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ME, CFS & chronic fatigue: three distinct entities requiring complete different approaches

Posted on 05/23/2019 by wames

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue: three distinct entities requiring complete different approaches, by Frank NM Twisk in Current Rheumatology Reports June 2019, 21:27 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-019-0823-z]   Letter abstract: Purpose of Review: A recent review implicates that myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), … Continue reading →

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Increased risk of CFS following psoriasis in Taiwan

Posted on 05/22/2019 by wames

Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome following psoriasis: a nationwide population-based cohort study, by Shin-Yi Tsai, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Chi Chen, Chon-Fu Lio, Chien-Feng Kuo, Kam-Hang Leong, Yu-Ting Tina Wang, Tse-Yen Yang, Ching-Hui You and Wei-Sheng Wang in Journal of Translational Medicine 2019 … Continue reading →

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Validation of impaired TRPM3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from CFS/ME

Posted on 05/21/2019 by wames

Validation of impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis patients, by H Cabanas, K Muraki, C Balinas, N Eaton-Fitch, D Staines, S Marshall-Gradisnik in Mol Med. 2019 Apr … Continue reading →

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Treatment avenues in ME/CFS: a split-gender pharmacogenomic study of gene-expression

Posted on 05/20/2019 by wames

Treatment avenues in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a split-gender pharmacogenomic study of gene-expression modules, by Mary G Jeffrey, Lubov Nathanson, Kristina Aenlle, Zachary M Barnes, Mirza Baig, Gordon Broderick, Nancy G Klimas, Mary Ann Fletcher, Travis JA Craddock in Clinical … Continue reading →

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Comparison of differential metabolites in urine of the middle school students with CFS before & after exercise

Posted on 05/17/2019 by wames

Comparison of differential metabolites in urine of the middle school students with chronic fatigue syndrome before and after exercise [Article in Chinese], by Chi AP, Wang ZN, Shi B, Yang XF, Min RX, Song J in Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng … Continue reading →

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Altered erythrocyte biophysical properties in CFS

Posted on 05/17/2019 by wames

Altered Erythrocyte biophysical properties in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Amit K Saha, Brendan R Schmidt, Julie Wilhelmy, Vy Nguyen, Justin K Do, Vineeth C Suja, Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani, Anand K Ramasubramanian, Ronald W Davis in Biophysical Journal, Vol 116, #3, Suppl … Continue reading →

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Assessment of the scientific rigour of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy & graded exercise therapy for patients with ME/CFS: a systematic review

Posted on 05/16/2019 by wames

Assessment of the scientific rigour of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy for patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review, by SA Ahmed, JC Mewes, HJM Vrijhoef in Journal of Health … Continue reading →

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Varied presentation of ME/CFS & the needs for classification & clinician education: a case series

Posted on 05/13/2019 by wames

Varied presentation of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the needs for classification and clinician education: a case series, by Eva Martín-Martínez, & Mercedes Martín-Martínez in Clinical Therapeutics vol 41, issue 4, pages 619–624, April 2019 Abstract: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome … Continue reading →

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In the news: Missing from their lives, missing from healthcare services

Posted on 05/12/2019 by wames

ME Awareness week – in the BBC news in Wales “All round the world millions of people are missing from their lives. In Wales people are also missing from the healthcare system.  When we go to the surgery we’re not … Continue reading →

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