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Functional status & well-being in people with ME/CFS compared with people with MS & healthy controls
Research abstract: Functional Status and Well-Being in People with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Compared with People with Multiple Sclerosis and Healthy Controls, by Caroline C. Kingdon, Erinna W. Bowman, Hayley Curran, Luis Nacul, Eliana M. Lacerda in PharmacoEconomics Open 2018 pp 1-12 [Online: 13 March 2018] Background: People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue … Continue reading
Managing fatigue in postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS): The Newcastle approach
Managing fatigue in postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS): The Newcastle approach, Victoria Strassheim, Jenny Welford, Rob Ballantine, Julia L Newton in Auton Neurosci. 2018 Feb 22. pii: S1566-0702(17)30328-4 [Epub ahead of print] Highlights: Fatigue is a common symptom described by those … Continue reading
This is brain awareness week 12-16 March 2018
There are more than 350 different conditions of the brain and spine and together they affect more than 12 million people in the UK. #BrainAwarenessWeek Over 13,000 people in Wales could have ME and over 240,000 in the UK. Find … Continue reading
Does the microbiome & virome contribute to ME/CFS?
Review abstract: Does the microbiome and virome contribute to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome? by Fiona Newberry, Shen-Yuan Hsieh, Tom Wileman, Simon R. Carding in Clinical Science Vol 135, #5, pp 523-542 [Published online March 9, 2018] Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (ME/CFS) is a disabling … Continue reading
Association of CFS with premature telomere attrition (& accelerated ageing)
Research abstract: Association of chronic fatigue syndrome with premature telomere attrition, by Mangalathu S. Rajeevan, Janna Murray, Lisa Oakley, Jin-Mann S. Lin, Elizabeth R. Unger in Journal of Translational Medicine Vol 16, #1, p 44 [Published: 27 February 2018] Background: … Continue reading
Investigation of mast cell toll-like receptor 3 in CFS/ME
Research abstract: Investigation of mast cell toll-like receptor 3 in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Systemic Mastocytosis participants using the novel application of autoMACS magnetic separation and flow cytometry, by C Balinas, T Nguyen, S Johnston, P Smith, D Staines, S Marshall-Gradisnik in Asian … Continue reading
UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative plans to promote biological research
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
Finally – an objective measure of fatigue?
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
Onset patterns of CFS & ME
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
