Tag Archives: Gut microbes

Are probiotic treatments useful on FM or CFS patients?

Review abstract: Are probiotic treatments useful on fibromyalgia syndrome or chronic fatigue syndrome patients? A systematic review, by P. Roman, F. Carrillo-Trabalón, N. Sánchez-Labraca, AF Estévez, D. Cardona in Benef Microbes. 2018 Apr 26:1-10 [Epub ahead of print] Evidence suggests … Continue reading

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Microbial fermentation in the gut may affect energy metabolism in ME/CFS

Research abstract: Introduction: The human gut microbiota has the ability to modulate host metabolism. Metabolic profiling of the microbiota and the host biofluids may determine associations significant of a host–microbe relationship. Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a long-term disorder … Continue reading

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Could gut dysfunction in Parkinson’s overlap with ME?

ME global chronicle article, October 2016: Parkinson’s disease protection may begin in the gut. Why an article on Parkinson’s in an ME-magazine, one might ask. There seems to be more and more suspicion that there’s overlap between Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and ALS with ME. The findings … Continue reading

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Gut bacteria play different roles in males & females with CFS

Article in AJP blog: Gut bacteria play different roles in males and females, by Megan Haggan, 29 January 2016 Gut bacteria play vastly different roles in males and females even when the microbe balance of the gut looks exactly the … Continue reading

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Microbial Diagnostics and Discovery in ME/CFS – transcript of Lipkin talk

Transcript of Ian Lipkin MD’s talk at the Stanford ME/CFS Symposium in March, prepared by Patricia Carter of ME/CFS Forums is online: Microbial Diagnostics and Discovery in ME/CFS Dr. Ian Lipkin.  is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiology and Professor … Continue reading

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Videos of expert lectures from Stanford ME/CFS Symposium 2014

Advances in Clinical Care and Translational Research: a Continuing Medical Education Conference Presented by the Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics.  March 19, 2014 … Continue reading

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Probiotic can reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines in ME/CFS

Research abstract Certain therapeutic microbes, including Bifidobacteria infantis (B. infantis) 35624 exert beneficial immunoregulatory effects by mimicking commensal-immune interactions; however, the value of these effects in patients with non-gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions remains unclear. Method: In this study, we assessed the … Continue reading

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