Category Archives: News

Dismissing chronic illness: a qualitative analysis of negative health care experiences

Posted on 03/15/2019 by wames

Dismissing chronic illness: A qualitative analysis of negative health care experiences, by Stephanie McManimen, Damani McClellan, Jamie Stoothoff, Kristen Gleason, Leonard A Jason in Health Care for Women International [Published online: 04 Mar 2019]   Research abstract: In the US, … Continue reading →

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Epstein-Barr virus induced gene-2 upregulation identifies a particular subtype of CFS/ME

Posted on 03/14/2019 by wames

Epstein-Barr virus induced gene-2 upregulation identifies a particular subtype of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by Jonathan R Kerr in Frontiers in Pediatrics, 13 March 2019   Research abstract: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a chronic multisystem disease characterised by … Continue reading →

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Assessment of Post-Exertional Malaise in patients with ME & CFS

Posted on 03/13/2019 by wames

Assessment of Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM) in patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): A patient-driven survey, by Carly S Holtzman, Shaun Bhatia, Joseph Cotler and Leonard A Jason in Diagnostics 2019, 9(1), 26 [Published: 2 March 2019] … Continue reading →

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Prevalence & characteristics of CFS/ME in Poland

Posted on 03/12/2019 by wames

Prevalence and characteristics of chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in Poland: a cross-sectional study, by Joanna Słomko, Julia L Newton, Sławomir Kujawski, Małgorzata Tafil-Klawe, Jacek Klawe, Donald Staines, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Pawel Zalewski in BMJ Open Vol 9, #3 article … Continue reading →

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Understanding the role of the GP in caring for patients with ME/CFS – volunteers needed

Posted on 03/12/2019 by wames

Understanding the role of the GP in caring for patients with ME/CFS – volunteers needed   Telephone interviews A 3rd year medical student at Cardiff University would like to interview 10-20 people about their experience with ME/CFS, either as a … Continue reading →

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Mitochondrial complex activity in permeabilised cells of CFS patients using two cell types

Posted on 03/11/2019 by wames

Mitochondrial complex activity in permeabilised cells of CFS patients using two cell types, by Cara Tomas, Audrey E Brown, Julia L Newton and Joanna L Elson in Peer Journal, 1 Mar 2019   Article abstract: Abnormalities in mitochondrial function have … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia: definitions, similarities, & differences

Posted on 03/07/2019 by wames

ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia: definitions, similarities, and differences, by Benjamin H Natelson in Clinical Therapeutics 2019 Article abstract: This commentary presents a simplified way of making the diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) using the 1994 Centers for Disease … Continue reading →

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Epidemiology of paediatric CFS in Australia

Posted on 03/06/2019 by wames

Epidemiology of paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome in Australia, by Sarah Knight, Shane Elders, Jill Rodda, Adrienne Harvey, Lionel Lubitz, Kathy Rowe, Colette Reveley, Sabine Hennel, Susan Towns, Kasia Kozlowska, Donald N Payne, Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, Adam Scheinberg in Archives of Disease … Continue reading →

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MtDNA population variation in ME/CFS in two populations

Posted on 03/05/2019 by wames

MtDNA population variation in Myalgic encephalomyelitis/ Chronic fatigue syndrome in two populations: a study of mildly deleterious variants, by Marianne Venter, Cara Tomas, Ilse S Pienaar, Victoria Strassheim, Elardus Erasmus, Wan-Fai Ng, Neil Howell, Julia L Newton, Francois H Van … Continue reading →

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Impact of ME/CFS on patients & their family – volunteers needed

Posted on 03/04/2019 by wames

Impact of ME/CFS on patients & their family:  a clinical research study by a third-year medical student at Cardiff University   Aim of the project: The aim of this project is to gain a better insight into the many ways in … Continue reading →

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