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Abstract Objectives This study aimed to investigate post COVID 19 symptoms amongst elderly females and whether they could be a risk factor for developing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) later on. Methods This was a retrospective cross-sectional study, in the form of an online survey. A total of...

Abstract Some illnesses and diseases are not apparent to onlookers. Conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, postconcussive syndrome, endometriosis, and many psychiatric illnesses, for example, have symptoms that are not easily or at all measurable. Both...

The response to the Women's Health Survey from the ITT (Improve Thyroid Treatment) group can be found here : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sK6d8LManRI3mMIDT5nERThwRPOZlnRT/view I thought it might be of interest since so many people with ME also have thyroid disease of some kind. And I...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/aug/05/disgusting-study-rating-attractiveness-of-women-with-endometriosis-retracted-by-medical-journal?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1596614249 Leonid Schneider's take on this Undress, the doctors will see you now...

This type of research on ME/CFS patients in theory might be interesting, though I have no idea what this paper is like. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1027/2151-2604/a000402 chronic fatigue syndrome, fatigue, primary care, retrospective studies, questionnaire

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00296-018-4213-z interesting to see just how far graded activity / exercise is being trialled &/ or promoted for fatigue in other illness. This didnt report any problems you’d expect from an M.E graded exercise trial, no mention of PEM , adverse...

http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?fbclid=IwAR3FKACSMcqW7C1yRfdrJXZeQDzrO4Vnmn7ryTKaLag-JCH-GHDw8PqbYXc&pid=diva2:1370212&dswid=-8061 Fulltext: http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1370212/FULLTEXT01.pdf Press release : "Tron på sig själv är vägen tillbaka till arbete?" ("Belief...

'Women have been woefully neglected': does medical science have a gender problem?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/15/like-someone-flicked-a-switch-the-premenstrual-disorder-that-upturns-womens-lives?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZW5kLTE5MDkxNQ%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&CMP=GTUK_email

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/08/jennifer-gunter-gynaecologist-womens-health-bodies-myths-and-medicine

The main idea of the theory proposed is that in pre-modern times women were pregnant a lot of the time and the placenta was signaling the immune system to be chill. Now that women get pregnant much less, there is no longer that feedback from placentas that kept the immune system in check and...

According to the Women’s Health Advisor from Weill Cornell Medicine: Starting at age 40, a woman’s heart health begins to decline. The risk rises with age and accelerates after menopause. After age 75, a woman’s risk of heart attack is higher than a man’s. In reality, a woman’s heart attack...

"Ovary-reacting???!!! :woot::wtf::arghh::banghead: Read the whole post by ISHO (In Susan's Humble Opinion) here: https://ishoblog.com/2018/10/18/pass-the-snuff-and-loosen-the-corsets-theyre-back-to-researching-hysteria/?fbclid=IwAR3auNOacrDAvo08nkuRdpYynFghkQe_3kFphx5Amb-C9XoA8ygVh4ulxz0

Some of you may have heard about Dr. Pimentel. He's done some great things for IBS sufferers and is a good example of a doctor who cares. Link to the interview It's worth a read. Basically he's saying that physicians are about 10-20 years behind the current research.. Very similar problems to...

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180523-how-gender-bias-affects-your-healthcare

via https://cfsme-registry.info

Here's a link to another article that discusses the recent change in how those with chronic illnesses and disabilities are depicted in both news articles and pop culture: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/chronic-illness-onscreen SICK WOMEN HOW WOMEN TOOK CONTROL OF CHRONIC ILLNESS NARRATIVES...