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Research: Impact of life stressors on ME/CFS symptoms
Impact of life stressors on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome symptoms: An Australian longitudinal study, by Cassandra Balinas, Natalie Eaton-Fitch, Rebekah Maksoud, Donald Staines, and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(20) [10.3390/ijerph182010614] (This article belongs to the … Continue reading
Research: CAN connectivity predicts symptoms in ME/CFS
Cortical autonomic network connectivity predicts symptoms in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Mark A Zinn, Leonard A Jason in International Journal of Psychophysiology Vol 170, Dec 2021, Pages 89-101 [doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.10.004] Highlights The findings of this study contribute … Continue reading
Healthcare: Caring for the patient with severe or very severe ME/CFS
Caring for the patient with severe or very severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Jose G Montoya, Theresa G Dowell, Amy E Mooney, Mary E Dimmock, Lily Chu in Healthcare Vol 9, #10, p 1331, 6 Oct 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9101331] (This article … Continue reading
NICE will announce guideline decision next week
NICE announces next steps for publication of its guideline on ME/CFS NICE has today (20 October 2021) announced the next steps for publication of its updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). … Continue reading
Research review: Potential implications of TRPM7 in ME/CFS
Potential implications of mammalian Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 7 in the pathophysiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a review, by Stanley Du Preez, Helene Cabanas, Donald Staines and Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik in Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(20), 10708 [doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010708] … Continue reading
Diagnostic test research: Autoantibodies & receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction & disability in ME/CFS
Autoantibodies to vasoregulative G-Protein-Coupled receptors correlate with symptom severity, autonomic dysfunction and disability in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Helma Freitag, Marvin Szklarski, Sebastian Lorenz, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Aurélie Philippe, Claudia Kedor, Patricia Grabowski, Tanja Lange, Gabriela Riemekasten, Harald … Continue reading
Research: Neurochemical abnormalities in CFS
Neurochemical abnormalities in chronic fatigue syndrome: a pilot magnetic resonance spectroscopy study at 7 Tesla, by Beata R Godlewska, Stephen Williams, Uzay E Emir, Chi Chen, Ann L Sharpley, Ana Jorge Goncalves, Monique I Andersson, William Clarke, Brian Angus, Philip … Continue reading
Legal challenge to NICE ME/CFS Guideline delay
Legal challenge to NICE ‘pause in publication’ On the 1st October a legal action was launched against NICE, claiming the failure to publish the final guideline for ME/CFS was unlawful – that NICE failed to follow it’s own rules … Continue reading
Dr Muirhead: “the medical profession have massively underestimated hidden disease”
What long COVID awareness means for people with chronic illnesses Dr Nina Muirhead is quoted in an article by Rachel Charlton-Dailey on the Verywell Health website, September 29, 2021 Hopeful for more acceptance and understanding There is hope … Continue reading
Research review: ME/CFS: a neurological entity?
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A neurological entity?, by Inigo Murga Gandasegui, Larraitz Aranburu Laka, Pascual-Angel Gargiulo, Juan-Carlos Gomez-Esteban, Jose-Vicente Lafuente Sanchez in Medicina Vol 57, #10, p 1030, Sep 27, 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/medicina57101030] Review abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) … Continue reading
