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Distress in significant others of patients with CFS
Review abstract: Purpose: To systematically review existing empirical research assessing levels and correlates of distress in significant others of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME). Methods: Systematic searches in CINAHL, Web of Science and PsycINFO were conducted in August 2014. The search … Continue reading
Possible association between IBS subgroups & autonomous dysfunction
Research abstract: OBJECTIVE: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional intestinal disorder. Although there are marked improvements in the conceptualization of IBS pathophysiology in brain-intestinal interaction disorder, there is no definite consensus in the role of autonomic dysfunction (AD) … Continue reading
Can ME/CFS be diagnosed in young children?
Dr David S Bell, eminent American paediatrician, talks about the difficulty of diagnosing ME/CFS in children. Excerpt from: ME/CFS in children Diagnosis in Children For the most part ME/CFS can only be diagnosed in adolescents and older individuals. Children below … Continue reading
the Solvable biological challenge of ME/CFS: reader-friendly version
Simon McGrath provides a patient-friendly version of a peer-reviewed paper which he co-authored, and which highlights some of the most promising biomedical research on ME/CFS. Phoenix rising blog post, 12 May 2016: Professor & patients’ paper on the solvable biological … Continue reading
Is CFS an inflammatory disorder?
Review abstract: Background: Chronically elevated inflammation provides a putative target in the search of a meaningful biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). While research has investigated levels of inflammatory biomarkers in people with CFS compared with healthy controls, these groups have not yet … Continue reading
Can simple blood tests help to identify ME/CFS
Health rising forum discussion started by Cort Johnson, 30 April 2016: Can simple blood tests help to identify Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)? How great it would be if a doctor could give a teenager with lingering fatigue after infectious mononucleosis/glandular … Continue reading
Diagnosing post infectious fatigue in adolescents using routine lab tests
Research abstract: BACKGROUND: While biomarkers for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are beginning to emerge they typically require a highly specialized clinical laboratory. We hypothesized that subsets of commonly measured laboratory markers used in combination could support the diagnosis of post-infectious … Continue reading
The effect of High-intensity interval exercise in CFS
Research abstract: Purpose: To determine if the typical exacerbation of symptoms in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) following a bout of exercise differs between high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or continuous (CONT) aerobic exercise of the same duration and mechanical … Continue reading
Ubiquinol-10 supplementation improves autonomic nervous & cognitive function in CFS
Research abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefit of oral ubiquinol-10 supplementation in CFS patients using an open-label study and a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled (RCT) study. Twenty patients with CFS were randomly enrolled in an 8-week … Continue reading
Do anorexia, IBS, CFS share a common cause?
Lancaster University press release, 25 April 2016: Do anorexia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome share a common cause? Irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome and anorexia nervosa may all have a common origin according to researchers. They speculate that … Continue reading
