Category Archives: News
On your marks GETSET: don’t go – major Graded Exercise ME/CFS trial underwhelms (again)
Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 25 June 2017: On Your Marks GETSET: Don’t Go – Major Graded Exercise ME/CFS Trial Underwhelms (Again) The Lancet — one of the most highly regarded journals in the world — is … Continue reading
Chronic fatigue & idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Medical hypothesis abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic intracranial hypertension: Different manifestations of the same disorder of intracranial pressure? by J. Nicholas P. Higgins, John D. Pickard, Andrew M.L. Lever in Medical Hypotheses Vol 105, pp 6-9, August 2017 [Available online 24 June 2017] Though … Continue reading
Further commentary on the PACE trial: biased methods & unreliable outcomes
Article abstract: Further commentary on the PACE trial: Biased methods and unreliable outcomes, by Keith J Geraghty in Journal of Health Psychology [First Published June 14, 2017, Editorial] Geraghty in the year 2016, outlines a range of controversies surrounding publication of … Continue reading
What is known about severe & very severe CFS? A scoping review
Review abstract: What is known about severe and very severe chronic fatigue syndrome? A scoping review, by Victoria Strassheim, Rebecca Lambson, Katie L. Hackett, Julia L. Newton in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior [Preprint June 19, 2017] Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) affects … Continue reading
Defense of the PACE trial is based on argumentation fallacies
Article abstract: Defense of the PACE trial is based on argumentation fallacies, by Steven Lubet in Journal of Health Psychology [Published June 14, 2017] In defense of the PACE trial, Petrie and Weinman employ a series of misleading or fallacious argumentation techniques, … Continue reading
Understanding severely affected CFS: the gravity of the situation
Review abstract: Understanding severely affected chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): The gravity of the situation, by Victoria Strassheim, Robert Ballantine, Katie L. Hackett, James Frith, Julia L. Newton in Physical Therapy Reviews [Preprint May 25, 2017] Objective: To describe how the effects of gravity … Continue reading
ME/CFS diagnosis & management in young people: a primer
Review article: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Management in Young People: a Primer, by Peter C. Rowe, Rosemary A. Underhill, Kenneth J. Friedman, Alan Gurwitt, Marvin S. Medow, Malcolm S. Schwartz, Nigel Speight, Julian M. Stewart, Rosamund Vallings and Katherine S. … Continue reading
Could we finally have a definitive biomarker for ME/CFS?
ME Research UK blog post, 9 June 2017: Could we finally have a definitive biomarker for ME/CFS? It’s a recurring theme, but the diagnosis of ME/CFS is severely hampered by the lack of a test that can distinguish people with … Continue reading
Dysregulation of cytokine pathways in CFS & MS
Research abstract: Dysregulation of cytokine pathways in chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis by Matthew Sorenson, Jacob Furst, Herbert Mathews & Leonard A. Jason in Fatigue: Biomedicine Heath & Behavior pp1-14 [Published online 7 Jun 2017] Background: Cytokine studies in chronic … Continue reading
