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ME Awareness Q&A 3
Q. What is ME? A. There is an uneven blood flow to the brain. The brain then sends altered signals to the body and the body reacts abnormally to physical & mental stimuli. ME Awareness week 2016: 11-17 May ME … Continue reading
The biological challenge of ME/CFS: a solvable problem
Article introduction: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is comparable to multiple sclerosis, diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis in prevalence (∼0.2% to 1%), long-term disability, and quality of life,[1–5] yet the scale of biomedical research and funding has been pitifully limited, as … Continue reading
ME Awareness Q&A 2
Q. What is ME? A. It is an injury to the Central Nervous System, (which controls how the body works) that is usually triggered by an infectious disease process, e.g. a virus, or by chemicals over stimulating the immune system. ME Awareness … Continue reading
ME Awareness Q&A 1
Q. What is ME? A. ME can be called a “neuro- immune-endocrine” condition because it affects many of the body’s systems. (Classified by the WHO as neurological) ME Awareness week 2016: 11-17 May ME Awareness day: 12 May Awareness and … Continue reading
Graded vs Intermittent Exercise effects on lymphocytes in CFS
Research abstract: PURPOSE: There is increasing evidence of immune system dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) but little is known of the regular exercise effects on immune cell parameters. This pilot study investigated the effects of graded and intermittent exercise … Continue reading
Autonomic dysfunction found in brainstem vasomotor centre in CFS
Research abstract: Autonomic changes are often associated with the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but their pathogenetic role is unclear and brain imaging investigations are lacking. The vasomotor centre and, through it, nuclei in the midbrain and hypothalamus play a key … Continue reading
Psychological well-being in CFS
Thesis abstract: There is growing recognition in psychology that wellness is more than the absence of disease and distress. Well-being has been defined in numerous ways. Two dominant models include Diener, Eunkook, Suh, Lucas & Smith’s (1999) Hedonic model of Subjective … Continue reading
Case report of Coxiella burnetii dormancy in Q fever patient
Case report abstract: Contains post-mortem results of somebody who had the diagnosis of “post viral syndrome” BACKGROUND: In a previous study of a Q fever outbreak in Birmingham, our group identified a non-infective complex of Coxiella burnetii (C.b.) antigens able to … Continue reading
The relationship between age and illness duration in CFS
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating illness, but it is unclear if patient age and illness duration might affect symptoms and functioning of patients. In the current study, participants were categorized into four groups based upon age (under or over … Continue reading
Probing an untrustworthy Cochrane review of exercise for CFS
Blog post by Prof James C Coyne, 23 April 2016: Probing an untrustworthy Cochrane review of exercise for “chronic fatigue syndrome” From my work in progress: My ongoing investigation so far has revealed that the 2016 Cochrane review misrepresents what … Continue reading
