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Graded Exercise Therapy doesn’t restore the ability to work in ME/CFS. Rethinking of a Cochrane Review
Graded Exercise Therapy doesn’t restore the ability to work in ME/CFS. Rethinking of a Cochrane review, by Mark Vink, Friso Vink-Niese in Work vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 283-308, 20 July 2020 [doi:10.3233/WOR-203174] Research abstract: Background: Cochrane recently amended its … Continue reading
Properties of measurements obtained during Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in individuals with ME/CFS
Properties of measurements obtained during Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Todd E Davenport, Staci R Stevens, M A Jared Stevens, Christopher R Snell, J Mark VanNess in Work vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 247-256, … Continue reading
Video: Hospital Admissions: issues and alternatives for severely ill ME/CFS patients
Dialogues ME-CFS video: Hospital Admissions: issues and alternatives for severely ill ME/CFS patients. A new 16 minute video has been published in the Severe ME series on the Dialogues ME-CFS website Contributers include: Dr Nigel Speight, Dr Luis … Continue reading
Post-exertional symptoms distinguish ME/CFS subjects from healthy controls
Post-exertional symptoms distinguish Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome subjects from healthy controls, by in Work, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 265-275, 20 Jul 2020 [doi: 10.3233/WOR-203168] Research abstract: Background: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is an exacerbation of symptoms that leads to … Continue reading
Managing CFS through exercise with clinician and researcher Dr Nancy Klimas
Blog post and podcast: How To Exercise If You Have Chronic Fatigue: Managing chronic fatigue syndrome with clinician and researcher Dr Nancy Klimas, by Dr. Michael Ruscio, July 14, 2020 Dr Nancy Klimas talks to Dr Michael Ruscio about … Continue reading
ME outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) outbreaks can be modelled as an infectious disease: a mathematical reconsideration of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955, by FG Waters, GJ McDonald, S Banks, RA Waters in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 22 July 2020 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2020.1793058] … Continue reading
I have questions for God about why this happened to me
Leeds Church Institute Arts/Theology Bursary blog post: …but maybe I don’t, by Dr Charlotte Naylor Davis, 22 July 2020 Charlotte is a biblical scholar who asks a lot of questions and mainly writes about how the Bible has been … Continue reading
Plasma proteomic profiling suggests an association between antigen driven clonal B cell expansion & ME/CFS
Plasma proteomic profiling suggests an association between antigen driven clonal B cell expansion and ME/CFS, by Milica Milivojevic, Xiaoyu Che, Lucinda Bateman, Aaron Cheng, Benjamin A Garcia, Mady Hornig, Manuel Huber, Nancy G Klimas,Bohyun Lee, Hyoungjoo Lee, Susan Levine, Jose G … Continue reading
Coronavirus: why are some people experiencing long-term fatigue?
The Conversation blog post: Coronavirus: why are some people experiencing long-term fatigue?, by Prof Frances Williams, 16 July 2020 People who have been seriously unwell and treated on intensive care units can expect to take some months to recover … Continue reading
‘I need to start listening to what my body is telling me’: Does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy help people with CFS?
‘I need to start listening to what my body is telling me.’: Does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy help people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? by Bridie O’Dowd & Gemma M Griffith in Human arenas 2020, July 16 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-020-00123-9] Research abstract: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive … Continue reading
