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  1. John Mac

    Accurate and Objective Determination of ME/CFS Disease Severity with a Wearable Sensor. Palombo et al. 2020

    Full Title: Accurate and Objective Determination of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Disease Severity with a Wearable Sensor https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-48360/v1
  2. John Mac

    New draft NICE guidelines for chronic pain emphasises exercise, CBT and acupuncture over medication

    Covered on the BBC website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-53649189
  3. John Mac

    Mapping of pathological change in chronic fatigue syndrome using the ratio of T1- and T2-weighted MRI scans. Thapaliya et al. 2020

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158220302035
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    • 2020 barnden basal ganglia brain imaging me/cfs mri paper thapaliya video white matter
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  4. John Mac

    Genetic Risk Factors of ME/CFS: A Critical Review. Joshua J Dibble, Simon J McGrath, Chris P Ponting. 2020

    https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/doi/10.1093/hmg/ddaa169/5879704
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    • 2020 dibble genetics gwas mcgrath me/cfs paper ponting review
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  5. John Mac

    Biomedical research findings in ME/CFS that were replicated by multiple groups - discussion thread

    These studies found a reduced Left Ventricle though mainly done by Miwa. 2003 Peckerman Abnormal impedance cardiography predicts symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12920435/ 2008 Miwa Small Heart Syndrome in Patients withChronic Fatigue Syndrome...
  6. John Mac

    Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Efficacy of Repeat Immunoadsorption. Tolle, Scheibenbogen et al. 2020

    A placebo controlled trial should answer that. The researchers suggest that. Just because there is a fall in a biological measurement doesn't mean that it is the cause of the symptom improvement, it could easily just be placebo.
  7. John Mac

    Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Efficacy of Repeat Immunoadsorption. Tolle, Scheibenbogen et al. 2020

    https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2443
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    • 2020 antibodies autoantibodies immunoadsorption immunology me/cfs paper plasmapheresis scheibenbogen treatment
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  8. John Mac

    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    https://www.insidesources.com/warp-speed-help-for-covid-long-haulers-and-me-cfs/
  9. John Mac

    Plasma proteomic profiling suggests an association between antigen driven clonal B cell expansion and ME/CFS, 2020, Lipkin et al

    A lot of top ME/CFS researchers in that list
  10. John Mac

    Associations of physical and psychiatric conditions with CFS in Germany: an exploratory case-control study. Jacob et al. 2020

    Full title: Associations of physical and psychiatric conditions with chronic fatigue syndrome in Germany: an exploratory case-control study...
  11. John Mac

    Hypnosis for wart treatment

    And while you are hypnotized they cut off the warts and proclaim hypnosis to be a great success
  12. John Mac

    Study protocol for POSITIF, ... feasibility trial of a brief cognitive-behavioural intervention ... for post-stroke fatigue, 2020, Gillespie, Chalder

    POSITIF. Are these people capable of conducting a study without a catchy name. It's all about the marketing with them, think of a catchy title then build a study around it.
  13. John Mac

    Sub-maximal endurance exercise does not mediate alterations of somatosensory thresholds. Kortenjann et al. 2020

    Mentions ME and CFS https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67700-4
  14. John Mac

    Two-Day CPET in Females with a Severe Grade of ME/CFS: Comparison with Patients with Mild and Moderate Disease. van Campen et al. 2020

    Full title: Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Females with a Severe Grade of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Comparison with Patients with Mild and Moderate Disease https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/192
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    • 2020 cpet exercise physiology me/cfs paper van campen
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  15. John Mac

    Epidemiological and clinical factors associated with post-exertional malaise severity in patients with ME/CFS. Ghali et al. 2020

    https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-020-02419-4
  16. John Mac

    Article: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Viruses, and the Innate Immune System

    An article on Psychiatry Advisor by an MD Theodore Henderson. He seems convinced that viruses are to blame for CFS/ME but whether he's right or not seeing this published on a psychiatry website is good to see...
  17. John Mac

    Paradigm shift to disequilibrium in the genesis of orthostatic intolerance in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (2019) Miwa

    Now published in: International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590086220300094 It gives more than just the abstract (compared to the original post?)
  18. John Mac

    Cerebral Blood Flow Is Reduced in Severe ME/CFS Patients During Mild Orthostatic Stress Testing. van Campen et al. 2020

    I wonder if they have checked whether the less severe patients also display the same decline in this reduced test?
  19. John Mac

    Cerebral Blood Flow Is Reduced in Severe ME/CFS Patients During Mild Orthostatic Stress Testing. van Campen et al. 2020

    https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/2/169 Looks like this study is related to this one discussed here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/cerebral-blood-flow-is-reduced-in-me-cfs-during-head-up-tilt-testing-even-in-the-absence-of-hypotension-or-tachycardia-van-campen-et-al-2020.13583/
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    • cerebral blood flow orthostatic intolerance severe van campen
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  20. John Mac

    Independent advisory group for the full update of the Cochrane review on exercise therapy and ME/CFS (2020), led by Hilda Bastian

    I would also add monitoring checks to show that the patient isn't just replacing their normal daily activity with the exercise therapy.
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