Tag Archives: biomedical research
MRC invites ME/CFS research applications
Researching ME/CFS: highlight notice The Medical Research Council (MRC) invites applications from researchers that address 1 or more of the research areas identified by the ME/CFS Priority Setting Partnership for ME/CFS research: post-exertional malaise use of existing drugs for … Continue reading
Research: Impact of misdiagnosis in studies of ME/CFS
Researchers need to increase study sizes and apply strict diagnostic criteria Polish researchers report that the difficulties with diagnosing ME/CFS and ensuring all research participants have the same condition, can lead to inaccurate research results. Misdiagnosis can skew results … Continue reading
Hidden from sight: why the complexity of ME/CFS needs to be recognised by policy makers
Hidden from Sight: Why the complexity of ME/CFS needs to be recognised by policy makers, by Tomruk Ustunkaya and Richard Machin, by People, Place and Policy Vol 15, #2, pp. 91-99, November 2021 Background: An estimated 260,000 people in the UK … Continue reading
mapMECFS: new opportunities for discovery for ME/CFS researchers
mapMECFS – an interactive data portal … providing access to research results across many biological disciplines from studies that are focused on advancing our understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). The mapMECFS website serves as the … Continue reading
Viewpoint: ME/CFS: when suffering is multiplied
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: when suffering is multiplied, by Anthony L Komaroff in Healthcare 2021, 9(7), 919 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070919] 20 July 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected) Article abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue … Continue reading
All in your head? Brain research in ME/CFS
ME Research UK blog post: All in your head? Brain research in ME/CFS, 8 February 2021 Following last week’s introduction to the brain, here is an overview of some of the brain research conducted in ME/CFS in recent years, … Continue reading
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise & systematic scoping review of factors researched
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise and systematic scoping review of factors researched, by in Journal of Translional Medicine vol 18, no: 484 (2020) 14 December 2020 Review abstract: Background Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is understood as … Continue reading
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: MEPs call for more funds for research into complex illness
European Parliament Press Release: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: MEPs call for more funds for research into complex illness 18 June 2020 An estimate of 2 million Europeans affected by the disease ME/CFS is still poorly understood and consequently, underdiagnosed . Increasing awareness … Continue reading
Scientists call for more European research on ME/CFS
European ME Coalition Press Release: Scientists call for more European research on ME/CFS, 10 June 2020 More than one hundred scientists have signed an open letter calling for more European research into the illness Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). … Continue reading
The concept of ‘illness without disease’ impedes understanding of CFS: a response to Sharpe & Greco
The concept of ‘illness without disease’ impedes understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome: a response to Sharpe and Greco, by Steven Lubet, David Tuller in BMJ Medical Humanities. Published Online First: 01 June 2020. [doi: 10.1136/medhum-2019-011807] Article abstract: In a … Continue reading
