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Police recruiters told that CFS is psychological condition

Dr Shepherd of the ME Association wrote to the Home Office in March to challenge the advice to Chief Police Officers that, when assessing recruits for the service, they should regard Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as akin to somatoform, factitious and … Continue reading

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Fluge & Mella’s patent application for a CFS treatment

Excerpt from patent application: Inventors: Øystein Fluge & Olav Mella Date of publication 26 11 2014 Nitric oxide donor for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. Description [0001] The present invention relates in a first aspect to a nitric oxide donor for … Continue reading

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Comparison of consensus & empirical ME/CFS definitions & criteria

Research abstract: Background:  Since the publication of the CFS case definition [Fukuda K, Straus SE, Hickie I, Sharpe MC, Dobbins JG, Komaroff A. The chronic fatigue  syndrome: a comprehensive approach to its definition and study. Ann Intern Med. 1994;121:953-959], there … Continue reading

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Large percentage of CFS patients respond to anti viral therapy

Excerpt from article by Theodore Henderson, MD, PhD: My clinical work has focused on the viral and immunological pathogenesis of CFS/ME. In my clinic, I have treated over 200 adults and over 30 adolescents with what the IOM now says … Continue reading

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Central nervous system clues found for cognitive dysfunction in CFS

Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome is an unexplained debilitating disorder that is frequently associated with cognitive and motor dysfunction. We analyzed cerebrospinal fluid from 32 cases, 40 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 19 normal subjects frequency-matched for age and … Continue reading

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Partners’ support affects the outcome of CBT for CFS

Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) leads to a significant decrease in CFS-related symptoms and disability. The primary objective of this study was to explore whether partners’ solicitous responses and patients’ and partners’ perceived … Continue reading

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Sleep disturbance in children with CFS

Review abstract OBJECTIVE: Children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) frequently report sleep disturbances. However, little is known about the nature and severity of sleep disturbance and factors associated with sleep problems in pediatric CFS. The purpose of this … Continue reading

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Could change of diet help children with fatigue?

Research abstract: Many children deal with fatigue for which no proper treatment can be given. A possible explanation for their fatigue is a micro deficiency of minerals and vitamins. In this non-randomized controlled trial, we clinically evaluated symptoms of fatigue in … Continue reading

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Activity and CFS

[Letter from Joan Crawford: In the February 2015 edition of Therapy Today (News, p6) there is a short report on exercise and CFS. Uncritically your report states, ‘Both [CBT aimed at increasing patients activity and GET (graded exercise therapy)] have been … Continue reading

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