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Potential role of microbiome in CFS/ME

Potential role of microbiome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), by Guiseppe Lupo. PhD thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,  XXXII ciclo, a.a. 2018/19, Piacenza, 8 April 2020   Research abstract: The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), is a severe multisystemic … Continue reading

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Unravelling ME/CFS: Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS

Unravelling ME/CFS: Gender‐specific changes in the microRNA expression profiling in ME/CFS by Amanpreet K Cheema, Leonor Sarria, Mina Bekheit, Fanny Collado, Eloy Almenar‐Pérez, Eva Martín‐Martínez, Jose Alegre, Jesus Castro‐Marrero, Mary A Fletcher, Nancy G Klimas,  Elisa Oltra, Lubov Nathanson in … Continue reading

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Acupuncture for CFS: an overview of systematic reviews

Acupuncture for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an overview of systematic reviews, by Zi-han Yin, Lin-jia Wang, Ying Cheng, Jiao Chen, Xiao-juan Hong, Ling Zhao, Fan-rong Liang in Chin. J. Integr. Med. (2020). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-020-3195-3]   Review abstract: Objective To evaluate the quality … Continue reading

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Autoimmunity-related risk variants in PTPN22 & CTLA4 are associated with ME/CFS with infectious onset

Autoimmunity-related risk variants in PTPN22 and CTLA4 are associated with ME/CFS with infectious onset, by Sophie Steiner, Sonya C Becker, Jelka Hartwig, Franziska Sotzny, Sebastian Lorenz, Sandra Bauer, Madlen Löbel, Anna B Stittrich, Patricia Grabowski and Carmen Scheibenbogen in Front. Immunol., … Continue reading

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Processing of Laser-Evoked Potentials in patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders, CFS & healthy controls: a case–control study

Processing of Laser-Evoked Potentials in patients with Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and healthy controls: a case–control study, by Lisa Goudman, PhD, Liesbeth Daenen, PhD, Andre Mouraux, PhD, Jo Nijs, PhD, Patrick Cras, PhD, Nathalie Roussel, PhD, Maarten Moens, … Continue reading

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Opposition to Oxford NHS Trust leaflet which confuses post Covid-19 fatigue with ME/CFS

The ME community requests Oxford NHS Trust leaflet be withdrawn   A collection of physicians, physiotherapists MPs and patient charities have written to Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust to object to the content of a leaflet by their Psychosocial Response … Continue reading

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MCP-1 is increased in patients with CFS & FM, whilst several other immune markers are significantly lower than healthy controls

MCP-1 is increased in patients with CFS and FM, whilst several other immune markers are significantly lower than healthy controls, by Nina Groven, Egil Andreas Fors, Astrid Kamilla Stunes, Solveig Klæbo Reitan in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health Vol … Continue reading

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A unifying hypothesis of the pathophysiology of ME/CFS: recognitions from the finding of autoantibodies against ß2-adrenergic receptors

A unifying hypothesis of the pathophysiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): recognitions from the finding of autoantibodies against ß2-adrenergic receptors, by Klaus Wirth, Carmen Scheibenbogen in Autoimmunity Reviews, online 1 April 2020 [doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102527]   Research abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic … Continue reading

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CFS – what nurses need to know (US)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – what nurses need to know, by Marianne Bush BS, RN in Nursing April 2020, vol 50 no. 4 – pp50-54 [doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000657068.67389.47] Author information: Marianne Bush is an RN contractor for a national wellness company.   Article abstract:  … Continue reading

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The effect of ME/CFS severity on cellular bioenergetic function

The effect of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) severity on cellular bioenergetic function, by Cara Tomas, Joanna L Elson, Victoria Strassheim, Julia L Newton, Mark Walker in PLoS One vol 15, #4, e0231136, April 10, 2020   Research abstract: Myalgic … Continue reading

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