Abstract: Background and Objectives: Controversy exists over whether myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is an organic disease or a psychosomatic illness. ME/CFS usually occurs as sporadic cases, but epidemics (outbreaks)…
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies is a UK Government funded initiative to widen access to psychological treatment for a range of common mental health complaints, such as depression…
…Oltra E. Assessing diagnostic value of microRNAs from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and extracellular vesicles in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 7;10(1):2064. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58506-5. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58506-5 (Full text)…
…and Understanding of ME/CFS: A Report from the Socioeconomic Working Group of the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE). Medicina (Kaunas). 2020 Dec 24;57(1):E7. doi: 10.3390/medicina57010007. PMID: 33374291. https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/1/7 (Full text)…
Abstract: Objective: The underlying hypothesis in orthostatic intolerance (OI) syndromes is that symptoms are associated with cerebral blood flow (CBF) reduction. Indirect CBF measurements (transcranial Doppler flow velocities), provide inconsistent…
…(ME/CFS)-the most common post-infectious syndrome-as no study into the efficacy of CBT for post-COVID-19 fatigue syndrome has been published. Re-analyses of these studies, however, showed that CBT did not lead…
…Ohno H, Kuratsune H, Watanabe Y. Deep phenotyping of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Japanese population. Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 16;10(1):19933. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77105-y. PMID: 33199820; PMCID: PMC7669873. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77105-y (Full text)…
…ATP production in ME/CFS, compensated for by upregulation of immediate pathways upstream of Complex V that would suggest an elevation of oxidative stress. This study and others have found evidence…
…to specific symptom severities. The identification of distinctive microRNA expression signatures for ME/CFS through a provocation challenge is essential for the elucidation of the ME/CFS pathophysiology, and lead to accurate…
…genes. Comparison with other studies on PBMCs from ME/CFS patients and controls with array technology showed 59% of the genes identified in this study were also found in one or…