Category Archives: News

Antibodies to adrenergic & muscarinic receptors in ME/CFS

Posted on 09/01/2017 by wames

Blog post, by Paolo Maccallini, 29 August 2017: Antibodies to adrenergic and muscarinic receptors in ME/CFS, During the Community Symposium on the molecular basis of ME/CFS two different groups of researchers reported on the increased level of antibodies to beta adrenergic and … Continue reading →

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Sleep patterns among patients with chronic fatigue

Posted on 08/31/2017 by wames

Research Abstract: Sleep patterns among patients with chronic fatigue: A polysomnography-based study, by Evelina Pajediene, Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar and Danielle Friberg in The Clinical Respiratory Journal [Version online: 2 AUG 2017] Objectives: The purpose of this study was to detect treatable sleep … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS patients’ reports of symptom changes following CBT, GET & pacing treatments

Posted on 08/30/2017 by wames

Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients’ reports of symptom changes following cognitive behavioural therapy, graded exercise therapy and pacing treatments: Analysis of a primary survey compared with secondary surveys, by Keith Geraghty, Mark Hann, Stoyan Kurtev in Journal of Health … Continue reading →

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Report of the Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS

Posted on 08/29/2017 by wames

The first Open Medicine Foundation Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS On August 12, 2017, the Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) convened ~ 300 researchers, clinicians, patients, caregivers, families, and advocates … Continue reading →

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Scientific progress stumbles without a valid case definition

Posted on 08/23/2017 by wames

OUP blog post, by Leonard A. Jason, August 20th 2017: Scientific progress stumbles without a valid case definition Current estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the number of people in the United States with chronic … Continue reading →

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Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS

Posted on 08/22/2017 by wames

Article abstract: Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS, by Helen Spandler, Meg Allen in Social Theory & Health, v 15 pp 1–15 [Published Online: 16 August 2017] ME/CFS is a medically contested illness and its understanding, framing and treatment has been the subject of heated … Continue reading →

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Exercise tests suggest autoimmunity causes the exertion problems in CFS, FM & POTS

Posted on 08/21/2017 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 16 August 2017: Exercise Tests Suggest Autoimmunity Causes the Exertion Problems in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and POTS Researchers and doctors get interested in ME/CFS in different ways. Many have a personal connection, … Continue reading →

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Inflammation correlates with symptoms in CFS

Posted on 08/18/2017 by wames

Research overview abstract: Inflammation correlates with symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Anthony L Komaroff in PNAS August 15, 2017 It is not unusual for patients who say they are sick to have normal results on standard laboratory testing. The physician … Continue reading →

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‘The most common disease you’ve never seen’: how one woman turned her illness into a life-changing film

Posted on 08/17/2017 by wames

Telegraph article, by Alan Vincent, 11 August 2017: ‘The most common disease you’ve never seen’: how one woman turned her illness into a life-changing film   Jennifer Brea was 28 when she was bedridden with a high fever. As she … Continue reading →

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The ME/CFS Symposium at Stanford – watch the video

Posted on 08/16/2017 by wames

The ME/CFS Symposium held at Stanford on Saturday August 12th 2017 can be viewed online: https://youtu.be/s7bBMXQSmuM The start times of each speaker: Open Medicine Foundation’s Community Symposium is now available to view online for anyone who was unable to watch … Continue reading →

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