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Abstract Introduction: After contracting COVID-19, many people have continued to experience various symptoms for several weeks and months, even after a mild acute phase. These people with 'long COVID' faced difficulties when confronted with the healthcare system. Purpose of research: In order...

From Twitter. "Urgent, please forward Our new Raman diagnostics paper is ready to submit. It has taken 12 months but now includes 98 subjects and we can assign unknown samples to disease and control groups with 90% accuracy. The study builds on our previous paper" "Our key researcher is out...

Dr Katharine Seton receives funding to expand ME research "Katharine Seton from the Quadram Institute has been awarded a Solve M.E. Ramsay Research Grant to better understand premature ageing of the immune system in people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). The...

The committee has agreed to add the forum's signature to this letter that the Long Covid Alliance is coordinating, that asks for the NIH to reveal what funding will be made available for Long Covid research in financial year 2023...

The 'screener' comes from, Psychometric properties of the CDC Symptom Inventory for assessment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which says "Short Form of the CDC Symptom Inventory We also explored the possibility of deriving a shorter version of the Symptom Inventory that would be a reliable and...

"Please sign our petition to demand that the US National Institutes of Health block plans for Long COVID research studies on debunked, harmful methods and step in to ensure a strategic, well-funded effort to find real answers. Here's what's going on: The RECOVER Initiative was funded by the US...

Leschziner crops up on a few threads here, Pushing FND, Phantoms in the Brain - BBC radio programme on 'Functional Neurological Disorder' and in these as well Autoimmune Encephalitis - Overlap of symptoms with psychiatric diseases BBC World Service programme on senses - woman who lost balance...

The title doesn't suggest "LC should have the same ICD/WHO code as ME" though. The title is explaining that someone people have expressed the opinion that because Covid has its own ICD/WHO code, it then can't cause ME, because ME has a different ICD/WHO code.

Full title: Clustering Analysis Identifies Two Subgroups of Women with Fibromyalgia with Different Psychological, Cognitive, Health-Related and Physical Features but Similar Widespread Pressure Pain Sensitivity Abstract Objective Since identification of groups of patients can help to better...

Highlights: • Higher post-acute depression/anxiety, DVT & fibromyalgia among COVID-19 patients. • Higher lung disease and sleep disturbance, when acute-phase hospitalized included. • No higher risk observed for CVA, MI, HTN, AKI, IHD or diabetes. Abstract To determine if people infected with...

The itching caused by increased bilirubin levels that I experienced a number of years ago was very much associated with those bilirubin levels, when the levels reduced the itching disappeared. The author. "Barbara Bolen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist and health coach. She has written...

Abstract Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate short-term and long-term effects of coronovirus 19 disease (COVID-19) at inner and outer retinal layers of patients recovered from COVID-19 with Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT) and compare these to healthy subjects...

Abstract Background: Lung function impairment persists in some patients for months after acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Long-term lung function, radiological features, and their association remain to be clarified. Objectives: We aimed to prospectively investigate lung function and...

News in Brief posts for w/c 19th Dec. https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02FzPEJiGXSizCTk9HSN6Ji95pR3PReMNYfrzdMtXtNGir4rDwepcDuivNDFgNgtrEl and published papers thread. https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0jABGGEEnKg9R4ZfxCTv54xmZ9dhLU2g65h8YSut9WvFgUdESym5qETpXtoX9dxzWl

Patient perspective: A long journey to long COVID https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(22)00499-4/fulltext

The sample processing centre's operational issues extend beyond booking in samples to completing the DNA extraction process itself. As far as we can tell, everything is just taking far longer than they originally promised us; they have only processed a portion of the backlog that built up so far...

The top result from a Google search on "gwas thyroid disease", Genome-Wide Association Studies of Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases, Thyroid Function, and Thyroid Cancer Our target date is as soon as possible, balanced against wanting as many samples to analyse as possible. As I understand it Chris...

ABSTRACT Patient and public involvement (PPI) in research has evolved over recent years, yet it often remains an ‘optional extra’ and, in some cases, tokenistic. Discussions are often focused on processes and methods, and are yet to make PPI the norm; we argue that the conversation needs to...

Abstract The use of social media has increased considerably in recent years. However, these tools are not always used consciously, and the stress that can result from their inappropriate use is often underestimated. Children, who tend to be heavy users of social media, are exposed to risks...

Abstract Exercise is often recommended for fibromyalgia. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible influence and change in the pain characteristics of fibromyalgia patients when breathing exercises were added to their exercise program. A total of 106 patients were included and...