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Martine McCutcheon still affected by illness. "In her caption, Martine spoke candidly about her struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia – a condition which causes widespread pain and extreme tiredness." "She penned: "What A GREAT Gatsby Night to remember! I haven't been out...

Introduction The importance to assess and include the frequent comorbidities in the personalised care management plan of patients with functional neurological disorders (FND) has arisen through the years. FND patients are not only complaining from motor and/or sensory symptoms. They also report...

Background Until the outbreak reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, functional tics were considered to be a relatively rare clinical phenotype, as opposed to other functional movement disorders such as functional tremor and dystonia. In order to better characterise this phenotype, we compared...

Abstract Background Up to 10% of children and young people have a specific phobia that can significantly affect their mental health, development and daily functioning. Cognitive–behavioural therapy-based interventions remain the dominant treatment, but limitations to their provision warrant...

Full title: Long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of a therapist-supported online remote behavioural intervention for tics in children and adolescents: extended 12- and 18-month follow-up of a single-blind randomised controlled trial Background Little is known about the long-term...

Fantastic, thank you.

Background Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multifactorial illness that affects many body systems including the immune, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, and urinary systems. There is currently no universal diagnostic marker or targeted treatment for ME/CFS...

"There are plenty of reasons to get off your duff and exercise—but is improving your brain one of them? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention touts exercise as a way to “boost brain health,” while the World Health Organization suggests that about 2 hours of moderate activity or 75...

Why Some People Get Sick More Often "Everyone gets sick. Despite all the vegetables we eat or vitamins we gulp down, sooner or later pathogens such as viruses and harmful bacteria infiltrate our bodies, and we need to take a time-out. We sit back and let our immune system do its job. But when...

Abstract Some people remain healthier throughout life than others but the underlying reasons are poorly understood. Here we hypothesize this advantage is attributable in part to optimal immune resilience (IR), defined as the capacity to preserve and/or rapidly restore immune functions that...

We don't expect to.

I've posted before reading this, so have no opinion on it yet, although at the least I think the topic is an important one.

The World ME Alliance, a global coalition of organisations advocating for those affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), is proud to announce the release of a new guide. This comprehensive resource, titled “Involving People with ME and Other Energy Limiting Conditions,” aims to promote...

A new platform bringing together UK strengths in rare diseases research to improve diagnosis and treatment through better understanding of the disease. The UK Rare Disease Research Platform has been established with a £14 million investment over five years by the Medical Research Council (MRC)...

So when properly investigated physical abnormalities are found in people diagnosed with a functional condition, and somehow that supports the idea of functional conditions, rather than highlighting how flawed it is?

In the UK there is, https://bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/, but awareness of it is low.

Revised version is available, following peer reviewers comments, https://openresearch.nihr.ac.uk/articles/3-20/v2 "Amendments from Version 1 The revised manuscript has benefited greatly from the reviewers’ constructive suggestions. In response, the study’s main aim has been made explicit in...

Jon Stone has had an editorial published titled "Functional neurological disorder: Past, present and future", paywalled, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013700623000908, with no abstract available. What is shown is "Acknowledgments This special FND issue of L'Encéphale...

What a mess of an article. Just two examples "Post-Infection Fatigue Syndrome (PIFS) As discussed above, there is an acute decrease in strength and endurance immediately following a febrile illness. However, in some patients, symptoms may persist and result in chronic exercise intolerance and...

Abstract Approximately 19% of the population is suffering from “Long COVID”, also known as post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (PASC), which often results in exercise intolerance. As COVID infections continue to be common, studying the long-term...