Category Archives: News

Fatigue, Sleep, and Autoimmune and Related Disorders

Posted on 08/16/2019 by wames

Fatigue, sleep, and autoimmune and related Disorders, by Mark R Zielinski, David M Systrom and Noel R Rose in Front. Immunol., 06 August 2019 [doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01827]   Review article abstract: Profound and debilitating fatigue is the most common complaint reported among … Continue reading →

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Assessing cellular energy dysfunction in CFS/ME using a commercially available laboratory test

Posted on 08/13/2019 by wames

Assessing cellular energy dysfunction in CFS/ME using a commercially available laboratory test, by Cara Tomas, Tiffany A Lodge, Michelle Potter, Joanna L Elson, Julia L Newton, Karl J Morten, in Sci Rep. 2019 Aug 7;9(1):11464. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47966-z.   Research abstract: The … Continue reading →

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The IDO metabolic trap hypothesis for the etiology of ME/CFS

Posted on 08/12/2019 by wames

The IDO metabolic trap hypothesis for the etiology of ME/CFS, by Alex A Kashi, Ronald W Davis, Robert D Phair in Diagnostics Vol 9, #3, p 82 [July 26, 2019]   Research abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a … Continue reading →

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Symptom frequency & development of a generic functional disorder symptom scale suitable for use in studies of patients with IBS, FMS, or CFS

Posted on 08/09/2019 by wames

Symptom frequency and development of a generic functional disorder symptom scale suitable for use in studies of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome or chronic fatigue syndrome, by Michael E Hyland, Alison M Bacon, Joseph W Lanario, Anthony F … Continue reading →

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With severe ME, everything is cut off from possibility

Posted on 08/08/2019 by wames

by Greg Crowhurst, Stonebird

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Severe ME: complex, unpredictable symptoms

Posted on 08/08/2019 by wames

Stonebird – the lived experience of severe ME

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The frail teenager set to spend all of her summer holidays in her bedroom

Posted on 08/08/2019 by wames

Wales online blog post: The frail teenager set to spend all of her summer holidays in her bedroom, by Mark Smith, 6 August 2019 Lola Brandrick, 13, from Swansea, is crippled by pain and is constantly exhausted While all her … Continue reading →

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Severe ME day- 8 August 2019

Posted on 08/08/2019 by wames

Severe ME Day – 8th of August 2019 A day to remember everyone who is suffering or who has ever suffered from severe and very severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. The 25% Group offers support for severe ME. They have published a … Continue reading →

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Metabolic features of Gulf War illness [similarities & differences to CFS]

Posted on 08/06/2019 by wames

Metabolic features of Gulf War illness, by Robert K Naviaux, Jane C Naviaux, Kefeng Li, Lin Wang, Jonathan M Monk, A Taylor Bright, Hayley J Koslik, Janis B Ritchie, Beatrice A Golomb in PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219531 [Published: July 26, 2019] … Continue reading →

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CFS – an illness without disease?

Posted on 08/05/2019 by wames

CFS – an illness without disease? In a recent paper psychologist Prof Michael Sharpe and sociologist Monica Greco discuss CFS as an ‘illness without disease’ in comparison to cancer, a known disease, and argued that, while illness-focused treatments like CBT … Continue reading →

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