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Gulf War Illness and Inflammation: Association of symptom severity with C-reactive protein Lisa M. James, Brian E. Engdahl, Rachel A. Johnson, Apostolos P. Georgopoulos [Line breaks added] Abstract Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic multi-system condition that has affected one-third of U.S...

S4ME got a mention:

Science: "Genomewide study makes ‘quantum leap’ in understanding stuttering" 'In the new study, researchers turned to 23andMe, which assembled a vast database of users’ genetic information and other data. They analyzed the genetic profiles of 99,076 users who answered “yes” to the company’s...

Merged posts -------------------- ABC News: 'Justin Timberlake reveals Lyme disease diagnosis' 'Music superstar Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease.' ----- '"If you've experienced this disease or know someone who has -- then you're aware: living with this can be...

This appears to be a followup to this previous study: Trial thread: Closed - Fred Friedberg (University of Stonybrook) Hydrogen Rich Water; Heart rate variability biofeedback in CFS Paper thread: Hydrogen water and heart rate variability biofeedback as treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome...

Email from Open Medicine Foundation: Heart rate variability as an autonomic marker of improvement in ME/CFS in a hydrogen water treatment study Volunteers needed. ME/CFS research of a potential treatment (Hydrogen Enriched Water) and treatment biomarker (heart rate variability). New 16-week...

Hydrogen Water Dosing Study for ME/CFS Sponsor Stony Brook University Information provided by Fred Friedberg, Stony Brook University Detailed description Previous clinical studies (8-12 week intervention trials) have indicated that H2 enriched water reduces concentrations of markers of...

Posting a newsletter @Peter T received: We want to share with you important behind-the-scenes work #MEAction is doing to help standardize how researchers measure post-exertional malaise (PEM) - the defining symptom of ME/CFS - in studies. Our Scientific Director, Jaime Seltzer, is a member...

Systematic review of post-COVID condition in Nordic population-based registry studies Jan Peter William Himmels, Karin Magnusson, Kjetil Gundro Brurberg [Line breaks added] Abstract The long-term effects of COVID-19, known as post-COVID condition (PCC), are still not fully understood. This...

Much appreciated, thanks @jnmaciuch.

Any chance you can explain the difference in the three columns and why they're not the same? (RNAseq, SAGE, and microarray)

Retraction Watch: 'Noticed: Sleuths are starting to get credit for retractions' ----- 'Pseudonymous sleuth Claire Francis has flagged thousands of papers over the years, so they rarely see something new. But an email from Frontiers about an upcoming retraction on a paper Francis originally...

I made a thread for the study here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/viral-spike-antigen-clearance-and-augmented-recovery-in-children-with-post-covid-mis-c-treated-with-larazotide-2025-yonker-et-al.45378/

Viral spike antigen clearance and augmented recovery in children with post-COVID multisystem inflammatory syndrome treated with larazotide Lael M. Yonker, Abigail S. Kane, Zoe Swank, Lena Papadakis, Victoria Kenyon, Samuel Han, Rosiane Lima, Lauren B. Guthrie, Bryan Alvarez-Carcamo, Manuella...

Really beautiful poem by James Strazza from the video above, transcribed for those that can't watch: "Everything will be okay" Rammed down my throat like Soviet propaganda. "Everything will be okay" As if life were a film and I were the lead. Privilege preached as prophecy. Luxury assumed...

Email Newsletter (sign up to get the newsletter here): Filming the extremes From a dark room to busy streets Trent has been traveling. Camera on. He spent a couple days in South Carolina with James Strazza and Galen Warden filming their heartbreaking story. We released their teaser just...

Africa Foot: 'Health Concern Forces ex-Bafana Bafana Star to Step Away from Game' 'Former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Jethren Barr is stepping away from his football career as he’s taking a break due to illness. After a two-season spell with Irish club Drogheda United FC, Jethren Barr became a...

Derbyshire Times: 'Celebrating Kara Jane’s legacy with posthumous album launch & fundraising event' 'A second album is due to be released on August 8, on ‘Severe ME Day’, to remember and celebrate the legacy of Shirebrook singer-songwriter Kara Jane Spencer, who passed away of ME/CFS aged 32 in...

Another good starting point is the ME/CFS paper you get a gene from in the first place. The authors are likely to have done at least a scan of the literature to see how the significant genes might fit into the explanation for ME/CFS. So they did a bit of the work for you, and you can check if...

I'm learning just like you. But I think just read about it and then read about it and then read about it some more and then read about things related to it and hope a connection comes to you that might just possibly make sense in the context of ME/CFS. I don't know how useful GTEx is. I just...