Author Archives: wames
High prevalence of perineural cysts in patients with FM & CFS
High prevalence of perineural cysts in patients with fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Mieke Hulens, Frans Bruyninckx, Wim Dankaerts, Ricky Rasschaert, Peter De Mulder, Ingeborg Stalmans, Greet Vansant, Chris Bervoets in Pain Medicine, 1 Dec 2020 pnaa410 [doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa410] … Continue reading
Role of mitochondria, oxidative stress & the response to antioxidants ME/CFS: a possible approach to SARS-CoV-2 ‘long-haulers’?
Role of mitochondria, oxidative stress and the response to antioxidants in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a possible approach to SARS-CoV-2 ‘long-haulers’?, by , Warren Tate in Chronic Dis Transl Med. 2020 Nov 21 [doi: 10.1016/j.cdtm.2020.11.002] Review article abstract: A … Continue reading
Systematic review of Primary Outcome Measurements for CFS/ME in randomized controlled trials
Systematic review of primary Outcome Measurements for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in randomized controlled trials, by Do-Young Kim, Jin-Seok Lee and Chang-Gue Son in J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9(11) 3463 [doi.org/10.3390/jcm9113463] (This article belongs to the Special Issue Chronic … Continue reading
Paradigm shift to disequilibrium in the genesis of orthostatic intolerance
Paradigme shift to disequilibrium in the genesis of orthostatic intolerance in patients with CFS, by K Miwa in European Heart Journal Vol 40, Supp 1, Oct 2019 Research abstract Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) characterized by severe disabling fatigue and … Continue reading
Bias caused by reliance on patient-reported outcome measures in non-blinded randomized trials
Bias caused by reliance on patient-reported outcome measures in non-blinded randomized trials: an in-depth look at exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome by Michiel Tack, David M Tuller & Caroline Struthers in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior Vol 8, 2020 … Continue reading
Podcast – Long COVID & ME/CFS
Long-term COVID & ME/CFS – a podcast A TWiV podcast hosted by Prof Vincent Racaniello with Prof Mady Hornig, Fiona Lowenstein, Prof David Tuller and 2 patients to discuss long-term COVID & the similarities & differences with ME/CFS”. [1h … Continue reading
Changes in DNA methylation profiles of ME/CFS patients reflect systemic dysfunctions
Changes in DNA methylation profiles of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients reflect systemic dysfunctions, by AM Helliwell, EC Sweetman, PA Stockwell, CD Edgar, A Chatterjee & WP Tate in Clinical Epigenetics vol 12, no: 167 (2020) Research abstract: Background: … Continue reading
A hierarchical logistic regression predicting rapid respiratory rates from post-exertional malaise
A hierarchical logistic regression predicting rapid respiratory rates from post-exertional malaise, by Joseph Cotler, Ben Z Katz, Corine Reurts-Post, Ruud Vermeulen & Leonard A Jason in Scientific Reports vol 10, no. 19933 (2020) Published online: 16 Nov 2020 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2020.1845287] … Continue reading
The profile of circulating microRNAs in ME & their relation to symptom severity, & disease pathophysiology
Profile of circulating microRNAs in myalgic encephalomyelitis and their relation to symptom severity, and disease pathophysiology, by Evguenia Nepotchatykh, Wesam Elremaly, Iurie Caraus, Christian Godbout, Corinne Leveau, Lynda Chalder, Catherine Beaudin, Emi Kanamaru, Renata Kosovskaia, Shawn Lauzon, Yanick Maillet, Anita Franco, … Continue reading
Video: Activity & energy management – Pacing
Dialogues for a neglected illness: Activity and energy management – Pacing The Dialogues for ME/CFS project (also known as Dialogues for a neglected illness) has produced a new video explaining pacing for health professionals. “Pacing is an individualized approach … Continue reading
