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Use of complementary and alternative medicine in CFS

Research abstract: Background: Use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is common among patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but whether it is viewed as more or less effective than traditional medicine is unclear. Purpose: To explore patients’ level of … Continue reading

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Cognitive and physical dysfunction in CFS and FM

Research abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to conduct a longitudinal examination of cognitive complaints and functional status in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) alone and those who also had fibromyalgia (CFS/FM). METHODS: A total of 93 … Continue reading

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Abnormal blood flow & connectivity found in ME/CFS brains

Research abstract: Although altered resting-state functional connectivity is a characteristic of many chronic pain conditions it has not yet been evaluated in patients with chronic fatigue. Our objective was to investigate the association between fatigue and altered resting-state functional connectivity … Continue reading

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Implications of trauma for CFS treatment

Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a case definition for conditions of  chronic, disabling physical and mental fatigue which are not fully explained by medical or psychiatric causes (NICE, 2007). There has  been much controversy over both the case definition and … Continue reading

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4 key characteristics of ME identified in 3 countries

Research abstract: The present study attempted to identify critical symptom domains of individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Using patient and control samples collected in the United States, Great Britain, and Norway, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was … Continue reading

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Increased risk of CFS/ME following influenza in Norway

Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is associated to infections and it has been suggested that vaccination can trigger the disease. However, little is known about the specific association between clinically manifest influenza/influenza vaccine and CFS/ME. As part of … Continue reading

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Neuro-inflammatory and oxidative fatigue (NIOF) – new case definition of ME

Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is characterized by neuro-psychiatric (e.g. depression, irritability, sleep disorders, autonomic symptoms and neurocognitive defects) and physio-somatic (fatigue, a flu-like malaise, hyperalgesia, irritable bowel, muscle pain and tension) symptoms. New … Continue reading

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Interview with Ronald W Davis about his search for cure for sick CFS son

BBC interview with Ronald W Davis, Professor of Biochemistry and Genetics at Stanford University USA: Scientist dad searches for cure for sick son Whitney Dafoe was a healthy, well-travelled photographer until he contracted an illness that has been identified as … Continue reading

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ME: symptoms & biomarkers

Review abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) continues to cause significant morbidity worldwide with an estimated one million cases in the United States. Hurdles to establishing consensus to achieve accurate evaluation of patients with ME continue, fueled by poor agreement about case definitions, slow progress … Continue reading

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What matters to children with CFS/ME? devising a PROM

Research abstract: Background: Paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is relatively common and disabling. Research is hampered because current patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) do not capture outcomes that are important to children with CFS/ME. Aim The aim of this study was to … Continue reading

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