Moderator note: Use this thread to discuss the possibility of an ME/CFS or ME/CFS-like illness following Covid-19. Initial posts have been moved...
Excellent article in the Los Angeles Review of Books about the trauma of illness and the double edge of remission. Written by Megan Moodie, who...
Spotted this on twitter today and warmly recommend it! [MEDIA] It took me a while to realize that the way I saw myself and the way I was...
Never in the modern scientific era have so many people been infected with the same virus in such a short period of time. And if the history of...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21641846.2017.1299358 Free full text:...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/09/health/hiv-aids-london-patient-castillejo.html?searchResultPosition=2 If there was a genotype that was...
https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000525.full Full text is open. Abstract Objectives Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis...
Abstract Background Low back pain is costly and disabling. Prognostic factor evidence can help healthcare providers and patients understand...
In this article, we draw on the narrative of a woman who has recovered from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to explore the process of recovering...
Doug Lindsay was bedridden for 11 years with a mysterious illness nobody could figure out, so the college dropout figured it out for himself....
(This isn't really "news" but I didn't know where else to put this thread.) Firstly let me clarify that I am not talking about the bogus...
I think I remember that one of the CBT or GET trials actively encouraged participants to no longer regard themselves as CFS patients. I thought I...
Characteristics of a patient population attending a specialist outpatient service for chronic fatigue syndrome Abstract Aims To characterise the...
Off-rolling has recently become a buzzword in the world of education. It refers to the removal, by various means, of students from schools’...
This post and the following ones have been moved from this thread. I was just looking at this new paper from the author: Measurements of...
Hi all, I'm trying to gather evidence for permanency of ME/CFS. The health minister says that the NDIA are using the Australia 2002 guidelines....
In a hodgepodge of an article, tenuously held together by the fact that an ancient Roman rabbit bone has been found, the BBC report Jane Bramley,...
I’m looking for some information around permanency, which is relevant when applying for disability supports. I’ve heard 5 years used as a figure...
Not a recommendation. Paywalled here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nathan-douglas-london-2012-was-the-darkest-period-of-my-life-vxt5gftcx...
Not a recommendation. I was first labelled as just ‘tired’ (minus the beer bit) at the age of 10. I was ‘worn out’, ‘depressed’ or simply told...
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