Category Archives: News
Chronic viral infections in ME/CFS
Chronic viral infections in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Santa Rasa, Zaiga Nora-Krukle, Nina Henning, Eva Eliassen, Evelina Shikova, Thomas Harrer, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Modra Murovska, Bhupesh K Prusty and the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) in Journal of Translation Medicine 2018, #16 p 268, August 2, … Continue reading
Why do some ME/CFS patients benefit from treatment with sodium dichloroacetate, but others do not?
Why do some ME/CFS patients benefit from treatment with sodium dichloroacetate, but others do not?, by Frank Comhaire in Med Hypotheses 2018 Nov;120:65-67 [Epub 2018 Aug 25] Research abstract: Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is an enigmatic disease the pathogenesis of which remains … Continue reading
EUROMENE – European co-operation to address gaps in ME/CFS understanding
EUROMENE – the European Network on ME/CFS Funded by COST – a European framework supporting trans-national cooperation among researchers, engineers and scholars across Europe – EUROMENE aims to create an integrated network of researchers on ME/CFS in Europe and beyond. The network … Continue reading
The effects of warm water immersion on people with CFS
The effects of warm water immersion on blood pressure, heart rate and heart rate variability in people with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Romy Parker, Zeenath Higgins, Zandiswa N.P. Mlombile, Michaela J. Mohr, and Tarryn L Wagner in S Afr J Physiother. 2018; … Continue reading
A concurrent cognitive task does not perturb (i.e. alter) quiet standing in FM & CFS/ME
A Concurrent Cognitive Task Does Not Perturb Quiet Standing in Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Omid Rasouli, Egil A Fors, Ottar Vasseljen and Ann-Katrin Stensdotter in Pain Research and Management Vol 2018, Article ID 9014232 [Published 7 August 2018] Research abstract: Background … Continue reading
Defining the prevalence & symptom burden of those with self-reported severe CFS/ME
Defining the prevalence and symptom burden of those with self-reported severe chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): A two-phase community pilot study in the North East of England, by Victoria Jane Strassheim, Madison Sunnquist, Leonard A Jason, Julia L Newton in BMJ Open Vol 19, #8, p e020775 [Published: … Continue reading
Near-infrared spectroscopy screening to allow detection of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA variants in individuals with unexplained abnormal fatigue
Near-infrared spectroscopy screening to allow detection of pathogenic mitochondrial DNA variants in individuals with unexplained abnormal fatigue: A preliminary study, by Bert M Celie, An Mariman, Jan Boone, Liesbeth Delesie, Els Tobback, Sara Seneca, Boel De Paepe, Dirk Vogelaers, Rudy N Van … Continue reading
Unraveling the molecular determinants of manual therapy: an approach to integrative therapeutics for the treatment of FM &CFS
Unraveling the molecular determinants of manual therapy: an approach to integrative therapeutics for the treatment of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by José Andrés Espejo, María García-Escudero, andElisa Oltra in Open AccessInt. J. Mol. Sci. 2018, 19(9), 2673 [Published: 9 September 2018] Review … Continue reading
Videos: Prof Peter Rowe & Dr Nigel Speight, discuss paediatric ME/CFS
Paediatric ME/CFS (from Voices from shadows website) Two world renown ME/CFS paediatricians, Prof Peter Rowe and Dr Nigel Speight, discuss paediatric ME/CFS diagnosis and management in two short videos for medical professionals, following publication of the comprehensive manual Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome … Continue reading
Chinese CFS patients have alterations in their oral microbiome composition & function
Chronic fatigue syndrome patients have alterations in their oral microbiome composition and function by Taiwu Wang , Lei Yu , Cong Xu, Keli Pan, Minglu Mo, Mingxiang Duan, Yao Zhang , Hongyan Xiong in PLoS One. 2018 Sep 11;13(9) Research abstract: Host-microbe … Continue reading
