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Traditional Chinese Medicine for CFS
Highlights of research paper: TCM therapies showed potential positive effect for alleviating fatigue symptoms. Whether TCM could improve the QOL of patients is still inconclusive. We could not draw a firm conclusion about the safety of TCM on CFS. Background … Continue reading
Pain & the role of coping strategies in CFS/ME
Abstract Pain is a significant problem for many people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). This exploratory study investigated the extent to which severity of pain was related to coping strategies and post-traumatic symptomatology in people with CFS/ME. Participants … Continue reading
Biomarker for fatigue could help validate CFS
Measuring Fatigue Finally? Cort Johnson asks: Has a test that objectively measures fatigue been found? Extract: How to objectively measure fatigue has dogged the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome field for decades. Until researchers can tell how fatigued a person really is … Continue reading
POTS & CFS affects blood volume in exercise for adolescents
Abstract Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is characterized by chronic fatigue and dizziness and affected individuals by definition have orthostatic intolerance and tachycardia. There is considerable overlap of symptoms in patients with POTS and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), prompting speculation … Continue reading
Poor blood flow leads to cognitive problems in FM
Abstract Objective: There is ample evidence for cognitive deficits in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). The present study investigated cerebral blood flow responses during arithmetic processing in FMS patients and its relationship with performance. The influence of clinical factors on performance and … Continue reading
Prolonged fatigue [CFS] & cytokines post-West Nile Virus infection in USA
Simon McGrath comments on a research paper: Evaluation of Prolonged Fatigue Post–West Nile Virus Infection and Association of Fatigue with Elevated Antiviral and Proinflammatory Cytokines Extract: 31% of the cohort were fatigued at follow-up (44/140) and “Of those with fatigue … Continue reading
Microbial Diagnostics and Discovery in ME/CFS – transcript of Lipkin talk
Transcript of Ian Lipkin MD’s talk at the Stanford ME/CFS Symposium in March, prepared by Patricia Carter of ME/CFS Forums is online: Microbial Diagnostics and Discovery in ME/CFS Dr. Ian Lipkin. is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Professor … Continue reading
How people with CFS and asthma perceive their health and physical future
Abstract INTRODUCTION Most people perceive their own future as more positive than the average person’s. This optimistic bias may be a concern if it leads to people misjudging health threats and therefore the need for taking preventative steps. OBJECTIVES To … Continue reading
Florence Nightingale letters brought together online
A vast archive of letters from Florence Nightingale, many intensely personal and revealing about the woman usually seen as the shadowy Lady with the Lamp, is being brought together online and made freely accessible for the first time. The originals … Continue reading
The importance of understanding how our genes change
Extract from article by Cort Johnson: Epigenetics refers to the changes in sites in our DNA that are susceptible to change over time which can modify the expression of our genes. Our genetic heritage, it turns out, only sets the … Continue reading
