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Health Minister delegates reply re ME/CFS
Welsh Government replies re ME/CFS and long COVID WAMES wrote to the Health Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, on 7th June about ME and long COVID. She is the first Health Minister to fail to reply herself. Instead she delegated … Continue reading
Research: Tolerability & efficacy of s.c. IgG self-treatment in ME/CFS patients with IgG/IgG subclass deficiency
Tolerability and efficacy of s.c. IgG self-treatment in ME/CFS patients with IgG/IgG subclass deficiency: a proof-of-concept study, by Carmen Scheibenbogen, Franziska Sotzny, Jelka Hartwig, Sandra Bauer, Helma Freitag, Kirsten Wittke, Wolfram Doehner, Nadja Scherbakov, Madlen Loebel, Patricia Grabowski in J … Continue reading
Research: Genetic study of T cell receptor in ME/CFS
Genetic study of T cell receptor (TCR) in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), by Marthe Ueland in University of Oslo, June 21, 2021 Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a disabling disease affecting patients physically and … Continue reading
Chest strap system monitors severity of CFS
Chest strap system monitors severity of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Conn Hastings in Medgadget, July 8 2021 Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain, have developed a system to monitor the severity of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), … Continue reading
Biomarker research: Skewing of the B cell receptor repertoire in ME/CFS
Skewing of the B cell receptor repertoire in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Wakiro Sato, Hirohiko Ono, Takaji Matsutani, Masakazu Nakamura, Isu Shin, Keiko Amano, Ryuji Suzuki, Takashi Yamamura in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Vol 95, July 2021, Pages 245-255 … Continue reading
Bioenergetic & proteomic profiling of immune cells in ME/CFS patients
Bioenergetic and proteomic profiling of immune cells in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients: an exploratory study, by Paula Fernandez-Guerra, Ana C Gonzalez-Ebsen, Susanne E Boonen, Julie Courraud, Niels Gregersen, Jesper Mehlsen, Johan Palmfeldt, Rikke K J Olsen, Louise Schouborg Brinth … Continue reading
Female patients with ME/CFS or idiopathic chronic fatigue: comparison of responses to a 2-day CPET protocol
Female patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue: comparison of responses to a Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing protocol, by C Linda M C van Campen, Frans C Visser in Healthcare (Basel) 2021 Jun 5;9(6):682 [doi: 10.3390/healthcare9060682] This article … Continue reading
Medical care situation of people with ME/CFS in Germany
Medical care situation of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Germany, by Laura Froehlich, Daniel B.R. Hattesohl, Leonard A. Jason, Carmen Scheibenbogen, Uta Behrends, Manuel Thoma in Medicina Vol 57, #7, p 646, June 23, 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/medicina57070646] This … Continue reading
Comparing idiopathic chronic fatigue & ME/CFS in males: response to 2-day CPET protocol
Comparing Idiopathic Chronic Fatigue and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) in males: response to Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing protocol, by C Linda M C van Campen, Frans C Visser in Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Jun 5;9(6):683 [doi: 10.3390/healthcare9060683] Research abstract: … Continue reading
Systematic review of mind-body interventions to treat ME/CFS
Systematic review of mind-body interventions to treat Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Samaneh Khanpour Ardestani, Mohammad Karkhaneh, Eleanor Stein, Salima Punja, Daniela R. Junqueira, Tatiana Kuzmyn, Michelle Pearson, Laurie Smith, Karin Olson, Sunita Vohra in Medicina Vol 57, #7, p … Continue reading