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We have over 7,000 research abstracts in our library, as well as articles, news items, and press releases. You can search the library by topic, keywords, author, or date. You can also search categories and tags.

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition to specialist medical care for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial

Editor’s Comment: Numerous critiques of the Lightning Process have been made by physicians, medical practitioners, and patient organizations. There are …

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Unrest: A Film About Severe ME/CFS is Released!

Jennifer Brea is an active Harvard PhD student about to marry the love of her life when suddenly her body starts failing her. Hoping to shed light on her strange symptoms, Jennifer grabs a camera and films the darkest moments unfolding before her eyes as she is derailed by…

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To Serve or Not to Serve: Ethical and Policy Implications

Abstract: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is one of the nation’s more influential health-related non-profit organizations. It plays a large role …

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Depression, evening salivary cortisol and inflammation in chronic fatigue syndrome: A psychoneuroendocrinological structural regression model

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a poorly understood illness that is characterized by diverse somatic symptoms, hypothalamic pituitary adrenal …

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Altered right anterior insular connectivity and loss of associated functions in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Impairments in cognition, pain intolerance, and physical inactivity characterize adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), yet little is known about its neurobiology. …

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What treatments work for anxiety in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)? Systematic review

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Anxiety is more prevalent in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) than in the general population. A systematic …

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Community Symposium Summaries Now Published

From the Open Medicine Foundation. As you have probably heard by now, our recent Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of …

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Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients’ reports of symptom changes following cognitive behavioural therapy, graded exercise therapy and pacing treatments: Analysis of a primary survey compared with secondary surveys

Abstract: Cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy are promoted as evidence-based treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. This article …

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Major Stanford Study Indicates Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is Inflammatory Disorder

Reprinted with the kind permission of Simmaron Research. By Cort Johnson “There’s been a great deal of controversy and confusion …

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Contesting the psychiatric framing of ME/CFS

Abstract: ME/CFS is a medically contested illness and its understanding, framing and treatment has been the subject of heated debate. …

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