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    UK "Lymphocyte panel" blood testing (private clinics or NHS)

    I had mine done in Canada and they were well below the reference range, except for NK cells which were normal. The virologist was a little concerned about my CD8 count and had PCR DNA/RNA testing done to r/o viruses and found none.
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    Anoctamin-2-specific T Cells Link Epstein-Barr Virus to Multiple Sclerosis, 2025, Olivia G Thomas et al

    Abstract Multiple sclerosis (MS) occurs when the central nervous system (CNS) is damaged by misguided adaptive immune responses, likely caused by a combination of environmental factors in genetically susceptible individuals. A known prerequisite for disease is Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)...
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    Factors Influencing Blood Lactate Concentration During Exercise: A Narrative Review With a Lactate Shuttle Perspective, 2025, Benítez-Munoz et al

    Abstract Aim Blood lactate concentration ([La−]), usually measured in mmol/L, is one of the most frequently measured parameters during clinical exercise tests as well as during performance assessments of athletes. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to examine the methodological and...
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    The feeling of being "poisoned" - what do we know about it?

    My dear friend who passed away in 2016 from ME complications felt poisoned for 18 years- day one from developing M.E. He was a patient of Dr. Chia for 11 years and saw several doctors who saw pwME and he couldn't t figure it out. He also suffered from severe insomnia and autonomic...
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    Rob Wust looking for LC biopsy volunteers (Netherlands)

    "For a request for house/bed-bound Dutch patients with long COVID. I wonder: Would you be willing to provide a thigh muscle biopsy for research? (protocol will obviously be 'LC-proof')."
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    'It's worse than Covid,' says principal as 170 pupils off sick in one day

    Same thing happening in Canada. Influenza has killed 14 in Canada so far this season. We need government to flood the airwaves because no one is doing anything about it.
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    'It's worse than Covid,' says principal as 170 pupils off sick in one day

    Ebrington Primary School principal Brian Guthrie said the children have been affected by a range of illnesses "Most severe flu outbreak in a decade" Seasonal illnesses, including flu, rise very winter- but experts have predicted this year's flu season could the worst in a decade. It is...
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    Open Medicine Foundation (OMF)

    Study AIM OMF’s Harvard ME/CFS Collaboration & computation team are conducting investigations into sleep disturbance in ME/CFS, measuring both physiological response (e.g., cortisol levels) and symptoms (e.g., questionnaires) as part of the project. This project will investigate sleep...
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    Open Medicine Foundation (OMF)

    They are also testing natural products.
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    Open Medicine Foundation (OMF)

    I'm not sure if this video was posted. ME/CFS Meeting September 5, 2025. Randall Peterson, PhD University of Utah ] Using zebrafish to model metabolic changes related to fatigue https://start.westnet.ca/watch?v=Dc1RU0iImK4
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    Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations

    Updated Covid-19 vaccine formula produces antibodies nearly three time longer than earlier versions, Emory study find “SARS-CoV-2 has a continual transmission cycle and emergence of variants that can constantly jeopardize the effectiveness of vaccines,” says Suthar, also a professor at the...
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    Open Medicine Foundation (OMF)

    "Patients that recover are normal, its not damage."
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    What the epidemiology of glandular fever might tell us about ME/CFS

    I didn't have severe symptoms during sudden viral onset M.E. even though I had 'extremely' elevated anti-thyroid antibodies. I had positional vertigo for 3 days, grinding gut sensation, and a mild sore throat and ear for several months. I didn't feel well but I was still able to go to...
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    The effect of shingles vaccination at different stages of the dementia disease course, 2025, Min Xie et al

    Highlights Herpes zoster vaccination reduced dementia diagnosis in our prior natural experiments • Here, we find a lower occurrence of MCI and dementia deaths among dementia patients • Herpes zoster vaccination appears to act along the entire clinical course of dementia • This study’s approach...
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    Paul Garner on Long Covid and ME/CFS - BMJ articles and other media.

    In Canada, we refer to this as a thorn in our ass. He is actually trying to influence scientists in Canada.
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    Paul Garner on Long Covid and ME/CFS - BMJ articles and other media.

    No, we are not "unwell", we are disabled, some have been severely ill/bedbound for decades, many have died from ME complications. So educate yourself and try to learn about the experiences of pwME because this is what this great supportive community is all about.
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    Paul Garner on Long Covid and ME/CFS - BMJ articles and other media.

    @22MrMan You need to understand that Paul Garner threw the ME community under the bus when we were very kind to him during his Covid infection a few years ago, he disengaged and then accused us of attacking him after he recovered (naturally btw) from Covid or ME. Whatever. This is not what...
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    News from Canada

    An American ALS patient died alone after paying $84K US in pursuit of healing at controversial Saskatchewan facility Susie had come to Saskatchewan from North Carolina three months earlier, chasing the promise of healing offered by Dayan Goodenowe and his Dr. Goodenowe Restorative Health Center...
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    Jonathan Howard MD and Science-Based Medicine

    I follow him on X and he really went after debunking V Prasad.
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    Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis: A mechanism comes into focus, 2026, J W Lindsey

    Highlights • EBV infection is necessary to develop MS. • EBV infected cells can enter the CNS. • EBV specific cytotoxic T cells are abundant in the CSF and are likely pathogenic. • Depletion and reconstitution of the immune repertoire can halt MS, but EBV infection and EBV reactive T cells...
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