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https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/693465v1?rss=1

Article in ScienceNordic on this study http://sciencenordic.com/few-physical-differences-found-between-healthy-individuals-and-those-afflicted-chronic-fatigue-syndr

Merged thread Commentary by Michiel Tack Why Graded Exercise Therapy and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy are Controversial in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...

A youtube video of a Florida based lawyer who specialises in ME/CFS insurance cases. Sends people for Neuropsychological testing to prove cognitive impairment and also for CPET testing. May be of interest to anyone in Florida

Study conducted by a Hospital CFS/ME unit in Barcelona, Spain. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7225-z

What!!!..........Oh sorry it was Sacha Baron-Cohen I was thinking of.

Anthony Komaroff has had a commentary on the study published in the NEJM Journal Watch Requires a subscription to read it. https://www.jwatch.org/na49222/2019/06/04/diagnostic-test-chronic-fatigue-syndrome Diagnostic Test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Anthony L. Komaroff, MD reviewing...

For easier reading: Post‐exertional malaise and delayed recovery are hallmark symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Studies on repeated cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) show that previous exercise negatively affects oxygen uptake (VO2) and power...

Yahoo have highlighted the article https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/u-k-tv-reporter-shares-184734234.html

https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2019-06-03/gary-burgess-how-ive-learnt-to-live-with-an-invisible-illness/

Is this it? pdf: https://mro.massey.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10179/14653/02_whole.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

Could it be that the private patients were paying for their treatment and so were more likely to 'expect' a significant improvement i.e. 'I want what I've paid for'. Whereas the patients in the study were getting it free and so were more likely to report an improvement out of gratitude for their...

No. I was making the point that if we are going to try and connect the Chernobyl disaster and ME/CFS the Psychiatrists are ready with a rebuttal by claiming it is psychosomatic, it's what they do, reject any associations by claiming it's just psychosomatic.

Unfortunately the Psycho brigade have already jumped in....... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11873498

I've no real understanding of what all this means but with 517 not being far off 10% of the total SNP's tested (5693) isn't that what would be expected statistically anyway?

Cort Johnson has written an article on the OMF website. https://www.omf.ngo/2019/05/07/health-rising-threading-the-needle-nanoneedle/

The exact opposite of the BPS lot who steer clear of the severely ill as there is no money to be made from bed bound 'customers'. As far as they are concerned they don't exist.

I hope this coverage on science websites will pique interest in new researchers to look into ME.

The Sun MYTH BUSTER Scientists prove chronic fatigue syndrome DOES exist – and develop blood test Critics have questioned whether the illness really exists because standard medical checks come back normal https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8965587/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-does-exist/

In the Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/chronic-fatigue-blood-test-me-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-stanford-a8891906.html ‘Excitingly, they appear to have discovered a distinguishing feature of ME/CFS, and one that can be measured simply and cheaply’ The Mail A chronic...