Category Archives: News
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In memory of Dr Bruce Carruthers
Phoenix rising blog post: In memory of Dr Bruce Carruthers Sherri Todd, has informed us of the passing of Dr. Bruce Carruthers. Dr. Carruthers is one of the two doctors who did the original drafts of the Canadian Clinical Definitions … Continue reading
