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ABSTRACT Introduction Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, has become a common disease in modern medicine. Objective The paper analyzes the impact of exercise training on patients' quality of life with chronic fatigue syndrome. Methods...

Excerpts from the letter: Nowadays, there are several recommendations/guidelines related to the management of long COVID-19 patient [6–10]. These guidelines target the specialist physicians, mainly pulmonologists [6], cardiologists [8], physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists [7], or a...

The impact of viral infections on the brain has been long studied in the context of rabies, herpes simplex, HIV, measles, and a few other viruses that target the organ directly, but little has been known about indirect effects of viral infections. This specific research has been boosted though...

Highlights Experiential knowledge can fill crucial gaps in the pandemic discourse. Long COVID online self-advocacy provides a rich source of subjective evidence. Patient subjective evidence is challenging the normative role of clinical evidence. Activism made long COVID diagnosis as a...

Abstract Long-term sequel of acute COVID-19, commonly referred to as long COVID, has affected millions of patients worldwide. Long COVID patients display persistent or relapsing and remitting symptoms that include fatigue, breathlessness, cough, myalgia, arthralgia, sleep disturbance, cognitive...

Orthostatic intolerance syndromes after hematopoietic cell transplantation: clinical characteristics and therapeutic interventions in a single-center experience Abstract Background Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is an established and potentially curative therapeutic option for...

Abstract Background: Prior studies have demonstrated that Lyme disease is frequently over-diagnosed. However, few studies describe which conditions are misdiagnosed as Lyme disease. Methods: This retrospective observational cohort study evaluated patients referred for Lyme disease to a...

Preventing progression from chronic to widespread pain and its impact on health-related quality of life: a historical cohort study of osteopathic medical care Abstract Context It is generally acknowledged that osteopathic physicians take a holistic approach to patient care. This style may help...

Recruitment characteristics and non-adherence associated factors of fibromyalgia patients in a randomized clinical trial: A retrospective survival analysis Abstract Introduction Fibromyalgia is a complex pain condition that affects mostly women. Given the disease's lack of understanding...

Abstract There is a small yet robust body of literature regarding autonomic dysfunction in Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) as well as sleep disturbances in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). This review aims at summarizing the current literature and highlighting gaps in the current...

I'm not familiar with Specialised Health in Sydney but that page is a mess. No mention of pem. I don't even recognise the diagnostic criteria they reference. Interestingly, they cite one of Keith Geraghty's papers - I don't think they've fully understood it. And next reference down is to...

This was interesting to me because it seems like the opposite of what I would expect. Chronotropic incompetence (CI) is generally defined as the inability to increase the heart rate (HR) adequately during exercise to match cardiac output to metabolic demands...

I remember reading this, too. Wish I could find the quote. Made me think that he or his lab was really the one to come up with it but she was the lucky one who's last name started with C so they could get their CFS for cfs. For the people who like such cute names for things and all.

Thank you for posting this. I'm shocked that it was 100% of studies they looked at. I took a stats 101 class online and "don't treat ordinal data as interval data" was just about the entirety of the third unit. Do researchers not take stats? How has this happened?

This is so true. I can imagine being one of the research participants and then reading this study. I'd feel so betrayed and ill-treated. Those who try to make their careers off our suffering really owe us better than this.

Abstract Despite the growing number of patients with persistent symptoms after acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, the pathophysiology underlying long-COVID is not yet well characterized, and there is no established therapy. We performed a deep immune profiling in nine patients with persistent symptoms...

Opinion piece in the BMJ Conclusion Going forward, we recommend: Acknowledging that patients with long term conditions may experience challenging forms of “identity loss” which may lead them to feel more vulnerable. Addressing stigma in healthcare as well as in communities and workplaces...

Abstract Post COVID-19 Syndrome (PCS) is a complex of various symptoms developing a month or more after the acute phase of the disease. The cases of PCS development among patients with asymptomatic/mild forms are frequently reported; however, the pathogenesis of PCS in this group of patients is...

ABSTRACT Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of serum niacin and dopamine (DA) levels and their clinical importance in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients. Patients and methods: Between April 2018 and October 2018, a total of 53 female patients (mean age: 38.3±5.5...