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The effect of ME/CFS severity on cellular bioenergetic function

The effect of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) severity on cellular bioenergetic function, by Cara Tomas, Joanna L Elson, Victoria Strassheim, Julia L Newton, Mark Walker in PLoS One vol 15, #4, e0231136, April 10, 2020   Research abstract: Myalgic … Continue reading

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Emotional awareness correlated with number of awakenings from polysomnography in patients with ME/CFS – a pilot study

Emotional awareness correlated with number of awakenings from polysomnography in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome—a pilot study, by Indre Bileviciute-Ljungar and Danielle Friberg in Front. Psychiatry, 26 March 2020 [https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00222]   Research abstract: Introduction: Unrefreshing sleep is one of … Continue reading

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Gravity-induced exercise intervention in an individual with CFS/ME & PTS: a case report

Gravity-induced exercise intervention in an individual with chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyeltis and postural tachycardia syndrome: a case report, by Robert Ballantine, Victoria Strassheim, Julia Newton in International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation 2019 vol 26,#5   Abstract: Background/Aims Chronic … Continue reading

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: progress & possibilities

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: progress and possibilities, by Carolina X Sandler, Andrew R Lloyd in Medical Journal of Australia April 5, 2020   Review Summary Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a prevalent condition affecting about one in 100 patients attending primary … Continue reading

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Neural based assessment of mind wandering during a fatigue inducing motor task: is task failure due to fatigue or distraction?”

Neural based assessment of mind wandering during a fatigue inducing motor task: Is task failure due to fatigue or distraction? by Surbhi Hablani, Ciara Marie O’Higgins, Declan Walsh and Richard B Reilly in 9th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural … Continue reading

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The development of a consistent Europe-wide approach to investigating the economic impact of ME/CFS

The Development of a Consistent Europe-Wide Approach to Investigating the Economic Impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS): A Report from the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) by Derek FH Pheby, Diana Araja,  Uldis Berkis, Elenka Brenna, John Cullinan, Jean-Dominique de Korwin, … Continue reading

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Systemic hyperalgesia in females with Gulf War Illness, CFS & FM

Systemic hyperalgesia in females with Gulf War Illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, by Amber A Surian, James N Baraniuk in Scientific Reports vol 10, no. 5751 (2020)   Research abstract: Pain is a diagnostic criterion for Gulf War Illness (GWI), … Continue reading

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The presence of overlapping quality of life symptoms in primary antibody deficiency (PAD) & CFS

The presence of overlapping quality of life symptoms in primary antibody deficiency (PAD) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), by Rhea A Bansal, Susan Tadros, Amolak S Bansal in Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology Vol 16, no: 21 (2020), March 30, … Continue reading

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Video: ME & PEM (Post Exertional Malaise)

ME & PEM: English language video from Norway   This 3 minute film will give you an introduction to PEM (Post Exertional Malaise). Once you’ve understood what PEM is about, you’ll know a lot more about the debilitating chronic disease … Continue reading

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Covid-19 among ME/CFS patients: take part in a research study

Research on Covid-19 among ME/CFS patients   The European ME Alliance (EMEA) invites people to take part in a study to find out whether: ME/CFS patients more often get infected with COVID-19 than other people? people with ME/CFS have other … Continue reading

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