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UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative plans to promote biological research

Posted on 03/07/2018 by wames

Action for ME blog post, 6 March 2018: UK CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative Since its inception in 2013, the UK CFS/M.E. Research Collaborative (CMRC) has successfully brought together significant numbers of researchers from across the UK and internationally with charities, mainstream … Continue reading →

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Finally – an objective measure of fatigue?

Posted on 03/06/2018 by wames

Health Rising blog post by Cort Johnson, 20 Feb 2018: Finally – An Objective Measure of Fatigue? An ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Inquiry Making Fatigue Real Fatigue is like the Rodney Dangerfield of symptoms – it just gets no respect. The … Continue reading →

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Onset patterns of CFS & ME

Posted on 03/06/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Onset patterns of chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis by Meredyth Anne Evans & Leonard A. Jason in Res Chron Dis (2018) 2(1), 001–0030 The onset of Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is  considered a key … Continue reading →

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Ophthalmic correlates of ME/CFS

Posted on 03/05/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Ophthalmic correlates of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), by Nadia Sultana Ahmed. MPhil thesis, University of Leicester [Published online 15 Feb 2018] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic, debilitating disorder. With the exception of disabling fatigue, there are … Continue reading →

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Stigma in ME & its association with functioning

Posted on 03/02/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Stigma in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and its association with functioning, by Don M. Baken, Shane T. Harvey, David L. Bimler & Kirsty J. Ross in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior Volume 6, 2018 – Issue 1 Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic … Continue reading →

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Higher prevalence of ‘low T3 syndrome’ (Euthyroid sick syndrome) in patients with CFS

Posted on 03/01/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Higher prevalence of ‘low T3 syndrome’ in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A case-control study Begoña Ruiz-Núñez, Rabab Tarasse, Emar Vogelaar, Janneke Dijck-Brouwer and Frits Muskiet in Front. Endocrinol. [Published online 28 Feb 2018] Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) … Continue reading →

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Infection elicited autoimmunity & ME/CFS: an explanatory model

Posted on 02/23/2018 by wames

Hypothesis and Theory article: Infection elicited autoimmunity and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an explanatory model, by Jonas Blomberg, Carl-Gerhard Gottfries, Amal Elfaitouri, Muhammad Rizwan and Anders Rosén in Front. Immunol., 15 February 2018 Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) often also called chronic fatigue … Continue reading →

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A systematic review of probiotic interventions for gastrointestinal symptoms & IBS in CFS/ME

Posted on 02/23/2018 by wames

Research abstract: A Systematic Review of Probiotic Interventions for Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) by Matthew Corbitt, N Campagnolo, D Staines, S Marshall-Gradisnik in Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2018 pp 1–12 Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms … Continue reading →

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CFS treated with transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS)

Posted on 02/22/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome treated with transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation: a randomized controlled trial, by Li J, Xie J, Pan Z, Guo X, Li Y, Fu R in Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2017 Dec 12;37(12):1276-9. [Article in Chinese] OBJECTIVE: To … Continue reading →

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Open-label pilot for treatment targeting gut dysbiosis in ME/CFS

Posted on 02/21/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Open-label pilot for treatment targeting gut dysbiosis in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome: neuropsychological symptoms and sex comparisons, by Amy Wallis, Michelle Ball, Henry Butt, Donald P Lewis, Sandra McKechnie, Philip Paull, Amber Jaa-Kwee, Dorothy Bruck in J … Continue reading →

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