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Abstract Purpose Despite a high prevalence of fatigue and its importance to patients, many people with long-term conditions do not receive fatigue management as part of their treatment. This review is aimed to identify clinical guidance for the management of fatigue in long-term physical health...

Now at 11,080 signatures. https://www.change.org/p/cochrane-withdraw-the-harmful-2019-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-review

Can't speak to the prevalence of ME/CFS in South Korea. Publications about ME/CFS from there crop up fairly often but nothing compared to those from the researchers based in the EU, UK and USA. Two of the authors of this paper are listed as being affiliated with the "Research Center for CFS/ME...

Also ignores the issue that most trials will not include the most severely affected.

Correction for ‘qualitative study of the acceptability and feasibility of acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome’ This article has been corrected since it was published online. A new funder information “Wellcome funder grant number 204813/Z/16/Z” has...

Abstract Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating illness medically unexplained, affecting approximately 1% of the global population. Due to the subjective complaint, assessing the exact severity of fatigue is a clinical challenge, thus, this...

Perhaps it is meant to keep Tyson in line and stop her further abusing members of the patient community?

From Twitter, "The list of supporters keeps on growing. 32 candidates and/or MEPs have signed the ME/CFS pledge thus far."

"The ME/CFS pledge for the European elections We, at the European ME Coalition (EMEC) call upon candidates in the European elections to commit to supporting individuals suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) by endorsing our pledge. Those who have signed the...

Published papers thread for w/c 27th May. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02jLxS5Qf3SM7EMduJBsA97ZHAb2xkVgCjnNMtBZrFbNQAG7nZZ2BBe529HBwV44kFl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112552523465386176

Which we now know is BS, given all the effort preference garbage rolled out by Walitt. He hasn't earned my respect and trust, in fact he has further reduced mine. I thought this was independent of the intramural study?

News in Brief posts for w/c 27th May. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02McEY7LiYfHnTyydhZTbuGVkDPEjnkyTDrzewtjZMULr8ErA6KeJaZBN8MwUEsMNsl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112546387287165949

Post to Reddit of the News in Briefs from May. https://www.reddit.com/r/cfs/comments/1d5kmma/news_in_brief_posts_for_may_2024_covering_mecfs/

Yes, https://www.decodeme.org.uk/data-access/

We have existing threads for general discussion of DecodeME, UK: DecodeME updates, was recruitment thread., and the first publication from the study, Typing myalgic encephalomyelitis by infection at onset: A DecodeME study, 2023, Bretherick et al What I want to highlight with this thread is...

I wondered if Scamvougeras had written about ME/CFS, and of course he has. He has co-published Understanding and Managing Somatoform Disorders - A Guide For Clinicians, which is available via Amazon, and has its own website...

From Conversion to FND: An Interview With Anton Scamvougeras "Anton Scamvougeras, MBChB, FRCPC, is a neuropsychiatrist in the UBC Neuropsychiatry Unit at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. He directs the Adult UBC Tourette's Clinic and since the mid-1990s has had...

Full title: Probing Long-Term Impacts: Low-Dose Polystyrene Nanoplastics Exacerbate Mitochondrial Health and Evoke Secondary Glycolysis via Repeated and Single Dosing Abstract Nanoplastics (NPs) are omnipresent in the environment and contribute to human exposure. However, little is known...

The title is crap - non-epileptiform seizures triggered by "severe post-partum hypothyroidism" that responded to treatment for that hypothyroidism seem to be most definitely not psychogenic.

Abstract This study details the development of severe post-partum hypothyroidism exacerbating psychogenic non-epileptiform seizures (PNES) and culminating in myxedema coma. A 29-year-old female with a history of anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and post-partum...