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Now at 12,088 signatures. Petition main page, https://www.change.org/p/cochrane-withdraw-the-harmful-2019-exercise-therapy-for-cfs-review

Calls for Retraction of Absurd “Effort Preference” Claims from NIH Study https://virology.ws/2024/10/13/calls-for-retraction-of-absurd-effort-preference-claims-from-nih-study/

From a post on Twitter, "I just found this! “The movement in 2024 of Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) to the Neurological disease category / Other neurological disorders subgroup (formerly in Musculoskeletal disease (general) category / Chronic pain syndromes subgroup)”"...

Paywalled, so not possible to know how they defined "CFS". Also published in the good old Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

Abstract Patients with acute brain injury are vulnerable to secondary deterioration, which may go undetected by traditional monitoring. However, multimodal neuromonitoring of brain tissue oxygen tension (PbtO2) and energy metabolism may be able to detect such episodes. We report a...

Abstract Cognitive symptoms are prevalent across neuropsychiatric disorders, increase distress and impair quality of life. Self-guided digital interventions offer accessibility, scalability, and may overcome the research-to-practice treatment gap. Seventy-six trials with 5214 participants were...

News in Brief posts for w/c 7th Oct. Twitter: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid048J2pWLn9YhbZSA3iX8Q4DVN2uUsau3P2iCH2u9HcwhShMyAa1UP23NwYDEU3VtLl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/113299604994704177 Bluesky...

Abstract Aims and method Functional neurological disorder (FND) most often presents in women of childbearing age, but little is known about its course and outcomes during pregnancy, labour and postpartum (the perinatal period). We searched MEDLINE, PsycInfo and Embase combining search terms for...

Full title: A review of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neuroimmune conditions, acute COVID-19 infection, and post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 Syndrome Highlights IVIG has demonstrated efficacy in over 100 disorders, spanning hematologic, inflammatory, autoimmune, and infectious...

Abstract Objective: Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a core neuropsychiatric condition that includes both physical and mental symptoms. Recently, a validated clinical phenotype termed neuroconnective endophenotype (NEP), which includes several physical and psychological characteristics...

I'm not sure that they are using the term 'controlled' in the same way as I would use it.

Full title: One-year follow-up of neurobehavioral therapy in functional seizures or epilepsy with traumatic brain injury: A nonrandomized controlled trial Abstract Objective Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often present with seizures (functional and/or epileptic), but treatments for...

Now published Post-viral symptoms and conditions are more frequent in COVID-19 than influenza, but not more persistent Abstract Background Post-viral symptoms have long been known in the medical community but have received more public attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many post-viral...

Introduction: Increased motor fatigability is a symptom of many neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders. However, it is difficult to pinpoint pathological motor fatigability, since the phenomena has not yet been fully characterized in the healthy population. In this study, we investigate...

This thread, Bansal (eye) pupil reaction test, discusses it.

Works for me.

Trial By Error: Extensive News Coverage of Exeter Coroner’s “Report to Prevent Future Deaths” https://virology.ws/2024/10/08/trial-by-error-extensive-news-coverage-of-exeter-coroners-report-to-prevent-future-deaths/

"The exclusion criteria were as follows: (1) studies reporting lifetime prevalence of fatigue, (2) studies focusing on a specific fatigue subdomain, such as only physical or mental, (3) studies on fatigue induction after specific medical procedures, (4) studies on myalgic...

Abstract Fatigue is one of the common symptoms in individuals with diseases or disorders, significantly affecting quality of life (QoL) and the prognosis of diseases. This study aimed to comprehensively compare the features of fatigue across a wide range of diseases. We systematically searched...

Abstract The adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol play critical roles in stress regulation and the sleep-wake cycle. Most research has been focused on how the two hormones regulate each other in terms of short-term pulses. Few studies have been conducted on the circadian relationship...