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WAMES statement on post-viral illnesses: COVID-19 & ME/CFS
WAMES statement on post-viral illnesses: COVID-19 and ME/CFS WAMES is calling on all political parties in Wales to support an inclusive approach to responding to COVID-19 and ME/CFS. Wales needs a strategy to recognise and treat illnesses triggered by … Continue reading
Research: Insights from invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing of patients with ME/CFS
Insights from Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing of Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Phillip Joseph, Carlo Arevalo, Rudolf KF Oliveira, Donna Felsenstein, Anne Louise Oaklander, David M Systrom in CHEST journal Feb 09, 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.082] Research abstract: Background … Continue reading
We already know enough to avoid making the same mistakes again with Long COVID
We already know enough to avoid making the same mistakes again with Long COVID, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark Van Ness in JOSPT Blog, March 10, 2021 [doi.org/10.2519/jospt.blog.20210310] Blog post: … Continue reading
The PACE trial should be retracted because it was seriously unethical
The PACE trial should be retracted, because it was seriously unethical, and the lead investigators continue to deny that, by Dr Neil McFarlane in DrNMblog, 19 March 2021 This was submitted (December 2020) to NICE in response to the new … Continue reading
Effects of Post-Exertional Malaise on markers of arterial stiffness in individuals with ME/CFS
Effects of Post-Exertional Malaise on markers of arterial stiffness in individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Joshua Bond, Tessa Nielsen and Lynette Hodges in Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Feb 28;18(5):2366 [doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052366] Research abstract: Background: … Continue reading
Hypothesis: mechanisms that prevent recovery in prolonged ICU patients also underlie ME/CFS
Hypothesis: mechanisms that prevent recovery in prolonged ICU patients also underlie Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Dominic Stanculescu, Lars Larsson and Jonas Bergquist in Frontiers in Medicine (2021) 8(41) [doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.628029] (This article is part of the research topic: … Continue reading
Our evolving understanding of ME/CFS – Post Active Phase of Infection Syndromes (PAPIS)
Our evolving understanding of ME/CFS, by Kenneth J Friedman, Modra Murovska, Derek FH Pheby, Paweł Zalewski in Medicina Vol 57, #3, p 200, Feb 26, 2021 [https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57030200] (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS: Causes, Clinical Features and Diagnosis) … Continue reading
Cardiff University student ME/CFS Project – can you help?
Cardiff University Project – GP info leaflet My name is Imogen Young and I’m a 3rd year medical student at Cardiff University. I’m taking part in a 6-week project to produce an informative leaflet for GPs about diagnosis and … Continue reading