Category Archives: News
Review of exercise therapy studies
Review abstract BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterised by persistent, medically unexplained fatigue, as well as symptoms such as musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbance, headaches and impaired concentration and short-term memory. CFS presents as a common, debilitating and serious health … Continue reading
Immune biomarkers discussion
A team of American scientists discuss Prof Mady Hornig’s recent research on immune signatures in ME/CFS. They review identification of immune biomarkers in CFS/ME patients, and how a cell nuclease controls the innate immune response to vaccinia virus infection. [Introductions last about … Continue reading
Appropriate management of FM & CFS can give moderate improvements
Research abstract: Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome represent two of the most commonly encountered functional somatic syndromes in clinical practice. Both have been contentious diagnoses in the past, and this diagnostic dispute has resulted in a therapeutic nihilism that has … Continue reading
Sleep/wake behaviour in ME/CFS
Research abstract: Sleep dysfunction is a prominent feature in the subjective experience of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). Although studies using polysomonography have identified at least one abnormal sleep characteristic in individuals with ME/CFS, no standard abnormalities in sleep have … Continue reading
Why exercise magnifies exhaustion in CFS
Study shows why exercise magnifies exhaustion for chronic fatigue syndrome patients [March 12 2015] The mechanism that causes high-performance athletes to “feel the burn” turns out to be the culprit in what makes people with chronic fatigue syndrome feel exhausted by … Continue reading
Medicinal cannabis and ME
Sittingbourne-based Netflix documentary producer Jason Reed speaks out: online article at Kent online, 24 March 2015 Jason Reed, who suffers from M.E. has spoken extensively on the uses of medicinal cannabis. “To feel the literal definition of exhaustion, to have … Continue reading
Cognitive dysfunction in adolescents with chronic fatigue
Research abstract: OBJECTIVE: To compare cognitive function in adolescents with chronic fatigue with cognitive function in healthy controls (HC). STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Paediatric department at Oslo University Hospital, Norway. PARTICIPANTS: 120 adolescents with chronic fatigue (average age 15.4 … Continue reading
CFS subgroup found to have low level inflammation
CFS is characterized by profound levels of persistent/recurrent fatigue. It is proposed that chronic, low level inflammation may play a role in this fatigue. We recruited 100 untreated patients with CFS (average age 33±12) and 100 age and sex matched … Continue reading
