…use of CSF cytokines as independent diagnostic indices. Nevertheless, a comprehensive evaluation of changes in circulating and CSF cytokines may improve clinical understanding of the pathophysiology of patients with CFS,…
…TF, Alegre J. Unemployment and work disability in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: a community-based cross-sectional study from Spain. BMC Public Health. 2019 Jun 28;19(1):840. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7225-z. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7225-z (Full…
…species of bacteria “We used a range of techniques, including Artificial Intelligence, to confirm that the changes we saw in the microbiomes of fibromyalgia patients were not caused by factors…
…treatment modalities to be explored. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download…
…fails to account for accumulating biological evidence of pathological and physiological abnormalities found in patients. There is little scientific credibility in the claim that psycho-behavioural therapies are a primary treatment…
…of ME justifies the qualification “neuromuscular disease”. Source: Twisk F. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) or What? An Operational Definition. Diagnostics (Basel). 2018 Sep 8;8(3). pii: E64. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics8030064. http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/8/3/64 (Full study)…
Abstract: The classification of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) could have negative consequences for patients with functional somatic syndromes (FSS). By grouping related but distinct syndromes into one label, the MUS…
…activity metre, its only objective outcome. This jeopardizes the validity of FatiGo. Its analysis shows that there was no statistically significant difference between multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment and cognitive behaviour therapy…
…test. Contrary to their suggestion, the Institute of Medicine describes chronic fatigue syndrome not as psychological but as a serious, chronic, systemic disease, with post-exertional malaise as its main feature…
Gina Wall of the Royal Free Hospital Fatigue Service talks about establishing the prevalence of Joint Hypermobility Syndrome in a London fatigue clinic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmF8xe8LtwA…