Category Archives: News
Gluten sensitivity isn’t a fad
Gluten sensitivity isn’t a fad—it’s a real problem, say scientists, Tuesday, July 07, 2015 from What doctors don’t tell you Not eating wheat is all the rage, and some sceptics regard it as a fashionable fad—but scientists have discovered that … Continue reading
‘Internet of Things’ enabled devices could take pressure off GP services
Health and the ‘Internet of Things’ [from Independent living, July 2015] 72% of Britons believe using Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices, like in-home monitors, would take pressure off the NHS. It is difficult not to be aware of the … Continue reading
The Kynurenine Pathway in FM and ME/CFS
Cort Johnson explores the kynurenine pathway at Health Rising June 28 2015 The next couple of years may indicate that neuroinflammation and microglial activation play key roles in fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. If that turns out to be true, the attention … Continue reading
Noncoeliac gluten sensitivity
Research abstract: The past 5 years have seen an increase in the use of a gluten-free diet outside a diagnosis of coeliac disease or IgE-mediated wheat allergy. This trend has led to the identification of a new clinical entity termed … Continue reading
IL-1 inhibition improves fatigue in CAPS
Research abstract: Cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) is a rare group of autoinflammatory disorders that includes familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-wells syndrome (MWS), and Neonatal onset multisystemic inflammatory disease (NOMID) . CAPS is caused by a mutation in the … Continue reading
Immune and inflammation related genes in CFS
Research abstract: Recent evidence suggests immune and inflammatory alterations are important in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). This study was done to explore the association of functionally important genetic variants in inflammation and immune pathways with CFS. Peripheral blood DNA was … Continue reading
ME/CFS: a real illness
Comment on the US Institute of Medicine’s report and choice of new name SEID by Prof Anthony Komaroff: Chronic fatigue syndrome (named by some as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome [ME/CFS]) frustrates many physicians. That is understandable because there are no … Continue reading
Rituximab leads to B-cell depletion and remission in ME/CFS
Research abstract: Background: Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disease of unknown etiology. We previously reported a pilot case series followed by a small, randomized, placebo-controlled phase II study, suggesting that B-cell depletion using the monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody rituximab … Continue reading
The need to list exclusionary illnesses for SEID
Research abstract: The Institute of Medicine recently proposed a new case definition for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), as well as a new name, Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID). Contrary to the Fukuda et al.’s CFS case definition, there are few … Continue reading
