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MAGENTA trial comment: ‘Targeting activity levels in ME/CFS

Posted on 08/02/2019 by wames

Michiel Tack queries some conclusions of the recently published MAGENTA trial paper. Physical activity patterns among children and adolescents with mild-to-moderate chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, by Emma Solomon-Moore, Russell Jago, Lucy Beasant, Amberly Brigden, Esther Crawley in BMJ Paediatrics Open … Continue reading →

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Acceptance, fatigue severity & self-reported physical activity in individuals with CFS/ME

Posted on 08/01/2019 by wames

Acceptance, fatigue severity and self-reported physical activity in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, by Neil Chapman, Suzanne Broadbent, Rosanne Coutts in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, Volume 7, 2019, Issue 2, Pages 102-115 [Preprint June 28, 2019]   Abstract: … Continue reading →

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Advances in understanding the pathophysiology of CFS

Posted on 07/30/2019 by wames

Advances in understanding the pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Anthony L Komaroff in JAMA [Preprint July 5, 2019]   Viewpoint extracts: When does an illness become a disease? When the underlying biological abnormalities that cause the symptoms and signs of the … Continue reading →

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Pathological mechanisms underlying ME/CFS

Posted on 07/19/2019 by wames

Pathological mechanisms underlying Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Daniel Missailidis, Sarah Annesley, Paul Fisher in Preprints  [Published  online: 16 July 2019] doi: 10.20944/preprints201907.0196.v1   Review abstract The underlying molecular basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is not well understood. … Continue reading →

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Current research provides insight into the biological basis & diagnostic potential for ME/CFS

Posted on 07/16/2019 by wames

Current research provides insight into the biological basis and diagnostic potential for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Eiren Sweetman, Alex Noble, Christina Edgar, Angus Mackay, Amber Helliwell, Rosamund Vallings, Margaret Ryan and Warren Tate in Diagnostics 2019, 9(3), 73; … Continue reading →

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Red blood cell biomechanics in CFS

Posted on 07/16/2019 by wames

Red blood cell biomechanics in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Amit K Saha, Brendan R Schmidt, Arun Kumar, Amir Saadat, Vineeth C Suja, Vy Nguyen, Justin K Do, Wendy Ho, Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani, Eric SG Shaqfeh, Anand K Ramasubramanian, Ronald W Davis … Continue reading →

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Autonomic & inflammatory changes in FM & ME/CFS & the contribution to signs ans symptoms

Posted on 07/15/2019 by wames

Autonomic and inflammatory changes in FM and ME/CFS and the contribution to signs ans symptoms, by Kristy Themelis, Robyn Stocks, Patrick Tano, Zdenka Cipinova, Lorraine Shah-Goodwin, Andrew Barritt, Hugo Critchley, Kevin Davies, Jessica Eccles in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases … Continue reading →

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MicroRNAs as biomarkers of pain intensity in patients with CFS

Posted on 07/15/2019 by wames

MicroRNAs as biomarkers of pain intensity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, by Hadeel A Al‐Rawaf, Ahmad H Alghadir, Sami A Gabr in Pain Pract. 2019 Jul 8. doi: 10.1111/papr.12817. [Epub ahead of print] Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Numerous experimental models … Continue reading →

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Post-Exertional Malaise Is associated with hypermetabolism, hypoacetylation & purine metabolism deregulation in ME/CFS cases

Posted on 07/12/2019 by wames

Post-Exertional Malaise is associated with hypermetabolism, hypoacetylation and purine metabolism deregulation in ME/CFS cases, by Neil R McGregor, Christopher W Armstrong, Donald P Lewis and Paul R Gooley in Diagnostics 2019, 9(3), 70; [Published: 4 July 2019] https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics9030070 Research abstract: Post-exertional … Continue reading →

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The clinical value of cytokines in CFS

Posted on 07/11/2019 by wames

The clinical value of cytokines in chronic fatigue syndrome, by Tiansong Yang, Yan Yang, Delong Wang, Chaoran Li, Yuanyuan Qu, Jing Guo, Tianyu Shi, Wang Bo, Zhongren Sun and Tetsuya Asakawa in Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 17:213 [Published: 28 … Continue reading →

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