Category Archives: News
Case report: angina simultaneously diagnosed with the recurrence of ME/CFS
Angina simultaneously diagnosed with the recurrence of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Koki Li, Yuki Otsuka, Yasuhiro Nakano, Daisuke Omura, Kou Hasegawa, Mikako Obika, Keigo Ueda, Hitomi Kataoka and Fumio Otsuka in Diagnostics Vol 11 no. 3 [10.3390/diagnostics11030460] 6 … Continue reading
ME Awareness raising in Wales 2021
ME Awareness in Wales 2021 Awareness raising can happen at any time, by anyone, but traditionally the ME community individually and in groups have focussed efforts around 2 dates in the year: International ME Awareness Day – 12 May … Continue reading
‘Having severe ME/CFS is so close to being dead’: extremely severe ME/CFS – a personal account’
Extremely severe ME/CFS — A personal account, by Whitney Dafoe in Healthcare Vol 9, #5, p 504, April 27, 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050504] Article abstract: A personal account from an Extremely Severe Bedridden ME/CFS patient about the experience of living with extremely … Continue reading
The role of prevention in reducing the economic impact of ME/CFS in Europe: a report from EUROMENE
The Role of Prevention in Reducing the Economic Impact of ME/CFS in Europe: A Report from the Socioeconomics Working Group of the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) by Derek F H Pheby, Diana Araja, Uldis Berkis, Elenka Brenna, John Cullinan, … Continue reading
Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle disturbances in ME/CFS
Pathophysiology of skeletal muscle disturbances in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Klaus J Wirth & Carmen Scheibenbogen in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 19, no. 162 (2021) [doi.org/10.1186/s12967-021-02833-2] Review abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephaloymelitis (ME/CFS) … Continue reading
I already have a job: Energy Limiting Chronic Illness (ELCI), social Inclusion, employment & Social Security
Centre for Welfare Reform report: I already have a job: Energy Limiting Chronic Illness (ELCI), Social Inclusion, Employment and Social Security. By Catherine Hale, Stef Benstead, Dr Kate Hardy and Dr Jo Ingold, April 2021 This report presents the … Continue reading
COVID-19 & post-infectious ME/CFS: a narrative review
COVID-19 and post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a narrative review, by Sonia Poenaru, Sara J Abdallah, Vicente Corrales-Medina, Juthaporn Cowan in Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease. Jan 2021 [doi:10.1177/20499361211009385] Bottom line Many post-acute COVID-19 symptoms resemble post-infectious ME/CFS Acute … Continue reading
Introducing WAMES volunteers: Simon Horsman
Introducing WAMES volunteers: the treasurer Early a nomad, by adoption, I’m a Brummie. My school song included the worthy thought “Die of service, not of rust.” Wales is not the land of my fathers but it is the land … Continue reading
Ross River virus immune evasion strategies & the relevance to Post-Viral Fatigue & ME onset
Ross River virus immune evasion strategies and the relevance to Post-Viral Fatigue, and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis onset, by Brett A Lidbury in Front. Med. Vol 8, 2021 pp 298 [doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.662513] Article abstract: Ross River virus (RRV) is an endemic … Continue reading
Hand grip strength & fatigability: correlation with clinical parameters & diagnostic suitability in ME/CFS
Hand grip strength and fatigability: correlation with clinical parameters and diagnostic suitability in ME/CFS, by Bianka Jäkel, Claudia Kedor, Patricia Grabowski, Kirsten Wittke, Silvia Thiel, Nadja Scherbakov, Wolfram Doehner, Carmen Scheibenbogen & Helma Freitag in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 19, … Continue reading
