If I was asked what is the one thing that a disabled person needs to be given to return to the job market it would be a crowbar, to crowbar that healthy person out of the chair in that cushy job. Nobody is giving up their cushy job for a disabled person, only the jobs that are physically...
Long COVID is an umbrella term for the heterogeneous long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It encompasses a wide spectrum of phenotypes (sometimes overlapping), and its underlying mechanisms might vary across and within phenotypes. Trials that do not account for this heterogeneity risk...
Abstract
Background/Objectives: Growing evidence suggests that mast cell activation (MCA) may contribute to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), a debilitating disorder characterized by persistent fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM). Particularly in relation to...
Abstract
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a baffling disease. The disease has a wide spectrum of severity, to date has no established molecular marker, no known causation, and no cure. Many patients report in retrospect that they suffered a virus infection prior to...
New possibilities for the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID are emerging as research continues to untangle the complex, multisystem pathophysiology of the two overlapping diseases.
At International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/...
Why Many ME/CFS ‘Recovery Stories’ Aren’t Recovery Stories at All
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There is a pattern I see in almost every so-called “recovery” story that makes the rounds online, especially the ones tied to coaching or spiritual rebranding.
The illness was never...
Study of Daratumumab Injections for Patients with Moderate to Severe Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
What is this study about?
This clinical trial is focused on studying the effects of a medication called daratumumab on patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). ME/CFS...
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In this edition, we reveal that the Timms review will cover existing personal independence payment (PIP) claimants as well as new ones...
Why ME/CFS Biomarker Headlines Keep Failing to Deliver
Every few years, headlines appear claiming that scientists have finally found a biomarker for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Each time, the community feels a surge of hope: maybe this is it—the long-awaited...
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer could help speed up diagnosis, according to a new study.
Results of a trial in North America show that the test was able to identify a wide range of cancers, of which three-quarters don't have any form of screening programme.
More than half the...
New CPET Guidelines: What They Mean for People with ME/CFS
The American College of Sports Medicine’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, for the first time, includes a section on ME/CFS. ACSM is a leading authority on exercise science, and these guidelines serve as a foundational...
https://theconversation.com/can-a-new-blood-test-really-detect-me-cfs-an-expert-unpacks-new-research-267099
'Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have developed a blood test that can diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) with 96% accuracy – the first of its...
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