Category Archives: News
EUROMENE epidemiological research – Dr Derek Pheby invites you to take part
Dr Derek Pheby invites you to take part in EUROMENE research 19th October 2020 Dear fellow members of the ME community, I wonder if I could, please, request your assistance. I am working with European colleagues in the EUROMENE collaboration, … Continue reading
Take all post-viral illness seriously!
Take all post-viral illness seriously! WAMES is working to alert the NHS and politicians in Wales to the need to take ALL post-viral illnesses seriously. We’d like to hear about any signs the NHS in Wales is waking up to … Continue reading
Cytokine profiling of extracellular vesicles isolated from plasma in ME/CFS
Cytokine profiling of extracellular vesicles isolated from plasma in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome: a pilot study, by Ludovic Giloteaux, Adam O’Neal, Jesús Castro-Marrero, Susan M Levine, Maureen R Hanson in J Transl Med. 2020 Oct 12;18(1):387 [doi: 10.1186/s12967-020-02560-0] Research … Continue reading
Reductions in cerebral blood flow can be provoked by sitting in severe ME/CFS patients
Reductions in cerebral blood flow can be provoked by sitting in severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients, by C (Linda) MC van Campen, Peter C Rowe and Frans C Visser in Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 394 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040394] Research abstract: Introduction: In … Continue reading
WAMES AGM news 2020
WAMES Annual General Meeting News, 2020 Our delayed AGM was held virtually on 26th September 2020. It was a lively meeting and we are excited about the future. People: Chair & Campaigns coordinator: Jan Russell Acting secretary: Tony Thompson … Continue reading
Short fatigue questionnaire: screening for severe fatigue
Short fatigue questionnaire: screening for severe fatigue, by Adriaan Penson, Sylvia van Deuren, Margreet Worm-Smeitink, Ewald Bronkhorst, Frank HJ van den Hoogen, Baziel GM van Engelen, Marlies Peters, Gijs Bleijenberg, Jan H Vercoulen, Nicole Blijlevens, Eline van Dulmen-den Broeder, Jacqueline … Continue reading
A SWATH-MS analysis of ME/CFS peripheral blood mononuclear cell proteomes reveals mitochondrial dysfunction
A SWATH-MS analysis of ME/CFS peripheral blood mononuclear cell proteomes reveals mitochondrial dysfunction, by Eiren Sweetman, Torsten Kleffmann, Christina Edgar, Michel de Lange, Rosamund Vallings & Warren Tate in Journal of Translational Medicine vol 18, no: 365 (2020) [doi.org/10.1186/s12967-020-02533-3] Research … Continue reading
Living with CFS during lockdown and a global pandemic
Living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome during lockdown and a global pandemic, by G Brewer, K Stratton in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 1 Oct 2020 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2020.1827503] Research abstract: Objective Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a condition characterised by extreme fatigue that … Continue reading
CFS in children population: current knowledge summary
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in children population – current knowledge summary, by Monika Prylinska, Natalia Skierkowska, Weronika Topka, Małgorzata Kwiatkowska in Journal of Education, Health and Sport Vol 10, #9, 635-643, Sep 2020 Review abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelits (CFS/ME) … Continue reading
How common are depression & anxiety in adolescents with CFS?
How common are depression and anxiety in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and how should we screen for these mental health co-morbidities? A clinical cohort study, by Maria E Loades, Rebecca Read, Lucie Smith, Nina T Higson-Sweeney, Amanda Laffan, … Continue reading
