Category Archives: News
Lessons from ME/CFS for long COVID: “Energy System First Aid” for people with PESE (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 3: “Energy System First Aid” for People With Post Exertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in … Continue reading
Treatment research: …restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of ME/CFS patients
Impaired TRPM3-dependent calcium influx and restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients, by Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Stanley Du Preez, Hélène Cabanas, Katsuhiko Muraki, Donald Staines & Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Journal of Translational Medicine volume 20, … Continue reading
Pillow writers: International ME/CFS writers’ group
Writing from our ME lives – the Pillow writers An international group of writers with ME and long COVID invite you to join them. Pillow writers is a friendly, supportive encouraging space where we share our thoughts on chronic … Continue reading
Social research: The circuit of symbolic violence in CFS/ME
The circuit of symbolic violence in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) (I): A preliminary study, by Xavier Gimeno Torrent in Health Care for Women International Volume 43, 2022 – Issue 1-3 Research abstract: Objective How can it be … Continue reading
Lessons from ME/CFS for Long COVID: Physiological characteristics… are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation (aka PEM)
Lessons from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for Long COVID Part 2: Physiological characteristics during acute exercise are abnormal in people with Postexertional Symptom Exacerbation, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT, … Continue reading
Case study: ME/CFS post coronavirus disease
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome post coronavirus disease 2019, by Yoshiki Kusama, Sadahiro Fukui, Makiko Maruyama, Katsunori Kamimura, Toshiro Maihara in Paediatrics International Vol 64, no. 1 Feb 2022 [doi.org/10.1111/ped.14976] Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute … Continue reading
Research: Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in CFS
Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome by Benjamin H Natelson, Jin-Mann S Lin, Michelle Blate, Sarah Khan, Yang Chen & Elizabeth R Unger in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 20, no: 95 (2022) Research abstract: Background Orthostatic … Continue reading
Doctors with ME survey health professionals- more training on ME/CFS is needed
Survey: Facilitators to better ME Care The advocacy group Doctors with ME surveyed users of Dr Muirhead’s online ME/CFS training course during 2021. Results include: 96.1% believe more formal education or training is needed for medical professionals on ME/CFS. … Continue reading
Research: Decreased NO production in endothelial cells… from ME/CFS patients
Decreased NO production in endothelial cells exposed to plasma from ME/CFS patients, by R Bertinat, RVillalobos-Labra, L Hofmann, J Blauensteiner, N Sepúlveda, F Westermeir in Vascular Pharmacology 2022, 106953 [doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2022.106953] Highlights ME/CFS-plasma reduced the ability of ECs to produce NO. … Continue reading
Research review: Cognitive impairment in ME/CFS
Systematic review and meta-analysis of cognitive impairment in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Mehdi Aoun Sebaiti, Mathieu Hainselin, Yannick Gounden, Carmen Adella Sirbu, Slobodan Sekulic, Lorenzo Lorusso, Luis Nacul & François Jérôme Authier in Scientific 12: 2157 (2022) [doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04764-w] … Continue reading
