Category Archives: News
The Mail online asks: Why are doctors and patients still at war over ME?
Mail online post, by Jerome Burns, 15 August 2017: Why are doctors and patients still at war over M.E.? How the best treatment for the debilitating condition is one of the most bitterly contested areas in medicine Myalgic encephalomyelitis can … Continue reading
FITNET’s internet-based CBT may impede natural recovery in adolescents with ME/CFS
Review abstract: FITNET’s Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is ineffective and may impede natural recovery in adolescents with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A Review, by Simin Ghatineh and Mark Vink in Behav Sci (Basel). 2017 Aug 11;7(3). pii: E52 The Dutch Fatigue … Continue reading
Is SEID comparable to research case definitions of CFS?
Two groups of American researchers debate the appropriateness of using case definitions for research purposes. Article abstract: Mistaken conclusions about systemic exercise intolerance disease being comparable to research case definitions of CFS: a rebuttal to Chu et al., by Leonard A. Jason, Madison Sunnquist, Kristen … Continue reading
This is why I quit exercise therapy
Buzzfeed news blog post, by Camilla Maxted, 6 Aug 2017: This is why I quite exercise therapy When it comes to my illness, I’ve learned to listen to my symptoms, trust my body, and give it the one thing it … Continue reading
Increase in the Regional Cerebral Blood Flow following Waon Therapy in Patients with CFS
Research abstract: Increase in the Regional Cerebral Blood Flow following Waon Therapy in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study, by T Munemoto, Y Soejima, A Masuda, Y Nakabeppu, C Tei, in Intern Med. 2017;56(14):1817-1824 [Epub 2017 Jul 15] Objective: … Continue reading
Cytokine responses to exercise & activity in patients with CFS
Cytokine responses to exercise and activity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: case control study, by LV Clark, M Buckland, G Murphy, N Taylor, V Vleck, C Mein, E. Wozniak, M. Smuk, P.D. White in Clinical and Experimental Immunology August … Continue reading
A plea from a fallen doctor on ME/CFS
Reddit blog post, 9 Aug 2017: A plea from a fallen doctor on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) I was educated at Baylor and practiced medicine for 30 years. I had a thriving practice, a rich social life, and excellent physical … Continue reading
Physiological measures in participants with CFS, MS & healthy controls following repeated exercise: a pilot study.
Research abstract: Physiological measures in participants with chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis and healthy controls following repeated exercise: a pilot study by LD Hodges, T Nielsen, D Baken in Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2017 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] PURPOSE: … Continue reading
OMF’s Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS 12 Aug 2017 – watch online
Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS Sponsored by Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) Saturday, August 12, 2017 The Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) is pleased to announce that the Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS at Stanford University … Continue reading
