Category Archives: News
Are you good at maths and budgets?
WAMES is looking for a Treasurer Liz is retiring, for a second time! She helpfully stepped up when Simon left last year, but now she really needs to call it a day. The Treasurer is critical to our work … Continue reading
Research: Impact of misdiagnosis in studies of ME/CFS
Researchers need to increase study sizes and apply strict diagnostic criteria Polish researchers report that the difficulties with diagnosing ME/CFS and ensuring all research participants have the same condition, can lead to inaccurate research results. Misdiagnosis can skew results … Continue reading
Biomarker research: Differentiating ME and FM
Differentiating ME and FM Canadian researchers believe they have uncovered a way to tell the difference between people with ME, FM and both ME + FM. 11 miRNAs (microRNAs) are proposed as potential biomarkers. microRNA is the name of … Continue reading
#newWAMESwebsite fundraising challenge!
WAMES needs a new website The WAMES website has been showing its age for years so we are relieved to be in a position now in 2023 to be able to upgrade it. This won’t happen overnight as it … Continue reading
Research: Gut dysfunction found in ME/CFS
Gut bacteria could have answers for ME/CFS Two separate US studies have found significant differences in the gut microbiomes of people with ME/CFS compared to healthy people, although it was not possible to tell if they were a cause … Continue reading
Research: Endothelial dysfunction in ME/CFS
Endothelial dysfunction and vascular homestasis in ME/CFS A sub-study of the RituxME trial by Norwegian researchers found a problem in the blood vessels on the heart in a group of people with ME/CFS. Treatment with Rituximab caused a slight … Continue reading
Research: Gut symptoms in ME/CFS
Gastrointestinal symptoms in ME/CFS The RituxME study team in Bergen, Norway have turned their attention to the little studied topic of gut symptoms in ME/CFS. Key summary: Gastrointestinal symptoms are common in ME/CFS, but there is a knowledge … Continue reading
World ME day 2023 – theme: PEM
2023 World ME Day campaign announced From the World ME Alliance: The theme for World ME Day 2023 will be the hallmark symptom of ME: post-exertional malaise. The campaign is all about changing the narrative, so that globally people … Continue reading
Research: Transcriptomics: female ME/CFS patients responded differently to an exercise challenge
Disrupted immune signatures found in females with ME/CFS US researchers found that female ME/CFS patients responded differently to an exercise challenge that stimulates PEM, compared to healthy females. They studied the RNA molecules in the cells (transcriptomics). The ME/CFS … Continue reading
Treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS – GET & CBT
A review of treatment harms to patients with ME/CFS Psychologist and researcher Dr David F Marks believes that as there is growing evidence that ME/CFS and PASC have similar symptoms “it seems highly possible that the same therapeutic approaches will … Continue reading
