Tag Archives: Prof Anthony Komaroff

Prof Komaroff’s webinar looks at major areas of ME research

Posted on 11/18/2016 by wames

ME Action blog post, by Darla N, 12 November: Dr. Komaroff’s webinar provides hypothesis, hot research and hope Link to webinar In a webinar the Solve ME/CFS Initiative hosted on Nov. 10, Dr. Anthony Komaroff presented his hypothesis on ME’s … Continue reading →

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Robust evidence of an underlying biological process in ME/CFS

Posted on 11/11/2016 by wames

Miriam Tucker reports on the overwhelming evidence for the biological basis for ME/CFS which was presented at the IACFS/ME conference in the USA in October 2016: Biomarker Research Advances in ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’, by Miriam E. Tucker in Medscape Medical … Continue reading →

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US clinician-researchers video talks

Posted on 02/24/2016 by wames

ME Research UK report: CDC Grand Round presentation, 23 Feb 2016 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US hosts regular ‘Public Health Grand Rounds’, which focus on particular topics of interest. Last week, the topic was ME/CFS … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS: a real illness

Posted on 07/03/2015 by wames

Comment on the US Institute of Medicine’s report and choice of new name SEID by Prof Anthony Komaroff: Chronic fatigue syndrome (named by some as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome [ME/CFS]) frustrates many physicians. That is understandable because there are no … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS – not simply chronic fatigue but multisystem disorder

Posted on 04/29/2015 by wames

Research abstract: BACKGROUND: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex, chronic illness that is often disabling. This paper introduces the Chronic Fatigue Initiative, which conducted a large multi-center study to more fully characterize ME/CFS and ultimately to describe and … Continue reading →

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Videos of expert lectures from Stanford ME/CFS Symposium 2014

Posted on 07/17/2014 by wames

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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Prof Anthony Komaroff video lecture – Biology of CFS

Posted on 06/09/2014 by wames

Lecture title: The Biology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Given on Mar 28, 2014 at Stanford School of Medicine Speaker: Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D. [Simcox-Clifford-Higby Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical & School Senior Physician Brigham & Women’s Hospital]   This lecture begins at … Continue reading →

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Brain Studies: Ottawa 2011 Conference Reports

Posted on 01/19/2012 by wames

A report from the IACFS/ME 2011 Conference in Ottawa includes a number of presentations on the problems in the brain or central nervous system which could play a key role in ME/CFS. Decreased basal ganglia activation in CFS subjects is … Continue reading →

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