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News in Brief for w/c 11th July posts https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0aRa4a5JxMR39BJkJQeeRakwYTJchEcArzoEsBfbQM5HQZyDM8HXHvKaQpaUV2xSfl and published papers thread https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02SrSEqvd1wvcm96Nspwayfeojd5J4DYvzipzvwBZm45SVDB4ZHJ4MFioLn4iDcghhl

Full title: SARS-CoV-2 Achieves Immune Escape by Destroying Mitochondrial Quality: Comprehensive Analysis of the Cellular Landscapes of Lung and Blood Specimens From Patients With COVID-19 Mitochondria get caught in the crossfire of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and antiviral immunity...

Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are important metabolites produced by the gut microbiome as a result of the fermentation of non-digestible polysaccharides. The most abundant SCFAs are acetic acid, propionic acid, and butyric acid which make up 95% of this group of metabolites in the gut. Whilst...

"To date there are no established and effective medical treatment options for post-viral fatigue and cognitive impairment, as well as related conditions such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). If there are indications of autoimmunity, therapeutic approaches including...

Abstract Infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) leads to COVID-19 (COrona VIrus Disease-2019). SARS-CoV-2 acute infection may be associated with an increased incidence of neurological manifestations such as encephalopathy and encephalomyelitis, ischemic...

Full title: The Qigong of Prolong Life With Nine Turn Method Relieve Fatigue, Sleep, Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study Background: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex disease of unknown etiology and mechanism. The...

Self-reported long COVID after infection with the Omicron variant in the UK: 18 July 2022 1.Main points Of triple-vaccinated adults, 4.5%, 4.2% and 5.0% self-reported having long COVID 12 to 16 weeks after a first laboratory-confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection compatible with the...

Possibly Steven Deeks, MD, University of California, San Francisco & Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital as he was part of the committee for this. Long-Term Health Effects Stemming from COVID-19 and Implications for the Social Security Administration: A Workshop...

Featured speakers at the upcoming conference Keynote: Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor, Immunobiologist, Long Covid expert. Yale University School of Medicine Plenary: David Systrom, MD, Pulmonologist, Exercise intolerance in ME/CFS, Long Covid. Harvard Medical School Invited: Lauren...

New #MEAction Volunteer Survey "#MEAction is excited to announce our new Volunteer Survey! We invite everyone to complete the survey. The survey link will be available on #MEAction’s website until Friday, July 29th. We encourage everyone to thoughtfully consider each question, fill out their...

Full title: When It Hurts, a Positive Attitude May Help. The Moderating Effect of Positive Affect on the Relationship Between Walking, Depression, and Symptoms in Women with Fibromyalgia Abstract Background: Increased exercise is a marker of health in fibromyalgia (FM). However, patients...

Abstract Background Fatigue is the most frequent and burdensome symptom of patients with diffuse glioma. It is closely linked to decreased health-related quality of life and symptoms such as depression and sleep disturbances. Currently, there is no evidence-based treatment that targets severe...

One of the authors has shared an open access link on Twitter

@Wilhelmina Jenkins , could you flag this article up to the folks in MEAction please (assuming they aren't aware of it already)?

Abstract We describe 3 children with new-onset neurocognitive problems after coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), that showed, at the brain [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography, hypometabolism in the left orbito-frontal region. The voxel-wise analysis...

Key Points Question How do incidence and relative risk of contracting COVID-19 from the original wild-type SARS-CoV-2 strain in adolescents and youth compare with that in older adults in the US? Findings Results of this cross-sectional study using state health department data from the start...

Details of a meeting between Forward-ME (FME) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) to discuss implementation of the new NICE guideline on ME/CFS in primary care have been posted here, UK NICE 2021 ME/CFS Guideline, published 29th October - post-publication discussion and here...

I think scale and the level of political pressure on the issue were important factors in both cases. The scale of funding for LC was only ever going to come from a specific commitment from Congress, whereas the, frankly peanuts level of, funding for the research centres was cobbled together from...

I am certainly no expert on how things work in the US but I believe that Congress had to give the NIH that money specifically for LC research.