Tag Archives: Solve ME/CFS Initiative

PEM: It’s time to retire the term

Posted on 06/12/2019 by wames

PEM: It’s time to retire the term, by Pete Hanauer in The Solve ME/CFS Chronicle, Spring 2018   FOR MANY YEARS, people who suffered the pain and disruption to their lives caused by ME/CFS also suffered the indignity of being … Continue reading →

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Elevations of ventricular lactate levels occur in both CFS & FM

Posted on 01/25/2018 by wames

Research abstract: Elevations of Ventricular Lactate Levels Occur in Both Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, by Benjamin H. Natelson, Diana Vu, Jeremy D. Coplan, Xiangling Mao, Michelle Blate, Guoxin Kang, Eli Soto, Tolga Kapusuz & Dikoma C. Shungu in Fatigue 2017; … Continue reading →

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Solve ME/CFS Initiative list major research highlights of 2017

Posted on 01/05/2018 by wames

Solve ME/CFS Initiative blog post: 2017 ME/CFS Research Highlights – Study Developments on our Radar, 21 December 2017 In this December Research 1st e-newsletter, we highlight important advances in the ME/CFS field from 2017. These advances build on promising research and reflect … Continue reading →

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Exercise tests suggest autoimmunity causes the exertion problems in CFS, FM & POTS

Posted on 08/21/2017 by wames

Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 16 August 2017: Exercise Tests Suggest Autoimmunity Causes the Exertion Problems in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and POTS Researchers and doctors get interested in ME/CFS in different ways. Many have a personal connection, … Continue reading →

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The search for a non invasive diagnostic test for ME/CFS

Posted on 01/27/2017 by wames

Solve ME/CFS Initiative blog post, 13 January 2013: Non-Invasive Diagnostic Test Project Seeks to Detect ME/CFS This week, we highlight the Cathleen J. Gleeson PhD Fund and our collaborative partnership with the University of Washington on diagnostic testing in ME/CFS. This … Continue reading →

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The “Starvation” Disease? metabolomics meets CFS down under

Posted on 11/17/2016 by wames

Health rising blog post: The “Starvation” Disease? Metabolomics Meets Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Down Under, by Cort Johnson, 10 November 2016 “The pathological nature of the fatigue experienced by ME/CFS sufferers is its inexplicable persistence, severity and its inability to be sufficiently relieved … Continue reading →

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The real story about CFS: a devastating illness that needs a better name

Posted on 10/21/2016 by wames

Garnet news article by Maureen Hanson, 19 October 2016: The real story about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a devastating illness that needs a better name Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an illness that many may have heard of, but few, in reality, know … Continue reading →

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CFS flare-ups caused by straining muscles and nerves

Posted on 07/20/2016 by wames

University of Birmingham press release, by Alicia Rohan, 18 July 2016: Chronic fatigue syndrome flare-ups caused by straining muscles and nerves A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine … Continue reading →

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Dr Zahler Nahle’s outline of ME/CFS research needs

Posted on 07/18/2016 by wames

Solve ME/CFS Initiative blog post: Dr. Zaher Nahle’s Response to the NIH RFI Solve ME/CFS Initiative submitted a unique and pointed response to the recent NIH request for information (RFI), NOT-NS-16-024, regarding new research strategies for ME/CFS. On May 24, … Continue reading →

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250 donations to ‘Solve ME/CFS’ needed by 1 Dec 2015

Posted on 11/26/2015 by wames

Giving Tuesday:   Help Solve ME/CFS initiative to meet their challenge and receive $50,000 by making a Giving Tuesday donation. An anonymous donor has put up a $50,000 challenge donation that they will receive, if they get 250 gifts of any amount by Tuesday 1 … Continue reading →

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