Tag Archives: NIH
Major proposed US study acknowledges CFS is physical, not mental
Blog article: CDC study finds CFS is physical, not mental, by Russell Logan 7 March 2016 Also the NIH has dropped the FMD component of its clinical study of post-infectious ME/CFS: Despite decades of suggesting otherwise, the CDC has just … Continue reading
US NIH plans in-depth ME/CFS study
Simon McGrath reports on: the most in-depth, comprehensive and innovative ME/CFS studies ever proposed: it’s the first fruit of Director Dr Francis Collins’s ‘new start’ for ME/CFS at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr Nath, who is Chief … Continue reading
New US CFS research initiative announced
NIH announces new effort to tackle chronic fatigue syndrome in the Washington Post, by Lenny Bernstein, October 29 The director of the National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative Thursday to find a cause and treatment for chronic fatigue … Continue reading
Diagnostic methods for ME/CFS: a review
Research abstract: Background: The diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is based on clinical criteria, yet there has been no consensus regarding which set of criteria best identifies patients with the condition. The Institute of Medicine has recently … Continue reading
NIH report: advancing ME/CFS research
ME Research UK comment, 17 June 2015: The prestigious US scientific journal Annals of Internal Medicine has just published a position paper – Advancing the research on ME/CFS – which summarizes the conclusions of the ‘Pathways to Prevention’ Workshop organized … Continue reading
