Category Archives: News
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
IAfME expands & relaunches as World ME Alliance
International Alliance for ME becomes the World ME Alliance As a founding member of IAfME, WAMES is excited to be part of the development and launch of the World ME Alliance. The Alliance is the only organisation in the world … Continue reading
Research: A comprehensive examination of severely ill ME/CFS patients
A comprehensive examination of severely ill ME/CFS patients, by Chia-Jung Chang, Li-Yuan Hung, Andreas M. Kogelnik, David Kaufman, Raeka S Aiyar, Angela M Chu, Julie Wilhelmy, Peng Li, Linda Tannenbaum, Wenzhong Xiao, Ronald W Davis in Healthcare Vol 9, #10, p … Continue reading
Hypothesis: Radiation exposure & mitochondrial insufficiency in CIFDS
Radiation exposure and mitochondrial insufficiency in chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome by Andrej Rusin, Megan Li, Alan Cocchetto, Colin Seymour, Carmel Mothersill, in Medical Hypotheses, Vol 154, Sep 2021, 110647 [doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2021.110647] Research abstract: Chronic fatigue and Immune Dysfunction … Continue reading
Research: ME/CFS is not influenced by the presence or absence of joint hypermobility
The presentation of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not influenced by the presence or absence of joint hypermobility, by Sarah K Vogel, Isabelle R Primavera, Colleen L Marden, Marissa AK Flaherty, Richard L Violand, Peter C Rowe in the Journal of … Continue reading
The ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ (MUS) concept, CBT & CFS
The ‘medically unexplained symptoms’ syndrome concept and the cognitive-behavioural treatment model, by Michael J Scott , Joan S Crawford , Keith J Geraghty , David F Marks in Journal of Health Psychology Sep 2021 [doi:10.1177/13591053211038042] Article abstract: The American … Continue reading
