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Measuring improvement & deterioration in ME/CFS: the pitfalls of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire
Measuring improvement and deterioration in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome: the pitfalls of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire, by Karen D Kirke in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol 114, Issue 2, 2021 December 15, 2020 [DOI: 10.1177/0141076820977843] Adamson … Continue reading
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise & systematic scoping review of factors researched
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise and systematic scoping review of factors researched, by in Journal of Translional Medicine vol 18, no: 484 (2020) 14 December 2020 Review abstract: Background Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is understood as … Continue reading
Raise money for WAMES at Christmas through Amazon Smile
You shop. Amazon gives, with a smile. Choose WAMES! AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Shop at smile.amazon.co.uk and they will donate to your favourite charitable organisation, at no cost to you. Go to … Continue reading
Cardiac dimensions & function are not altered among females with the ME/CFS
Cardiac dimensions and function are not altered among females with the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Per Ole Iversen, Thomas Gero von Lueder, Kristin Reimers Kardel and Katarina Lien in Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 406 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040406] Research abstract: Background: Myalgic … Continue reading
Long covid & ME/CFS: doctors must assess, investigate & diagnose patients properly
BMJ: Long covid: doctors must assess and investigate patients properly, by Dr Nina Muirhead, 9 December 2020 Dr Nina Muirhead, a dermatology surgeon in Buckinghamshire & lecturer at Cardiff Medical School responds to an article in the British Medical Journal. … Continue reading
ME/CFS symptoms – videos of patients’ experiences
Dialogues for ME/CFS videos – Symptoms The latest videos in the ‘Dialogues for a neglected illness’ series gives patients’ accounts of a variety of key symptoms experienced in ME/CFS. Reduced Function – 20 mins How does the disease … Continue reading
Christmas shop online with Easy Fundraising – raise funds for WAMES
Christmas shop online & fundraise at the same time! Register with easyfundraising.org.uk in 3 easy steps and raise money to keep WAMES campaigning at no cost to yourself. Every time you want to shop, go to easyfundraising.org.uk and select … Continue reading
Impact of long-term cryopreservation on blood immune cell markers in ME/CFS: implications for biomarker discovery
Impact of long-term cryopreservation on blood immune cell markers in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: implications for biomarker discovery, by Elisabet Gómez-Mora, Jorge Carrillo, Víctor Urrea, Josepa Rigau, José Alegre, Cecilia Cabrera, Elisa Oltra, Jesús Castro-Marrero and Julià Blanco in Front. … Continue reading
High prevalence of perineural cysts in patients with FM & CFS
High prevalence of perineural cysts in patients with fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Mieke Hulens, Frans Bruyninckx, Wim Dankaerts, Ricky Rasschaert, Peter De Mulder, Ingeborg Stalmans, Greet Vansant, Chris Bervoets in Pain Medicine, 1 Dec 2020 pnaa410 [doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa410] … Continue reading
