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Improvement of severe ME/CFS symptoms following surgical treatment of cervical spinal stenosis
Article abstract: Improvement of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms following surgical treatment of cervical spinal stenosis, by Peter C Rowe, Colleen L Marden, Scott Heinlein, Charles C Edwards II in J Transl Med 2018 16: 21 [Published online 02 February 2018] … Continue reading
The International collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI)
Article abstract: The international collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI), by Ben Z Katz, Simon M Collin, Gabrielle Murphy, Rona Moss-Morris, Vegard Bruun Wyller, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Jeannine L.A. Hautvast, Chantal P Bleeker-Rovers, Ute Vollmer-Conna, Dedra Buchwald, Renée Taylor, Paul Little, … Continue reading
Factors impacting the illness trajectory of post-infectious fatigue syndrome (PIFS)
Research abstract: Factors impacting the illness trajectory of post-infectious fatigue syndrome: a qualitative study of adults’ experiences, by Eva Stormorken, Leonard A. Jason and Marit Kirkevold in BMC Public Health [Published: 13 December 2017] Background: Post-infectious fatigue syndrome (PIFS), also known as post-viral fatigue syndrome, is a complex condition … Continue reading
Could ME/CFS be a chronic form of sepsis?
Simmaron Research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 1 January 2018: Could Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Be a Chronic Form of Sepsis? “In this monograph I would like to explore the concept of neuro-immune fatigue as a metabolic illness resulting from … Continue reading
Could you create a database for WAMES?
WAMES needs a relational database We are urgently looking for a volunteer to create a database using Microsoft Access. This database would enable us to monitor the work of WAMES and extract data to support funding applications. The WAMES team has … Continue reading
Eukaryotes in the gut microbiota in ME/CFS
Research abstract: Eukaryotes in the gut microbiota in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Alexandra H. Mandarano, Ludovic Giloteaux, Betsy A. Keller, Susan M. Levine, Maureen R. Hanson in PeerJ 6:e4282 [January 22, 2018] Patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) … Continue reading
Elevations of ventricular lactate levels occur in both CFS & FM
Research abstract: Elevations of Ventricular Lactate Levels Occur in Both Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, by Benjamin H. Natelson, Diana Vu, Jeremy D. Coplan, Xiangling Mao, Michelle Blate, Guoxin Kang, Eli Soto, Tolga Kapusuz & Dikoma C. Shungu in Fatigue 2017; … Continue reading
Longitudinal associations of lymphocyte subsets with clinical outcomes in CFS
Research abstract: Longitudinal associations of lymphocyte subsets with clinical outcomes in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Melissa L. Mehalick, Karen B. Schmaling , Daniel E. Sabath, & Dedra S. Buchwald in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior 2018 pp 1-12 [Published online: 12 Jan 2018] Background: … Continue reading
Genome-epigenome interactions associated with ME/CFS
Research abstract: Genome-Epigenome Interactions Associated with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Santiago Herrera, Wilfred C de Vega, David Ashbrook, Suzanne D Vernon, Patrick O McGowan in Biorxiv [preprint 22 Dec 2017] Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is an example of … Continue reading