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We've seen the 'everybody else is talking about it so where's the harm' type of argument before and for people who are in a position of potential influence it should be no defence at all, they should be exhibiting a reasonable amount of self restraint for the good of the patient population that...

"Despite the higher prevalence rate in women than in men of many neurological disorders (e.g. multiple sclerosis, migraine, Alzheimer’s disease), gender stereotypes can have a negative impact, leading to under-diagnosis, misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. Furthermore, while women experience...

This was published on the NIH's Director's blog. "Understanding Long-Term COVID-19 Symptoms and Enhancing Recovery We are in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and across the world, most restrictions have lifted, and society is trying to get back to “normal.” But for many...

And in doing so endorses the use of this as a treatment. To me this is seriously problematic on an ethical level and something that we have seen before with various people promoting, or seeming to promote, various 'treatments' before there is good evidence that they are safe and actually work.

The impetus for many governments globally to treat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as an endemic warrant more research into the prevention, and management of long COVID syndrome (LCS). Whilst the data on LCS remains scarce, reports suggest a large proportion of recovered individuals will...

Full title: Cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral stress-related symptoms and coping strategies among university students during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic Background: Stress is manifested by different physical, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral stress-related symptoms, and...

"Almost seven years ago—in October, 2015–Virology Blog published my 15,000-word investigation of the arguably fraudulent PACE trial. (Thanks, Professor Racaniello!). At the time, no one but patients and a few clinicians cared about ME/CFS—at that point mostly called chronic fatigue syndrome...

"Given the heterogeneity of long Covid and the poor knowledge on its pathogenesis, it is not surprising that its treatment is merely symptomatic. Pain medications including opioids, antidepressant drugs and anxiolytic drugs are frequently used (10), often without adequate surveillance. Although...

Introduction As a syndrome which can take multiple forms and mimic different diseases, long Covid can be considered as a novel “Great Imitator,” a nickname attributed to syphilis more than a century ago (1). Indeed, there is a body of evidence that infection with SARS-CoV-2 can result in...

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a clinical entity of chronic fatigue, has been associated with a decrease in regional gray matter volume (rGMV). In this study targeting a large number of healthy middle-aged individuals without CFS, the relationship between fatigue perception and rGMV was...

Full title: Multimodal MRI of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A cross-sectional neuroimaging study toward its neuropathophysiology and diagnosis Introduction: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is a debilitating illness affecting up to 24 million...

We sent out our first reminder email today. This went to those who are on our contact list who, best we can tell, have not yet signed up to take part in the study.

Prof Kell on Twitter, "To those doing well on nattokinase and/or serrapeptase and/or lumbricase pls can you tell #TeamClots which BRAND and frequencies you use. Just poss that some non-responders are using lousy brands. Can then at least then use those known to work."

Highlights • Transgenic mice with mitochondria-targeted NOX4 overexpression develop diastolic dysfunction. • Nox4TG mice with diastolic dysfunction have impaired mitochondrial dynamics and function. • Ιncreased inflammatory cytokine levels and myocardial interstitial fibrosis underlie...

Highlights • Although non-pharmacological interventions are recommended as first-line treatment for fibromyalgia, there are currently no evidence-based recommendations as to which intervention(s) to offer as core and adjunctive treatments for each common symptom in fibromyalgia. • This Delphi...

Abstract Objective Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) resemble epileptic seizures but are not due to underlying epileptic activity and in some cases coexist alongside epilepsy. We described the clinical characteristics of patients with PNES as reported in the literature from the outbreak...

Highlights Assessment of muscle function in persons recovered from COVID-19 is often neglected. Nutritional supplementation may enforce muscle strenght and function in COVID-19 survivors affected by fatigue. Daily assumption of magnesium, zinc, arginine and carnitine can improve physical...

And September's News in Brief posts on Reddit

News in Brief posts for w/c 26th September https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0KmJb1BQe4mEbp1iHkBWytuyHPkgSPo3CiiyJALMcojxFJFiLmNHHYp7VtUsBMvY6l and published papers thread. https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0NxxjCx6c8q2WJJwFB1eSpx53mzmniuQu2vQC5hehkaL3t3hrXgJwyJGrEeyTR1exl

Well, given that Garner is prone to staring down barrels of guns, so I'm not sure that he is prone to thinking things through.