2010

Unravelling the nature of postexertional malaise in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: the role of elastase, complement C4a and interleukin-1β Abstract Abstract. Nijs J, Van Oosterwijck J, Meeus M, Lambrecht L, Metzger K, Frémont M, Paul L (Vrije Universiteit Brussel...

Not new but thought it might be of interest. (the Peer Review report is also available , one of the reviewers is Chew-Graham) Abstract Background Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) can cause profound and prolonged illness and disability, and poses significant problems...

https://portlandpress.com/clinsci/article-abstract/118/2/125/68670 Scihub 2010 paper Barry Hurwitz; Virginia Coryell; Meela Parker; Pedro Martin; Arthur LaPerriere; Nancy Klimas; George Sfakianakis; Martin Bilsker Abstract The study examined whether deficits in cardiac output and blood volume...

'Results of probably the largest-ever survey of opinion among people with ME/CFS and their carers about what treatments and therapies work for them and what don’t are available for downloading. The link to the PDF is at the bottom of this story. The survey also shows what people with the...

Mary A Fletcher, Martin Rosenthal, Michael Antoni, Gail Ironson, Xiao R Zeng, Zachary Barnes, Jeanna M Harvey, Barry Hurwitz, Silvina Levis, Gordon Broderick & Nancy G Klimas Abstract Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex, multi-symptom illness with a multisystem...

A case of pseudo-carcinoid https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0021/ea0021p55 It doesn't say if his pain and diarrhea resolved when he stopped the 5HTP though, but it's a reminder of how supplements can affect test results, and possibly make symptoms worse.

An old study but, as shown in this thread, https://s4me.info/threads/top-10-sc...f-citations-tweet-by-dr-mark-gutheridge.7461/, one of the most cited ME/CFS papers in the past 10 years, so thought it might be useful to have here. Paywalled at...

The PRIME project: developing a patient evidence‐base Sophie Staniszewska, DPhil (Oxon) BSc (Hons), 1 Sally Crowe, Post Graduate Diploma, 2 Douglas Badenoch, MSc, 3 Carol Edwards, BA MSc PhD, 4 Jan Savage, RN BSc (Hons) PhD, 5 and Will Norman, PhD MA (Hons) 6 Acknowledgements We are grateful...

I'd just noticed that this was available via Google cache, but not on the Bristol website, so thought I'd back up a copy here. Once I'd got through dong that, I realised I could just link t the waybackmachine copy...

From: National ME/FM Action Network http://mefmaction.com/images/stories/quest_newsletters/Quest112.pdf A supplement to this edition contains tables with statistics on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Fibromyalgia (FM), Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS) as well...