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Could you be the WAMES secretary or treasurer?

Posted on 07/03/2019 by wames

WAMES needs a new volunteer secretary and treasurer!     WAMES is very grateful to Kish and Liz for ably supporting the work of WAMES over the last few years.  Increased personal commitments mean they have had to move on. … Continue reading →

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Medically documenting disability in ME/CFS cases [US]

Posted on 07/03/2019 by wames

Medically Documenting Disability in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) cases, by Barbara Comerford and Richard Podell in Front. Pediatr. 7:231, 2 July 2019 [doi: 10.3389/fped.2019.00231]   Article introduction: Patients with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) experience debilitating physical and … Continue reading →

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Mediating relatedness for adolescents with ME: reducing isolation through minimal interactions with a robot avatar

Posted on 07/02/2019 by wames

Mediating relatedness for adolescents with ME: Reducing isolation through minimal interactions with a robot avatar, by Alma Leora Culen, Jorun Borsting, William Odom in Proceedings of the 2019 on Designing Interactive Systems Conference, Pages 359-371 Abstract: This paper discusses how … Continue reading →

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Measurements of recovery & predictors of outcome in an untreated CFS sample

Posted on 07/01/2019 by wames

Measurements of recovery and predictors of outcome in an untreated Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Sample, by Marie Thomas, Andrew Smith in Journal of Health and Medical Sciences Vol 2, #2, pp 167-178 [Published online: April 22, 2019] doi:10.31014/aior.1994.02.02.33   Research abstract: … Continue reading →

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Monitoring treatment harm in ME/CFS: a freedom-of-information study of NHS specialist centres in England.

Posted on 06/28/2019 by wames

Monitoring treatment harm in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A freedom-of-information study of National Health Service specialist centres in England, by Graham McPhee, Adrian Baldwin, Tom Kindlon, Brian M Hughes in J Health Psychol. 2019 Jun 24. [Epub ahead of print] … Continue reading →

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From neurasthenia to post-exertion disease: evolution of the diagnostic criteria of CFS/ME

Posted on 06/26/2019 by wames

From neurasthenia to post-exertion disease: Evolution of the diagnostic criteria of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, by Inigo Murga, Jose-Vicente Lafuente in Atencion Primaria [online 8 June 2019] Research abstract: Changes in the terminology and diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic … Continue reading →

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Inclusive education for students with chronic illness – technological challenges & opportunities

Posted on 06/25/2019 by wames

Inclusive education for students with chronic illness – technological challenges and opportunities, by Anna Wood. Chapter in book:  Artificial Intelligence and Inclusive Education Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education pp135-148 [June 14 2019] Chapter abstract: Although the general issues related … Continue reading →

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Patients with FM & CFS show increased hsCRP compared to healthy controls

Posted on 06/24/2019 by wames

Patients with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome show increased hsCRP compared to healthy controls, by Nina Groven, Egil A Fors, Solveig KlæboReitan, in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity [Available online 7 June 2019] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.06.010 Highlights CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia share common features of … Continue reading →

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Differential diagnosis between “chronic fatigue” and “chronic fatigue syndrome”

Posted on 06/21/2019 by wames

Differential diagnosis between “chronic fatigue” and “chronic fatigue syndrome”, by Chang-GueSon in Integrative Medicine Research, Volume 8, Issue 2, June 2019, Pages 89-91 [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imr.2019.04.005] Commentary: Fatigue is a common complaint experienced by most of subjects during lifetime, which affects approximately … Continue reading →

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Illness duration, mood and symptom impact in adolescents with CFS/ME

Posted on 06/19/2019 by wames

Illness duration, mood and symptom impact in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis?, by Francesca K Neale, Deborah Christie, Dougal S Hargreaves, Terry Y Segal in Archives of Disease in Childhood, Jun 13 2019 Letter excerpt: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis … Continue reading →

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