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The development of the DePaul symptom questionnaire: original, expanded, brief & pediatric versions
The development of the DePaul symptom questionnaire: Original, expanded, brief and pediatric versions, by Leonard A Jason, Madison Sunnquist in Frontiers in Pediatrics, 6 Nov 2018 One of the key requirements of a reliable case definition is the use of standardized procedures for assessing … Continue reading
Workwell’s two-day exercise tests & breaking the deconditioning dilemma in ME/CFS
Workwell’s two-day exercise tests and breaking the deconditioning dilemma in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) by Cort Johnson in Health rising blog, 19 Nov 2018 The first word in the first sentence of the paper says it all: “Concise methodological directions for … Continue reading
Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine & deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescents with CFS
Associations between clinical symptoms, plasma norepinephrine and deregulated immune gene networks in subgroups of adolescent with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Chinh Bkrong Nguyen, Surendra Kumar, Manuela Zucknick, Vessela N Kristensen, Johannes Gjerstad, Hilde Nilsen, Vegard BruunWyller, in Brain Behav Immun. 2018 … Continue reading
Shop this Christmas on Amazon Smile & raise funds free for WAMES
You shop. Amazon gives, with a smile. Amazon will donate 0.5% of the net purchase price of eligible purchases to the charitable organisation of your choice. Choose WAMES! AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same … Continue reading
The abnormal cardiac index & stroke volume index changes during a normal tilt table test in ME/CFS patients… are not related to deconditioning
The abnormal cardiac index and stroke volume index changes during a normal tilt table test in ME/CFS patients compared to healthy volunteers, are not related to deconditioning, by C (Linda) MC van Campen, Frans C. Visser in Journal of Thrombosis and Circulation, 7 November, … Continue reading
Low omega-3 index & polyunsaturated fatty acid status in patients with CFS/ME
Low omega-3 index and polyunsaturated fatty acid status in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by Jesús Castro-Marrero, Joan Carles Domingo, Alba Martinez-Martinez, José Alegre, Clemens von Schacky in Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids (PLEFA) [Published online: November 9, 2018] Highlights: Erythrocyte omega-3 … Continue reading
CFS: Suggestions for a nutritional treatment in the therapeutic approach
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): Suggestions for a nutritional treatment in the therapeutic approach, by Geir Bjørklund, Maryam Dadar, Joeri J Pen, Salvatore Chirumbolo, Jan Aaset in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy Vol 109, Jan 2019, Pp 1000-1007 Review abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is known as a multi-systemic … Continue reading
Hand grip strength as a clinical biomarker for ME/CFS & disease severity
Hand grip strength as a clinical biomarker for ME/CFS and disease severity, by Luis C Nacul, Kathleen Mudie, Caroline Kingdon, Taane G Clark, Eliana M Lacerda in Frontiers in Neurology, 5 Nov 2018 [Preprint] Research abstract: Background: The diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) … Continue reading
Understanding ME & CFS symptoms in children – take part in research project!
Symptomatology of pediatric ME & CFS – research project The Center for Community Research at DePaul University in the USA, led by Prof Leonard Jason says: There is currently little research on children with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue … Continue reading
