continue reading

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Female patients with ME/CFS or idiopathic chronic fatigue: comparison of responses to a 2-day CPET protocol

Female patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue: comparison of responses to a Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing protocol, by C Linda M C van Campen, Frans C Visser in Healthcare (Basel) 2021 Jun 5;9(6):682 [doi: 10.3390/healthcare9060682] This article … Continue reading

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Medical care situation of people with ME/CFS in Germany

Medical care situation of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Germany, by Laura Froehlich, Daniel B.R. Hattesohl, Leonard A. Jason, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Uta Behrends, Manuel Thoma in Medicina Vol 57, #7, p 646, June 23, 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/medicina57070646] This … Continue reading

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