diagnosis

  1. Mithriel

    The use of the labels ME, CFS, ME/CFS

    Moderator note: This post has been copied and subsequent posts moved from this thread: Concerns about craniocervical instability surgery in ME/CFS _________________________________ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a such a vague diagnosis that it can cover many things since fatigue is such a common...
  2. Kalliope

    New Scientist: Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome

    Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, also sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is itself a controversial condition: some think it involves immune system problems, perhaps triggered by an infection, while others believe psychological factors may...
  3. adambeyoncelowe

    Do Alzheimer's and Lewy body disease have discrete pathological signatures of gait?

    Thought this was relevant since @Jonathan Edwards has mentioned gait as a possible diagnostic tool in ME. Link: https://www.alzheimersanddementia.com/article/S1552-5260(19)35120-9/fulltext
  4. Kalliope

    American Council on Science and Health: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Progress Towards Diagnosis And Treatment, Finally?

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Progress Towards Diagnosis And Treatment, Finally? Article is written by Henry I. Miller, physician and Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute. He has also been a Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health and the founding director of the Office of...
  5. InfiniteRubix

    What is "Chronic Fatigue" in the Wessely School (CFS vs CF Wessely 1997, Prins 2006, White 2011)

    Hello all, I am very familiar with the ICC, CC, CDC vs Oxford criteria discussion, prevalence differences, Oxford obfuscation, etc. but I have a very specific question about what the Wessely crew mean by "CF" vs "CFS". This is not merely academic and is of consequence for important ongoing...
  6. Samuel

    US ME/CFS Clinician Coalition: Guideline - Diagnosing and Treating ME/CFS, 2019, and new website 2020

    omf sent this out: vvv NEW GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ME/CFS A resource for clinicians and patients. The U.S. ME/CFS Clinician Coalition, a group of U.S. ME/CFS experts, has authored a handout on the basics of diagnosis and management of ME/CFS. This handout is being made...
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    • diagnosis guidelines me/cfs medical education omf treatment us me/cfs clinician coalition usa website
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  7. Sly Saint

    The Sun article - INVISIBLE ILLNESS The 5 signs your constant tiredness is actually chronic fatigue syndrome – as 90% of cases are missed (Aug 2019)

    Contibutions from Dr Sarah Jarvis, Charles Shepherd (MEA), Sonia Chowdhury(AfME), Leonard Jason. although they do say it's not just 'tiredness' they do seem to focus on it! at least they didn't ask Michael Sharpe for his opinion.. full article here...
    • Sly Saint
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    • afme article charles shepherd chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis invisible illness me/cfs missed diagnosis sarah jarvis
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General ME/CFS news
  8. Andy

    A perspective on causation of the chronic fatigue syndrome by considering its nosology, 2019, White

    White astounding us with his insight into ME..... Paywall, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jep.13240 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1111/jep.13240
  9. John Mac

    Rethinking ME/CFS Diagnostic Reference Intervals via Machine Learning & Utility of Activin B for Defining Symptom Severity (2019) Lidbury et al.

    https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/9/3/79
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    • 2019 activin diagnosis lidbury machine learning me/cfs paper
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  10. J

    BBC radio programme on diagnostic names 12/07/2019

    May be of interest: On Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006n0s
  11. Andy

    Understanding Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Emerging Osteopathic Approach: A Narrative Review, 2019, Bested et al

    Paywall, https://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2736993 Sci Hub, not available at time of posting.
    • Andy
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    • 2019 bested diagnosis me/cfs osteopathy paper
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  12. Andy

    Differential diagnosis between “chronic fatigue” and “chronic fatigue syndrome”, 2019, Son

    Open access, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221342201930071X?via%3Dihub
  13. Sly Saint

    Medically Documenting Disability in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) cases May 2019 Comerford & Podell

    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2019.00231/abstract
  14. J

    Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue: Three Distinct Entities Requiring Complete Different Approaches (2019) Twisk

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11926-019-0823-z
  15. Dolphin

    Paradox of diagnosis The positive effects and limitations of diagnosis in ME/CFS and fibromyalgia (Nojima, 2019)

    Free full text: https://ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp/repo/ouka/all/71746/ohs_05_055.pdf
  16. Andy

    UK NICE - Projects to support the development of the NICE guideline on ME/CFS: diagnosis and management

    https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/ngc-guideline-development
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    • diagnosis guidelines management me/cfs nice nice guideline united kingdom
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    • Forum: General ME/CFS news
  17. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Can one smell Parkinson's disease?

    Found this to be an interesting story. A Scottish women named Joy Milne says she can smell Parkinson's. She is a former nurse and her husband developed the illness. Milne says she noticed the smell of Parkinson's ten years before her husband was diagnosed with the illness. After going to a...
  18. Sly Saint

    Impact of Polypharmacy on Candidate Biomarker miRNomes for the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS:Striking Back on Treatments 2019 Oltra et al

    Impact of Polypharmacy on Candidate Biomarker miRNomes for the Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Striking Back on Treatments Eloy Almenar-Pérez 1, Teresa Sánchez-Fito 1, Tamara Ovejero 2, Lubov Nathanson 3,4 and Elisa Oltra 2,5,* 1 Escuela de...
    • Sly Saint
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    • 2019 biomarker diagnosis fibromyalgia me/cfs mirnomes oltra paper spain
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    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  19. J

    Relationship btwn CFS, burnout, job satisfaction, social support & age among academics at a tertiary institution (2019) Coetzee et al

    Available here: http://ijomeh.eu/The-relationship-between-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-burnout-job-satisfaction-social,91021,0,2.html Not a recommendation. I have only read the Abstract: What I find interesting there is that there is no correlation between CFS and anything. Also it appears that...
  20. Andy

    Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia: Disagreement Between [..] Criteria and Clinician‐Based [..] Diagnosis in a University Clinic, 2019, Wolfe et al

    Paywalled at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acr.23731
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