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    Research news from Bhupesh Prusty

    I'm afraid that categorizing patients into 'mild, moderate and severe" groups is going to lead nowhere. We all suffer from PEM so where is he going with this search for so called biomarkers?
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    Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations

    More than 2.7M paid to 50 claimants of serious injury connected to a vaccine in Canada. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/more-than-2-7m-paid-to-50-claimants-of-serious-injury-connected-to-a-vaccine-in-canada-1.6205187
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    Hilarious. I just searched Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez M.D only to realize I blocked her a long time ago.:rofl:
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    Longitudinal transcriptional analysis of peripheral blood leukocytes in COVID-19 convalescent donors, 2022, Mallikarjuna R. Gedda et al

    Abstract Background SARS-CoV2 can induce a strong host immune response. Many studies have evaluated antibody response following SARS-CoV2 infections. This study investigated the immune response and T cell receptor diversity in people who had recovered from SARS-CoV2 infection (COVID-19)...
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    Famous people diagnosed with neurological diseases

    Moersch-Woltman syndrome, commonly referred to as Stiff person syndrome, is an autoimmune illness that sees the patient’s immune system cause a dysfunction of the interneurons found in the spinal cord, said Dr. Stéphan Botez, a neurologist at the CHUM. Botez said it can take a long time to...
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    Famous people diagnosed with neurological diseases

    Céline has been dealing with 'health issues' for a few years but didn't share her business with the public. So it possible that it took years to develop in order to get a proper diagnosis.
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    Famous people diagnosed with neurological diseases

    Moved post Céline Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare autoimmune and neurological disorder. People on twitter are having a field day with this serious disorder b/c of the name, just like they do/did with CFS.
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    Advertisement Feature Article:Stem cells could help uncover new uses for drugs

    Sensitive detection of biomarkers can reveal pre-symptomatic diseases. Using induced pluripotent stem cells for drug repurposing and testing pre-symptomatic diseases, are two ways a Japanese pharmaceutical company is innovating. New drugs typically take 10 to 15 years to develop, and cost of...
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    "I just wasn't able to come back from that. I never felt like I had lots of energy on the bike. I went to the Vuelta to build through the race but all the way through I felt flat, flat, flat." Yes yes yes. This is exactly how I felt after exercise during the PVFS stage- no PEM, just felt...
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    Advice on mask-wearing to protect against Covid-19

    They need to mandate masks. It makes my blood boil when I see 'encourage' and 'strongly recommending" masks. This will not encourage masks, people who don't want to wear them won't. So now we are at great going lets do nothing while the Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario has called in...
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    Covid-19 vaccination experiences

    I just received the 4th new Pfizer bivalent jab. They offered me a flu shot (again)l but I declined. So far so good.
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    I don't see this as a weird criticism. I have my own personal experiences concerning lab result interpretations from doctors who have minimal understanding of blood biology. Dr. Cuker, recognized by America's Top Doctors from 2017 to 2022. I'm glad he is questioning the process...
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    The Chronic Illness Debate Is More Mainstream — But Still Mysterious, NYT

    Functional medicine is also known as 'complementary medicine' for people who have cash to spend.
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    https://time.com/6238147/microclots-long-covid/ At the moment, Cuker says some of the studies on microclots are “hypothesis-generating,” but he has doubts about some of the ways that researchers are looking for microclots in the blood. For example, the protocol developed by Pretorius’ team...
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    Long Covid in the media and social media 2022

    Is long Covid overblown? You're MORE likely to suffer lingering symptoms with flu or other seasonal bugs than coronavirus, study suggests. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11490769/Long-Covid-symptoms-common-illnesses-study-finds.html The downplaying is gross. It comes after a...
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    Reduced Muscle Strength in Patients with Long-COVID-19 Syndrome Is Mediated by Limb Muscle Mass 2022 Ramírez-Vélez et al

    Is this the same as testing for muscle weakness or muscle fatigue? I was tested for muscle weakness by an M.E doc early on during PVFS and it was determined that I didn't have muscle weakness. Later in the years I experience get both, but the weakness is transient.
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    New York Times article: Will Exercising With a Cold Make You Sicker?

    Sickness behavior is a short-lasting, adaptive and acute inflammatory state, ME/CFS is a chronic disorder characterized by a waxing and waning or progressive pattern with an extremely low recovery rate.
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