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As far as I can tell this is a poster presentation, so further details aren't available?

News in Brief posts for w/c 8th April. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02D2D4g8BoZhMbo6Rgfarv92Lhb2gNN4hjvz4ThCVkmgUbTtrPf4bgfA4VYSHshDXDl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112269023884040663

"Functional somatic disorders (FSD) are characterized by specific patterns of persistent physical symptoms with a complex etiology involving a multiform interplay between physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors [1,2]. Patients with FSD are prevalent in all medical settings and...

Full title: Efficacy of patient education and duloxetine, alone and in combination, for patients with multisystem functional somatic disorder: Study protocol for the EDULOX trial Fink is also an author. Abstract Background Multisystem functional somatic disorder is characterized by specific...

Full title: Personalized Management of Fatigue in Individuals With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long COVID Using a Smart Digital mHealth Solution: Protocol for a Participatory Design Approach Abstract Background:Fatigue is the most common symptom in myalgic...

The arguments that giving someone a diagnosis of ME/CFS in addition to Long Covid is detrimental to the patient and research into Long Covid should be selective, and this argues for maintaining a separate diagnosis, have also been made by David Putrino.

Over-exertion/PEM causes me a cycle of gut pain, constipation and diarrhoea (among other symptoms) and certain foods cause gut pain and diarrhoea. I've never been able to interest any GP in taking these things seriously, so have no diagnosis of IBS or otherwise.

Highlights Psychological flexibility in people with somatic symptom disorder (SDD) is low. Three out of four patients with SSD have low or very low psychological flexibility. Lower psychological flexibility is associated with lower mental health. Assess psychological flexibility in SSD in...

Twitter thread by someone who was initially diagnosed with FND and Fibromyalgia, given Physical Therapy, meditation, yin yoga, and talk therapy, but subsequently received a diagnosis of May-Thurner syndrome (a condition whereby one blood vessel becomes compressed by another vessel against the...

Social media posts linking to the two letters sent by the committee. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0cUCd2zbtnYTLtLFB6YwCYk3YHh1cjgsNUByaos5WvvCfDFmXHszGDnU3hnX6GkFXl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112252304846115728

Now published, Full title: Association of circulating biomarkers with illness severity measures differentiates myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and post-COVID-19 condition: a prospective pilot cohort study Open access...

Abstract Objective People with functional somatic symptoms have difficulties in various stages of the emotion regulation (ER) process (1). As an adaptive and flexible use of ER strategies is a core tenet of emotional health, having difficulties in this area is often assumed to be the key...

Abstract Chikungunya fever is an arboviral illness caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and transmitted by the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It is an RNA virus belonging to the genus Alphavirus and family Togaviridae. We present a case series of three patients with chikungunya...

Highlights scATAC-seq and scRNA-seq reveal expansion of an MBC subset in chronic LCMV infection A distinct chronic MBC subset is associated with increased IFN-I-associated ISG signature The chromatin landscape of MBCs is established during a critical window early in infection IFN-I dynamics...

"Perceived misdiagnoses When entering the register, participants were asked if they had received any additional psychiatric diagnoses in the past, before receiving a diagnosis of autism (“Have you received any other (psychiatric) diagnose(s) in the past before receiving your diagnosis within...

Summary Background Many autistic people, particularly women, do not receive an autism diagnosis until adulthood, delaying their access to timely support and clinical care. One possible explanation is that autistic traits may initially be misinterpreted as symptoms of other psychiatric...

Current total is 10,626 https://www.change.org/p/cochrane-withdraw-the-harmful-2019-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-review

"we wish to ... identify the barriers that are holding us back from realising the full value of patient and public partnership in healthcare" Such as only giving 21 days notice of a deadline for proposals?

"A special issue To mark 10 years of commitment to patient partnership and over 20 years since our first patient theme issue, we will publish a special issue of The BMJ led by patients on 13 July 2024. We expect that most of the content will be written by patients or led by their views...

ABSTRACT Introduction Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that manifests in a broad array of functional motor, sensory, or cognitive symptoms, which arise from complex interactions between brain, mind, body, and context. Children with FND make up 10%–20% of...