Category Archives: News
Respect and include unpaid carers for people with ME/CFS
Prioritising unpaid carers in new approaches to ME/CFS Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer, a Senior Lecturer in Ageing and Family Care at the University of Exeter Medical School, consulted carers of people with ME/CFS and concluded they had a key role … Continue reading
Research: Long COVID, ME/CFS & symptom severity in Germany
Post-COVID-19 chronic fatigue syndrome following the first pandemic wave in Germany and biomarkers associated with symptom severity German researchers compared ME/CFS and long COVID patients and found even mild C-19 can lead to PEM. Almost half of the LC … Continue reading
Research: Endothelial cell function in Post-COVID-19 patients, with & without ME/CFS
Serum of Post-COVID-19 Syndrome patients with or without ME/CFS differentially affects endothelial cell function in vitro The endothelium is a thin membrane that lines the inside of the heart and blood vessels. Endothelial cells release substances that control vascular … Continue reading
#WAMES_800 Fundraising Journey – 2nd £100 target reached!
#WAMES_800 Fundraising Journey climbs another step towards our goal Slowly but surely we have taken another step towards reaching our target of £800 to fund next year’s WAMES activities. The £200 milestone has been reached, only £600 to go! … Continue reading
Treatment research: Oxaloacetate treatment for ME/CFS & Long-COVID
Oxaloacetate Treatment For Mental And Physical Fatigue In Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long-COVID fatigue patients: a non-randomized controlled clinical trial Research abstract: Key points: 6 weeks of treatment led to reduction of fatigue in Long COVID patients … Continue reading
Research: Impaired TRPM3 ion channel function found in ME/CFS & Long COVID
TRPM3 dysfunction in post COVID-19 condition and ME/CFS patients Research from the NCNED in Australia, using their Electrophysiology ‘Patch Clamp’ technique, concludes: The results of this investigation suggest that post COVID-19 condition patients may have impaired TRPM3 ion channel … Continue reading
Delivery Plan on ME/CFS for England
DHSC Delivery Plan on ME/CFS development strategy The Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) in England has laid out the way they intend to develop the “cross-Government Delivery Plan on ME/CFS for England”, which their Health Secretary announced … Continue reading
Research review: ME/CFS & pregnancy
ME/CFS and pregnancy A review of the research into ME/CFS in pregnancy by a team from Newcastle University concluded that: Current evidence on ME/CFS in pregnancy is limited, and findings are inconsistent. Studies are limited by small sample size and currently, … Continue reading
Research: Characteristics of immune cells of ME/CFS
Phenotypic characteristics of peripheral immune cells of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome via transmission electron microscopy: A pilot study from Stanford University Research paper conclusion: In summary, only a handful of studies have been performed on the ultrastructural characteristics … Continue reading
