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Reductions in cerebral blood flow can be provoked by sitting in severe ME/CFS patients

Posted on 10/12/2020 by wames

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 →

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WAMES AGM news 2020

Posted on 10/08/2020 by wames

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 →

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Short fatigue questionnaire: screening for severe fatigue

Posted on 10/08/2020 by wames

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 →

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A SWATH-MS analysis of ME/CFS peripheral blood mononuclear cell proteomes reveals mitochondrial dysfunction

Posted on 10/07/2020 by wames

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 →

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Living with CFS during lockdown and a global pandemic

Posted on 10/02/2020 by wames

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 →

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CFS in children population: current knowledge summary

Posted on 10/01/2020 by wames

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 →

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How common are depression & anxiety in adolescents with CFS?

Posted on 09/30/2020 by wames

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 →

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Using plasma autoantibodies of Central Nervous System proteins to distinguish veterans with Gulf War Illness from healthy & symptomatic controls

Posted on 09/24/2020 by wames

Using plasma autoantibodies of Central Nervous System proteins to distinguish veterans with Gulf War Illness from healthy and symptomatic controls, by Mohamed B Abou-Donia, Elizabeth S Lapadula, Maxine H Krengel, Emily Quinn, Jessica LeClair, Joseph Massaro, Lisa A Conboy, Efi Kokkotou, … Continue reading →

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Characterization of post–exertional malaise in patients with ME/CFS

Posted on 09/20/2020 by wames

Characterization of post–exertional malaise in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Barbara Stussman, Ashley Williams, Joseph Snow, Angelique Gavin, Remle Scott, Avindra Nath and Brian Walitt in Front. Neurol., 18 September 2020 [doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.01025]   Research abstract: Background: Myalgic … Continue reading →

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An analysis of 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess unexplained fatigue

Posted on 09/18/2020 by wames

An analysis of 2‐day cardiopulmonary exercise testing to assess unexplained fatigue, by Jacob B Lindheimer, Thomas Alexander, Wei Qian, Jacquelyn C Klein‐Adams, Gudrun Lange, Benjamin H Natelson, Dane B Cook, Helene Z Hill, Michael J Falvo in Physiological Reports, Vol 8, … Continue reading →

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