Category Archives: News
Carer Sylvia from WAMES & Text Santa appeal
Sylvia Penny from WAMES talks about what it is like being a full-time carer in ITV’s Text Santa appeal video. She is also interviewd on the Carers UK website. Support ITV’s text Santa appeal and help raise vital funds for … Continue reading
CFS subgroup with POTS
A research group from Newcastle have studied CFS patients and determined the characteristics of a distinct clinical group of patients that also have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Abstract: OBJECTIVES: A significant proportion of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) … Continue reading
Inflammation in ME/CFS greater than in depression
A research trial by a multi-national team compared bio-markers in people with ME/CFS, depression and healthy people. Background: Depression is an inflammatory disorder while many authors declare myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) to be a functional disorder. The aim of … Continue reading
Oxidative stress and possible early signs of atherosclerosis in CFS
The abstract of a Serbian study: INTRODUCTION: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a widely recognized problem, characterized by prolonged, debilitating fatigue and a characteristic group of accompanying symptoms, that occurs four times more frequently in women than in men. The … Continue reading
Dr Myhill’s protocol improves mitochondrial function and fatigue
The third in a series of studies on mitochondrial function in ME/CFS has been published. Having established in the first two papers that mitochondrial dysfunction is a central pathophysiological lesion in ME/CFS, the aim of the third study was to … Continue reading
Reduced cardiac vagal modulation impacts on cognitive performance in CFS
Abstract of Australian research BACKGROUND: Cognitive difficulties and autonomic dysfunction have been reported separately in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). A role for heart rate variability (HRV) in cognitive flexibility has been demonstrated in healthy individuals, but this relationship … Continue reading
Paediatric ME/CFS research review
Abstract Research on pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is reviewed in this article. Many recent articles in this area highlight the existence of key differences between the adult and pediatric forms of the illness. This review article provides an … Continue reading
CFS and FMS – the same condition?
Dr Benjamin Natelson has conducted a review of research studies comparing CFS and Fibromyalgia and is currently recruiting in the US for a number of studies into the nature of CFS and FM. Abstract Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia … Continue reading
Dr Dowsett on ME relapses
To commemorate the life of Dr Betty Dowsett the Young ME Sufferers Trust has posted online an article by her about ME relapses. There’s No Smoke Without Fire! Some comments on the tendency to replase in ME She lists the … Continue reading
