Author Archives: wames

Potential benefits of a ketogenic diet to improve response & recovery from physical exertion in people with ME/CFS

Posted on 02/11/2020 by wames

Potential benefits of a ketogenic diet to improve response and recovery from physical exertion in people with Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): a feasibility study, by Jo Cossington, Dr Shelly Coe, Yaomeng Liu, Helen Dawes in International Journal of Sport, … Continue reading →

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Can linguistic analysis be used to identify whether adolescents with a chronic illness are depressed?

Posted on 02/11/2020 by wames

Can linguistic analysis be used to identify whether adolescents with a chronic illness are depressed?, by Lauren Stephanie Jones, Emma Anderson, Maria Loades, Rebecca Barnes, Esther Crawley in Clin Psychol Psychother. 2019 Dec 15. [doi: 10.1002/cpp.2417]   Research abstract: Comorbid depression … Continue reading →

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Treating Medically Unexplained Symptoms via Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT): major limitations identified

Posted on 02/10/2020 by wames

Treating medically unexplained symptoms via improving access to psychological therapy (IAPT): major limitations identified, by Keith Geraghty, Michael J Scott in BMC Psychology Vol 8, #1, p 13, February 5, 2020   Research abstract: Background: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies is … Continue reading →

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A machine learning approach to the differentiation of fMRI data of CFS from a sedentary control

Posted on 02/10/2020 by wames

A machine learning approach to the differentiation of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging data of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) from a sedentary control, by Destie Provenzano,  Stuart D Washington and  James N Baraniuk in Front. Comput. Neurosci., 29 January 2020 [https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2020.00002] … Continue reading →

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Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden & psychological distress in patients diagnosed with CFS

Posted on 02/10/2020 by wames

Post-exertional malaise is associated with greater symptom burden and psychological distress in patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Marcella May, Sara F Milrad, Dolores M Perdomo, Sara J Czaja, Mary Ann Fletcher, Devika R Jutagir, Daniel L Hall, Nancy … Continue reading →

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An adrenalectomy mouse model reflecting clinical features for CFS

Posted on 02/06/2020 by wames

An adrenalectomy mouse model reflecting clinical features for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by  Jin-Seok Lee, Yoo-Jin Jeon, Samuel-Young Park and Chang-Gue Son in Biomolecules 2020, 10(1), 71; [https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10010071] (This article belongs to the Special Issue Inflammation as Target treatment for Chronic Diseases) … Continue reading →

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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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