Tag Archives: Dr Fred Friedberg
Research: Post-exercise fatigue and function in men & women with ME/CFS
This US pilot study was surprised to find that a six-minute walk test didn’t produce as many post-exercise abnormalities in people with ME/CFS and no major differences between men and women. Healthy people’s hearts returned to a slow rate in … Continue reading
Legitimizing ME/CFS: indications of change over a decade (US)
Legitimizing myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: indications of change over a decade, by Fred Friedberg in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, February 5, 2020 Research abstract: This commentary identifies recent scientific and clinical milestones that appear to have increased legitimization … Continue reading
Autonomic markers, CFS & post-exertion states
Autonomic markers, chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-exertion states, by Fred Friedberg in Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol 127, Dec 2019, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.109845] Article extracts: A large body of evidence suggests that autonomic imbalance, i.e., hyperactive sympathetic nervous system and hypoactive … Continue reading
Rethinking the standard of care for ME/CFS
Rethinking the standard of care for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Fred Friedberg, Madison Sunnquist, Luis Nacul in Journal of General Internal Medicine, Published online: 21 October 2019 [doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05375-y ] Article abstract: For over two decades, the standard of … Continue reading
Prof Hooper challenges value of CBT for ME
Article by Prof Malcolm Hooper, 15 October 2016: A response to Professor Fred Friedberg’s editorial about CBT Professor Fred Friedberg asks why cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is so vilified in the chronic fatigue syndrome community. He opens his Editorial by stating: … Continue reading
Assessment of self-management methods for severe CFS
Research abstract: Purpose: To assess the efficacy of fatigue self-management for severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Methods: This randomized trial enrolled 137 patients with severe CFS. Participants were randomized to one of three conditions: fatigue self-management with web diaries and … Continue reading
Research project to evaluate daily activity patterns and heart rate
Newswise Stony Brook University blog post, by …, 23 June 2016: Getting to the Heart of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Stony Brook researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to evaluate daily activity patterns and heart rate of those who suffer from … Continue reading
Dr Fred Friedberg on the meaning of ‘recovery’ in the PACE trial
Dr Fred Friedberg, IACFS/ME President comments: In a significant development regarding the controversial PACE trial, the largest and most influential behavioral treatment trial of CFS/ME to date, a recent open letter to the editor of the Lancet was published by a distinguished group of … Continue reading
