Category Archives: News
Carnitine conjugation profiling in a selected cohort of patients with CFS
Carnitine conjugation profiling in a selected cohort of patients with CFS, by L Du Plessis. MSc BioChem Dissertation 2019, North West University, South Africa. 21648859 Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) … Continue reading
A critical review to investigate CFS as Sleep Disorder
A critical review to investigate Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as Sleep Disorder Aman Gupta, Ramesh C Deka and Shruti Gupta in EC Neurology 12:1 (2020): 01-10 Review abstract: Introduction: Chronic fatigue syndrome is associated with marked fatigue and sleep disturbance specifically … Continue reading
Biomedical insights that inform the diagnosis of ME/CFS
Biomedical insights that inform the diagnosis of ME/CFS, by Brett A Lidbury, & Paul R Fisher, in Diagnostics 2020, 10(2), 92; [doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics10020092] (This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomedical Insights that Inform the Diagnosis of ME/CFS) Editorial announcing … Continue reading
IgG stimulated β2 adrenergic receptor activation is attenuated in patients with ME/CFS
IgG stimulated β2 adrenergic receptor activation is attenuated in patients with ME/CFS, by Jelka Hartwig, Franziska Sotzny, Sandra Bauer, Harald Heidecke, Gabriela Riemekasten, Duska Dragund, Christian Meisel, Claudia Dames, Patricia Grabowski, Carmen Scheibenbogen in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 5 … Continue reading
Investigation into cognitive behavioural therapy for CFS/ME
Investigation into cognitive behavioural therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by Catherine E Clark . DClinPsych Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church, April 2019 Thesis abstract: Background: In the UK, CBT is currently recommended as an intervention for CFS/ME. Physical … Continue reading
News & views in ME/CFS: the role of co-morbidity & novel treatments
News and views in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): The role of co-morbidity and novel treatments, by F Comhaire, JP Deslypere in Medical Hypotheses Vol 134, January 2020, 109444 [doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109444] Research abstract: Though affecting many thousands of patients, myalgic … Continue reading
Assessing diagnostic value of microRNAs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells & extracellular vesicles in ME/CFS
Assessing diagnostic value of microRNAs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and extracellular vesicles in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Eloy Almenar-Pérez, Leonor Sarría, Lubov Nathanson & Elisa Oltra in Scientific Reports vol 10, no: 2064 (2020) Research abstract: Myalgic … Continue reading
Legitimizing ME/CFS: indications of change over a decade (US)
Legitimizing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: indications of change over a decade, by Fred Friedberg in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, February 5, 2020 Research abstract: This commentary identifies recent scientific and clinical milestones that appear to have increased legitimization … Continue reading
Cochrane review of exercise therapy for CFS: appointment of advisory group lead
Cochrane library blog post, 13 Feb 2020: Appointment of lead to independent advisory group In October 2019, Cochrane announced its commitment to a full update the Cochrane Review Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. The statement noted plans for: “a comprehensive review … Continue reading
