Category Archives: News

Severe ME remembrance day, 8 August 2017

Stonebird: the experience of severe ME At the Stonebird website you can find resources to help you understand the experience of severe ME and how to care for people with it. The Stonebird represents the idea that you don’t have to … Continue reading

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Trial by Error: The Science Media Centre’s desperate efforts to defend PACE

Virology blog, by David Tuller, 2 Aug 2017: Trial by Error: The Science Media Centre’s Desperate Efforts to Defend PACE This week, the Journal of Health Psychology published a special issue containing a raft of commentaries on the PACE trial. … Continue reading

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Two radically different immune subsets in ME/CFS?

Health rising blog post, Cort Johnson, 15 July 2017: Early Results Suggest Two Radically Different Immune Subsets Present in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Subsets, Subsets, Subsets Everyone with ME/CFS who’s been around a bit must ask themselves at some point, … Continue reading

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The Big Fishing Expedition: report from the NIH Intramural Study on ME/CFS

Simmaron research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 24 July 2017: The Big Fishing Expedition: Report from the NIH Intramural Study on ME/CFS A Big, Deep Fishing Expedition “We’re throwing every known sophisticated technology at these patients.” Avindra Nath, MD – … Continue reading

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Scientists trade insults over myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) study

Times article, by Tom Whipple, 1 Aug 2017: Scientists trade insults over myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) study An acrimonious scientific row has broken out after a £5 million publicly funded study investigating treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome was condemned as “deeply … Continue reading

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Researchers identify biomarkers associated with CFS severity

Stanford Medicine News Center press release, by Bruce Goldman, 31 July 2017: Researchers identify biomarkers associated with chronic fatigue syndrome severity Stanford investigators used high-throughput analysis to link inflammation to chronic fatigue syndrome, a difficult-to-diagnose disease with no known cure. … Continue reading

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Cytokine signature associated with disease severity in CFS patients

Cytokine signature associated with disease severity in chronic fatigue syndrome patients, by Jose G. Montoyaa, Tyson H. Holmes, Jill N. Anderson, Holden T. Maecker, Yael Rosenberg-Hasson, Ian J. Valencia, Lily Chu, Jarred W. Younger, Cristina M. Tato, and Mark M. … Continue reading

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Muscle injections with lidocaine improve resting fatigue and pain in patients with CFS

Research abstract: Muscle injections with lidocaine improve resting fatigue and pain in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Roland Staud, Taylor Kizer, Michael E Robinson in Journal of Pain Research, Vol. 2017, #10, pp 1477-1486 [June 26, 2017] Objective Patients … Continue reading

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Special issue of the Journal of Health Psychology on PACE trial: the making of a medical scandal

Special issue on the PACE Trial, by David F Marks in The Journal of Health Psychology Vol 22 issue 9 2017 [published online 31 July 2017] Download as pdf Abstract: We are proud that this issue marks a special contribution by the … Continue reading

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Even “minor” infections can cause ME/CFS

Simmaron Research blog post, by Cort Johnson, 5 July 2017: Even “Minor” Infections Can Cause Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Giardia hasn’t historically ranked high as a potential cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Some anecdotal reports suggest that a Giardia outbreak may … Continue reading

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