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Post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, a potential link with ME/CFS (Mexico)

Post-acute COVID-19 symptoms, a potential link with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A 6-month survey in a Mexican cohort, by J Antonio Gonzalez-Hermosillo, Jhanea Patricia Martinez-Lopez, Sofia Antonieta Carrillo-Lampon, Dayanara Ruiz-Ojeda, Sharon Herrera-Ramirez, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra, Maria del Rocio Martinez-Alvarado in … Continue reading

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Expert consensus on the diagnosis, service provision & care of people with ME/CFS in Europe (EUROMENE)

European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (EUROMENE): Expert Consensus on the Diagnosis, Service Provision, and Care of People with ME/CFS in Europe   Research abstract: Designed by a group of ME/CFS researchers and health professionals, the European Network … Continue reading

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Analysis of gender differences in HRV of patients with M/CFS using mobile-health technology

Analysis of Gender Differences in HRV of Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Using Mobile-Health Technology, by Lluis Capdevila, Jesús Castro-Marrero, José Alegre, Juan Ramos-Castro, Rosa M Escorihuela in Sensors (Basel) 2021 May 28;21(11):3746  [doi: 10.3390/s21113746]   Research abstract: In … Continue reading

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£5m for post-viral long COVID. £0 for post-viral ME/CFS!

Welsh Government: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19 (none for ME/CFS)   On 15th June 2021 the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, announced in the Senedd that £5 million would be given to the NHS “to develop primary and … Continue reading

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Systematic review of sleep characteristics in ME/CFS

Systematic review of sleep characteristics in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by  Rebekah Maksoud, Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Michael Matula, Hélène Cabanas, Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Healthcare 2021, 9(5), 568; 11 May 2021  [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050568] (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS … Continue reading

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Video: Fatigue, pacing & PEM – lessons for long COVID from ME/CFS

Fatigue, Pacing and PEM management: lessons from ME/CFS – with Dr Ben Marsh   Dr Asad Khan talks to Dr Ben Marsh about his experience of ME/CFS over the last 4 years, and what lessons the Long COVID community can … Continue reading

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UK Gov told: measure the percentage of people who developed CFS/ME after being infected with covid-19

Risk that debilitating fatigue after covid-19 might last years: Evidence report for the House of Lords Select Committee on Risk Assessment and Risk Planning (RSK0037), by Caroline Kamau, Birkbeck (University of London) January 27, 2021   The House of Lords … Continue reading

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Warning signals of Post-Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS

Warning Signals of Post-Exertional Malaise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A retrospective analysis of 197 patients, by Alaa Ghali, Carole Lacout, Maria Ghali, Aline Gury, Estelle Delattre, Christian Lavigne and Geoffrey Urbanski in J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10(11), 2517; … Continue reading

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Carers Week 2021: make caring visible and valued

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don’t think of themselves as … Continue reading

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Post-exertional malaise may be related to central blood pressure, sympathetic activity & mental fatigue in CFS patients

Post-exertional malaise may be related to central blood pressure, sympathetic activity and mental fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, by Slawomir Kujawski, Joanna Slomko, Lynette Hodges, Derek F H Pheby, Modra Murovska, Julia L Newton, Paweł Zalewski in J. Clin. … Continue reading

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