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65.7% of persistent LC participants exhibited clinically important fatigue, 34.0% were suggestive of PEM and 5.5% were suggestive of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, all of which were nearly twice as high as those in no LC (35.9%, 12.8%, and 1.8%, respectively). These results...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(25)00044-6/fulltext Articles Online first 101507 March 13, 2025 Open access Health outcomes one year after Omicron infection among 12,789 adults: a community-based cross-sectional study Hui Zhang Peng Yang Xiaoying Gu Ying Sun...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945725001200 Sleep Medicine Available online 14 March 2025 In Press, Journal Pre-proof Assessing Fatigue in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients before and after Treatment with Bright Light Therapy: a prospective...

The CDC study on the Georgia cohort (Reeves et al., 2007) nominally uses the Fukuda criteria but it uses a weird operationalisation of the criteria. I think it should be ignored (found a prevalence of 2.54%).

ME Research UK: A team of researchers in Australia – including Dr Kiran Thapaliya, Professor Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik, and Dr Natalie Eaton-Fitch who are also currently working on research funded by ME Research UK, have reviewed existing evidence relating to quality of life – the degree to...

ME Research UK: A review paper from Dr Karl Morten’s team has highlighted that “complex chronic illnesses” ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, and Gulf War Syndrome (GWS) not only have common symptoms such as fatigue and pain but also display “significant overlap in the molecular and cellular disruptions”...

Seems likely people worldwide are welcome given who she tagged in this tweet

I haven’t vetted this https://www.mecfsresearch.nz/ ME/CFS Research Kia Ora, my name is Sarah Jansen, and I am a student at the Southern Institute of Technology in Invercargill, Master of Applied Health Sciences (Wellness and Rehabilitation). I am seeking perceptions about chronic fatigue...

https://padlet.com/katha1970_/personal-collection-of-information-for-patients-with-complex-p20bhx4pb54x1may/wish/2998552241 Summary of the #UniteToFight2024 conference by @katha1970 (on Twi@er/X) First International Conference on Long Covid and ME/CFS #UniteToFight2024 marks a turning point in...

I’ve just remembered Gary Frankum, a UK speedway rider with ME, who raised quite a bit of awareness at the time. Haven’t heard anything about him in years.

Post-Covid Awareness Day in Belgium: Protest Belgian patients. Go to (Google translation from Dutch to English), https://www-bruzz-be.translate.goog/actua/gezondheid/long-covid-patienten-houden-ligbetoging-voor-betere-zorg-artsen-ontkennen-soms?_x_tr_sl=nl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

News Release 13-Mar-2025 Symptoms of long-COVID can last up to two years after infection with COVID-19 According to a study of the COVICAT cohort, almost one in four people infected with SARS-CoV-2 suffered from long-COVID Peer-Reviewed Publication Barcelona Institute for Global Health...

Hope 4 ME & Fibro NI Two Lives – One Story is a deeply personal video that reflects the reality of those living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and the strikingly similar symptoms within one subset of Long Covid patients. It is an honest portrayal of loss, resilience, and the long struggle for...

Sorry to hear that. I haven't got any. They do write to me during the year by post from time to time.

Irish Independent: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/adhd-is-a-business-as-well-as-a-medical-disorder-irish-doctor-on-the-dangers-of-overdiagnosis/a586398049.html https://archive.is/spXmx ‘ADHD is a business as well as a medical disorder’: Irish doctor on the dangers...