The Costa et al 1995 study, you referenced, included 67 patients with ME/CFS and reported: "Brain-stem hypoperfusion was confirmed in all ME/CFS...
I would imagine the advice is that the patient should do their normal level of activity in the days before the test. If they normally try and do...
I've not read full paper, but don't think the authors' objective, at this stage, was to try and develop brain SPECT as a specific diagnostic test...
Sorry to hear this, I think he helped some people. I know of one person in the UK whose ME illness he helped diagnose and document as an expert...
The trend between CFS Ability scale and mitochondrial energy score is intriguing, and the Ability score was blinded to testing. Perhaps there is...
This, presumably, is Dr Myhill's clinic in Wales? So the blood samples would need to be sent by post, unless patients had the blood draw done...
I think they did that, but haven’t read the full paper. See this comment from the abstract: “compared with their counterparts receiving feces...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/06/christian-science-church-medicine-death-horror-of-my-fathers-last-days The terrifying power of...
Re: The Guardian, I've long been puzzled by this also, but I think possibly their understanding of the issues has been heavily influenced by Dr...
Wow... The vanity of MS is remarkable to behold. And his ability to indoctrinate naive journalists with a ready-made narrative (his preferred...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/pentagon-review-weaponised-ticks-lyme-disease The US House of Representatives has called for an...
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/15/mid-year-burnout-does-it-exist-or-are-we-all-just-permanently-tired?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other...
Right, diabetes could be one important cause to consider; but, it may just be dehydration. Why does my urine smell sweet?
Is it possible the confusion is arising because we’re assuming the high PEM patients are the, sicker, more severely affected patients? That isn’t...
Does anyone else keep needing to pee when on the verge of crashing? What could this mean?!
Could it be both the controls and high PEM patients have been active; whereas low PEM patients have been resting? So the metabolites measured...
IIRC the ‘benign’ was only to distinguish it from the polio myelitis of the time, and signified it wasn’t associated with increased mortality.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jul/05/kirsty-young-to-step-down-as-host-of-desert-island-discs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Kirsty Young to...
I suspect it’s more a local factor than national policy. Have they rolled out 5g at the University she works at in France? Or, perhaps her...
As they like elephant metaphors: the real elephant in the room is that PWME lack the energy to do work. This causes us no end of problems. And...
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