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UK parliament Q&A: CFS Research
UK House of Commons Written Questions and Answers: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: research: Written question – 221619, & 221620. 22 February 2019. Question 1: Asked by Sharon Hodgson (MP Washington & Sunderland) 14 February 2019 To ask the Secretary of … Continue reading
Are surgeons missing the major differential diagnosis that is more common than multiple sclerosis & HIV combined?
Are surgeons missing the major differential diagnosis that is more common than multiple sclerosis and HIV combined?, by Nina Muirhead in Royal College of Surgeons blog, 21 Feb 2019 It’s a great feeling when we meet a new outpatient … Continue reading
Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome: how could the illness develop?
Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome: how could the illness develop?, by Gerwyn Morris, Michael Maes, Michael Berk, Basant K. Puri in Metabolic Brain Disease pp 1–31 [Online: 13 February Review article abstract: A model of the development and progression of chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis), … Continue reading
Onset patterns & course of ME/CFS
Onset patterns and course of myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome, by Lily Chu, Ian J Valencia, Donn W Garvert, Jose G. Montoya, in Frontiers in Pediatrics 5 Feb 2019 [Published January 14, 2019] Research abstract: Background: Epidemiologic studies of myalgic … Continue reading
School functioning in adolescents with CFS
School Functioning in Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Sarah Jenette Knight, Jennifer Politis, Christine Garnham, Adam Scheinberg and Michelle Anne Tollit in Front. Pediatr., 16 October 2018 Research abstract: Background: It is well known that adolescents with chronic … Continue reading
Can you help the doctors of the future understand ME?
Can you help the doctors of the future understand ME? What should medical students learn about ME? Email Dr Nina Muirhead nina.muirhead@nhs.net with a list of what you think medical students should learn about the condition. Nina has already sent a … Continue reading
Impairments in cognitive performance in CFS are common, not related to co-morbid depression but do associate with autonomic dysfunction
Impairments in cognitive performance in chronic fatigue syndrome are common, not related to co-morbid depression but do associate with autonomic dysfunction, by Lucy J Robinson, Peter Gallagher, Stuart Watson, Ruth Pearce, Andreas Finkelmeyer, Laura Maclachlan, Julia L Newton in PLoS … Continue reading
A Winter’s Tale – a former mountain climber reflects on PEM & ME/CFS/FM
Health rising blog post, by Simon Parker, 5 Feb 2019: A winter’s tale – a former mountain climber reflects on Post Exertional Malaise and ME/CFS/FM. Fifteen years ago I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and ME (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a … Continue reading