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Welsh Government proposes new advisory group for ME/CFS & pain

Posted on 02/06/2020 by wames

New Welsh Government Advisory Group for ME/CFS and pain   2014 Task & Finish Group Report It is five years since the Welsh Government published a Task & Finish Report giving Health Boards an action plan for improving services for … Continue reading →

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Conceptualising illness & disease: reflections on Sharpe & Greco

Posted on 02/06/2020 by wames

Conceptualising illness and disease: reflections on Sharpe and Greco (2019), by Carolyn Wilshire , Tony Ward in BMJ …Medical Humanities [Published Online First: 11 December 2019] doi: 10.1136/medhum-2019-011756   Article abstract: In a recent paper, Sharpe and Greco suggest that … Continue reading →

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Cell danger response biology – the new science that connects environmental health with mitochondria & the rising tide of chronic illness

Posted on 02/04/2020 by wames

Perspective: Cell danger response biology the new science that connects environmental health with mitochondria and the rising tide of chronic illness, by Robert K Naviaux in Mitochondrion Vol 51, March 2020, Pages 40-45 [Available online 23 December 2019] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mito.2019.12.005   … Continue reading →

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Neuroinflammation, oxidative stress & neurogenesis in a mouse model of CFS, & the treatment with Kampo medicine

Posted on 02/03/2020 by wames

Neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and neurogenesis in a mouse model of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and the treatment with Kampo medicine, by Qiang He, Mio Sawada, Naruhiro Yamasaki, Sumiyo Akazawa, Hisakazu Furuta, Hiroaki Uenishi, Xiangjin Meng, Takeshi Nakahashi, Yasuhito Ishigaki, Junji Moriya … Continue reading →

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Left out – a Norwegian documentary about ME & research

Posted on 02/02/2020 by wames

Left out – a documentary about ME The documentary Left Out (De Bortgjemte) was shown on national TV in Norway in 2018 and now has its international release on YouTube with English subtitles, 29 January 2020. Director Paul Schaathun followed … Continue reading →

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Comprehensive circulatory metabolomics in ME/CFS reveals disrupted metabolism of acyl lipids & steroids

Posted on 01/30/2020 by wames

Comprehensive circulatory metabolomics in ME/CFS reveals disrupted metabolism of acyl Lipids and steroids, by Arnaud Germain, Dinesh K Barupal, Susan M Levine and Maureen R Hanson in Metabolites 2020, 10(1), 34; 14 January 2020 [doi.org/10.3390/metabo10010034]   Research abstract: The latest worldwide … Continue reading →

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Systematic review of randomized controlled trials for CFS/ME

Posted on 01/29/2020 by wames

Systematic review of randomized controlled trials for chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), by Do-Young Kim, Jin-Seok Lee, Samuel-Young Park, Soo-Jin Kim & Chang-Gue Son in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 18, no. 7 (2020)   Research abstract: Background: Although … Continue reading →

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The prevalence of pediatric ME/CFS in a community‑based sample

Posted on 01/28/2020 by wames

The prevalence of pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  in a community‑based sample, by Leonard A Jason, Ben Z Katz, Madison Sunnquist, Chelsea Torres, Joseph Cotler & Shaun Bhatia in Child & Youth Care Forum, 23 January 2020 [doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09543-3]   Research … Continue reading →

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Health-related quality of life in patients with ME/CFS: an Australian cross-sectional study

Posted on 01/27/2020 by wames

Health-related quality of life in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an Australian cross-sectional study, by N Eaton-Fitch, SC Johnston, P Zalewski, D Staines & S Marshall-Gradisnik in Quality of Life Research, 22 January 2020   Research abstract: Background: Myalgic … Continue reading →

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Parasympathetic activity is reduced during slow-wave sleep, but not resting wakefulness, in patients with CFS

Posted on 01/27/2020 by wames

Parasympathetic activity is reduced during slow-wave sleep, but not resting wakefulness, in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Scott J Fatt, Jessica E Beilharz, Michael Joubert, Chloe Wilson, Andrew R Lloyd, Uté Vollmer-Conna, Erin Cvejic in Clin Sleep Med. Vol 16, … Continue reading →

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