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We have over 7,100 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.

Paraoxonase/MCS

Work in multiple laboratories on paraoxonase polymorphism has shown that this mammal enzyme protects against chlorpyrifos and other organophosphates differentially, …

Acute effects of thirty minutes of light-intensity, intermittent exercise on patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Currently, there is no consensus on exercise prescription for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). This investigation examined …

Patterns of orthostatic intolerance: the orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and adolescent chronic fatigue

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: To describe the orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (OTS) in adolescents, similarities to and differences from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and patterns …

Fungal spores: hazardous to health?

Abstract: Fungi have long been known to affect human well being in various ways, including disease of essential crop plants, …

Chronic fatigue syndrome does exist. Changes of biological parameters are measurable

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome is a debilitating condition characterised by neurocognitive and somatic symptoms. Although many patients report an infectious onset, …

Differences in adrenal steroid profile in chronic fatigue syndrome, in depression and in health

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hyperactivity and hypoactivity of the HPA have been forwarded as of pathophysiological relevance in major depressive disorder and …

The chronic fatigue and neurasthenia in the student population

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in community studies, primary care and other medical setting. In …

Critical life events, infections, and symptoms during the year preceding chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): an examination of CFS patients and subjects with a nonspecific life crisis

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the sequence of psychosocial events and infections preceding the onset …

Is depression associated with immune activation?

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Some research immunologists have suggested that major depression amd chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are characterized by immune activation. To test …

One Test Too Many: Toward an Integrated Approach to Psychosomatic Disorders

Abstract: Conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia, and several others belong to the group of disorders in which both physiologic …

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Covid and ME/CFS
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Pyridostigmine and low-dose naltrexone for ME/CFS: study protocol for the Life Improvement Trial (LIFT), a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Abstract: Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex, chronic disease with no FDA-approved treatments. This report describes a …Read More »
Development and initial content validation of the Vienna post-exertional malaise questionnaire: an iterative mixed-methods study
Abstract: Objectives: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) is a multidimensional exertion-response pattern involving diverse triggers, variable onset, and prolonged recovery. This study …Read More »
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Multiple Sclerosis are associated with lower translocator protein binding affinity genotypes
Abstract: Introduction: Neuroinflammation is a known pathophysiologic mechanism in multiple sclerosis and a proposed mechanism in fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic …Read More »
More common than we thought: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, comorbidity burden, and long COVID risk in a national cohort
Abstract: Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) is a complex, underdiagnosed connective tissue disorder characterized by widespread symptoms affecting multiple organ systems. …Read More »
A Woman With Multiple Neuropathic Symptoms, Hypersensitivity to Heat, Peppers, and Alcohol, With a Variant in the TRPV1 Capsaicin Receptor Gene: Possible Implications to ME/CFS
Abstract: Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) is a ligand and heat-gated ion channel expressed on nociceptors that plays a …Read More »