Category Archives: News

Modulatory effects of cognitive exertion on regional functional connectivity of the salience network in women with ME/CFS

Posted on 02/05/2021 by wames

Modulatory effects of cognitive exertion on regional functional connectivity of the salience network in women with ME/CFS: A pilot study, by Riccardo Manca, Katija Khan, Micaela Mitolo, Matteo De Marco, Lynsey Grieveson, Rosemary Varley, Iain D Wilkinson, Annalena Venneri in Journal … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Modulatory effects of cognitive exertion on regional functional connectivity of the salience network in women with ME/CFS

Numeric rating scales show prolonged post-exertional symptoms after orthostatic testing of adults with ME/CFS

Posted on 02/03/2021 by wames

Numeric rating scales show prolonged post-exertional symptoms after orthostatic testing of adults with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by C (Linda) M C van Campen, Peter C Rowe, Freek WA Verheugt, Frans C Visser in Frontiers in Medicine Vol 7, p 602894, … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Numeric rating scales show prolonged post-exertional symptoms after orthostatic testing of adults with ME/CFS

ME/CFS: the human herpesviruses are back!

Posted on 02/03/2021 by wames

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: the human herpesviruses are back! by  Maria Eugenia Ariza in Biomolecules 2021, 11(2), 185; 29 January 2021 [doi.org/10.3390/biom11020185]  (This article belongs to the Special Issue Epstein-Barr Virus Disease Mechanisms and Stress Responses)   Review abstract: Myalgic … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on ME/CFS: the human herpesviruses are back!

Exercise modifies glutamate & other metabolic biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid from Gulf War Illness & ME/CFS

Posted on 02/01/2021 by wames

Exercise modifies glutamate and other metabolic biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid from Gulf War Illness and Myalgic encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by James N Baraniuk, Grant Kern, Vaishnavi Narayan, Amrita Cheema in PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244116,  January 13, 2021 [doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244116]   … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Exercise modifies glutamate & other metabolic biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid from Gulf War Illness & ME/CFS

Beyond bones: the relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to FM, ME/CFS & controversies surrounding diagnostic classification

Posted on 01/29/2021 by wames

Beyond bones: The relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to fibromyalgia, ME/CFS and controversies surrounding diagnostic classification: an observational study, by Jessica A Eccles, Beth Thompson, Kristy Themelis, Marisa L Amato, Robyn Stocks, Amy Pound, Anna-Marie Jones, Zdenka Cipinova, … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Beyond bones: the relevance of variants of connective tissue (hypermobility) to FM, ME/CFS & controversies surrounding diagnostic classification

Why we need a study like DecodeME

Posted on 01/27/2021 by wames

Why we need a study like DecodeME – scientific paper published, by the ME/CFS Biomedical Partnership, 26 Jan 2021 Today, we know almost nothing for sure about what causes ME/CFS. We do know that the illness can be triggered by … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Why we need a study like DecodeME

Risks for developing ME/CFS in college students following infectious mononucleosis

Posted on 01/27/2021 by wames

Risks for developing ME/CFS in college students following infectious mononucleosis: a prospective cohort study, Leonard A Jason, PhD, Joseph Cotler, PhD, Mohammed F Islam, PhD, Madison Sunnquist, PhD, Ben Z Katz, MD in Clinical Infectious Diseases, [doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1886] 25 Dec 2020   … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Risks for developing ME/CFS in college students following infectious mononucleosis

Large Long COVID study & major media articles underscore link to ME/CFS

Posted on 01/26/2021 by wames

Large Long COVID study and major media articles underscore link to ME/CFS – plus countdown for the NIH, by Cort Johnson in Health Rising, 22 Jan 2021   Article excerpt: ME/CFS scores as a large study cements the link between … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Large Long COVID study & major media articles underscore link to ME/CFS

Homebound versus bedridden status among those with ME/CFS

Posted on 01/26/2021 by wames

Homebound versus bedridden status among those with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by  Karl Conroy, Shaun Bhatia, Mohammed Islam and Leonard A Jason in Healthcare 2021, 9(2), 106 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020106] (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Homebound versus bedridden status among those with ME/CFS

Multi-omics examination of Q fever fatigue syndrome identifies similarities with CFS

Posted on 01/25/2021 by wames

Multi-omics examination of Q fever fatigue syndrome identifies similarities with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Ruud PH Raijmakers, Megan E Roerink, Anne FM Jansen, Stephan P Keijmel, Ranko Gacesa, Yang Li, Leo AB Joosten, Jos WM van der Meer, Mihai G … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Multi-omics examination of Q fever fatigue syndrome identifies similarities with CFS