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A laboratory approach for characterizing chronic fatigue: what does metabolomics tell us?

Posted on 12/17/2019 by wames

A laboratory approach for characterizing chronic fatigue: What does metabolomics tell us? by Elardus Erasmus, Shayne Mason, Mari van Reenen, Francois E Steffens, B Chris Vorster, Carolus J Reinecke in Metabolomics Vol 15, p 158, November 27, 2019   Research … Continue reading →

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Elevated blood lactate in resting conditions correlate with post-exertional malaise severity in patients with ME/CFS

Posted on 12/16/2019 by wames

Elevated blood lactate in resting conditions correlate with post-exertional malaise severity in patients with Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome by Alaa Ghali, Carole Lacout, Maria Ghali, Aline Gury, Anne-Berengere Beucher, Pierre Lozac’h, Christian Lavigne & Geoffrey Urbanski (France) in Nature Scientific … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS patients exhibit altered T cell metabolism & cytokine associations

Posted on 12/15/2019 by wames

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients exhibit altered T cell metabolism and cytokine associations, by Alexandra H Mandarano, Jessica Maya, Ludovic Giloteaux, Daniel L Peterson, Marco Maynard, C Gunnar Gottschalk, and Maureen R Hanson in J Clin Invest. 2019. [First published … Continue reading →

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Investigating the role of tgf-b & fatigue in CFS

Posted on 12/15/2019 by wames

Investigating the role of tgf-b and fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Beth Dibnah, Emmanuella Traianos, Jessica Tarn, Dennis Lendrem, Wan Fai Ng in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Volume 78, Issue Suppl 2:1495 2019 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-eular.4690]   Research abstract: Background: … Continue reading →

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Intimate partner violence & the risk of developing FM & CFS

Posted on 12/12/2019 by wames

Intimate partner violence and the risk of developing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Joht Singh Chandan, Tom Thomas, Karim Raza, Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Julie Taylor, Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar in Journal of Interpersonal Violence, December 6, 2019 [https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519888515]   Research abstract: Intimate … Continue reading →

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Circulating levels of GDF15 in patients with ME/CFS

Posted on 12/12/2019 by wames

Circulating levels of GDF15 in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by A Melvin, E Lacerda, H M Dockrell, S O’Rahilly & L Nacul in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 17, no. 409 (2019)   Research abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS: investigating care practices pointed out to disparities in diagnosis & treatment across European Union

Posted on 12/11/2019 by wames

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Investigating care practices pointed out to disparities in diagnosis and treatment across European Union Elin B Strand, Luis Nacul, Anne Marit Mengshoel, Ingrid B Helland, Patricia Grabowski, Angelika Krumina, Jose Alegre-Martin, Magdalena Efrim-Budisteanu, Slobodan Sekulic, … Continue reading →

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Identification of actin network proteins, talin-1 & filamin-A, in circulating extracellular vesicles as blood biomarkers for human ME/CFS

Posted on 12/09/2019 by wames

Identification of actin network proteins, talin-1 and filamin-A, in circulating extracellular vesicles as blood biomarkers for human myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Akiko Eguchi, Sanae Fukuda, Hirohiko Kuratsune, Junzo Nojima, Yasuhito Nakatomi, Yasuyoshi Watanabe, Ariel E Feldstein, in Brain, … Continue reading →

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Is CFS related to a crash of the brain attention mechanism – hypervigilance correlates with fatigue & pain scales among individuals with CFS

Posted on 12/09/2019 by wames

Is Chronic fatigue syndrom (CFS) related to a crash of the brain attention mechanism – Hypervigilance correlates with fatigue and pain scales among individuals with CFS, by Camilla Marylene Minani. Master thesis, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2019.   … Continue reading →

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The effect of curcumin in patients with CFS/ME

Posted on 12/06/2019 by wames

The effect of curcumin in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis disparate responses in different disease severities, by C (Linda) MC van Campen and Frans C Visser in Pharmacovigil and Pharmacoepi  Vol 2 Issue 1, pages 6, Nov 19, 2019 … Continue reading →

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