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Now published - link here ************* Preprint Full title: Reactivated EBV, HHV6, HAdV in Sputum from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients: Are autoAbs to IFN-I Impairing Antiviral Immunity? https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202502.0185/v1 Abstract An exhausted...

The endothelium – a thin layer of cells lining every blood vessel – plays a pivotal role in regulating blood flow, blood clotting, and inflammatory responses. Research suggests that ME/CFS may involve damage to the endothelium leading to endothelial dysfunction (improper functioning of the...

I wonder what the results would look like in the ME population.

Actually both, the fact he's covering the subject and the fact he's calling out this nonsense in the video.

For about six months I've been watching YouTube videos by Professor Tim Wilson who posts every day on various political and social issues. He is very knowledgable on a variety of subjects and his posts are a mixture of education, common sense and humour. So today I was delighted to see his post...

Cat gives dog hypnotherapy

Now published https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-025-06137-7

https://www.scipod.global/caroline-kingdon-from-stigma-to-support-a-new-approach-to-me-cfs-treatment-in-the-uk/ About this episode Imagine living with an illness that can sap your energy levels so completely that even day-to-day tasks, such as doing laundry, walking the dog, or even getting out...

PIP VOUCHERS “NONSENSE” Debbie Abrahams, chair of the Commons Work and Pensions Committee, has said that the idea of replacing personal independence payment (PIP) with vouchers is “nonsense” and will not happen. In an interview with the Mirror at the end of December, Abrahams said that Stephen...

"17 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) across England will share part of a £3.5million package to improve care services for musculoskeletal conditions." So thats £206,000 per care board, that won't go very far. "Each area in England and Wales is set to receive up to £300,000 to improve services"...

Officially it is to show that financially you qualify for UC disability payment i.e. having less than £6,000. But I am sure they will be going through the statements with a magnifying glass looking for evidence of a "healthy" lifestyle. I'm beginning now to regret that Skiing holiday last month...

I'm in receipt of Universal Credit and yesterday I received an email telling me as part of a review of my UC to send them photo IDs (photos of the front and back of my driving licence and a photo of myself holding the driving licence next to my face) plus a driving licence check code from the...

"Craig provides many elegant lines of data on the critical role of the anterior insula in emotional awareness in many dimensions, including its cognitive components, as well as the influence of emotion in such domains as cognitions." I didn't know data could be "elegant", I thought data was data.

https://www.self.com/story/what-is-me-cfs Charles Shepherd, MD, was a “perfectly healthy” 30-something-year-old when he came down with chicken pox, which he caught while treating a patient with shingles. Even after the painful, itchy rash disappeared, a cluster of debilitating...

Anybody have any idea how much a study of this size sequencing the whole genome of 17,000 people would cost?

This was posted a couple of weeks ago on Youtube with the papers author discussing CFS/ME

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/get-britain-working-white-paper From Benefits & Work newsletter https://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=144836&f=2941&s=6745&m=1190903&t=9e9c98a7d9387eb5c584b7e81a15d03a3040ca2700682dadb514b7c01a8d57f0 WHITE PAPER BRINGS MONTHS MORE UNCERTAINTY...

Science for ME would have been a better source

https://www.icontact-archive.com/archive?c=144836&f=2941&s=6745&m=1190719&t=9e9c98a7d9387eb5c584b7e81a15d03a3040ca2700682dadb514b7c01a8d57f0 63,000 ESA CLAIMANTS TO MIGRATE TO UC EVERY MONTH FROM FEBRUARY The DWP has announced that it is ramping up the managed migration of employment and...

Expand our empire might be a more accurate phrase.