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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.

Vagal tone is reduced during paced breathing in patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) often complain of an inability to maintain activity levels and a variety of …

The disease associations of the antibody response against the Epstein-Barr virus transactivator protein ZEBRA can be separated into different epitopes

Abstract: The BamHI-Z-encoded Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replication activator (ZEBRA) is a key mediator of the switch from latency to productive …

Chronic intestinal candidiasis as a possible etiological factor in the chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: The chronic candidiasis syndrome, also known as the Candida-related complex, putatively caused by the overgrowth of Candida albicans in …

Postinfectious fatigue: prospective cohort study in primary care

Abstract: The idea that chronic fatigue has an infectious origin has become popular, but the main evidence for such an …

GPs’ attitudes to a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Evidence supports presence of encephalitis

Comment on: General practitioners’ attitudes to patients with a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. [BMJ. 1995] EDITOR,-Although the precise pathoaetiology …

GPs’ attitudes to a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Sufferers continue to be misrepresented

Comment on: General practitioners’ attitudes to patients with a self diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis. [BMJ. 1995] EDITOR,-Shonagh Scott and colleagues’ …

The pathogenesis of chronic pain and fatigue syndromes, with special reference to fibromyalgia

Abstract: Syndromes characterized by chronic pain and fatigue have been described in the medical literature for centuries. Fibromyalgia is the …

Absence of parvovirus B19 infection in chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of infection with parvovirus B19 in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) who also had rheumatologic …

Chronic fatigue syndrome: a clinical and laboratory study with a well matched control group

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation between severity of complaints, laboratory data and psychological parameters in patients with chronic fatigue …

Fibromyalgia syndrome and myofascial pain syndrome. Do they exist?

Abstract: “It is in the healing business that the temptations of junk science are the strongest and the controls against …

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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 »