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UK: Women forced to attend up to 10 GP appointments to get menopause diagnosis, study finds Exclusive: Menopause expert warns women are enduring ‘needless barriers’ to treatment and are ‘suffering and confused’ Women are being forced to attend up to 10 GP appointments to get a menopause...

I posted a couple of studies and we had a discussion here and here

@bobbler Until they figure it all out then that's what we're stuck with. Malaise is a medical term that's used for cardiac patients- malaise cardiaque, includes nausea, weakness, out of breath, anxiety, indigestion et. I feel this describes PEM quite well?

The prevalence of Post-Ebola Syndrome hearing loss, Sierre Leone LINK

@poetinsf Interesting. Do you experience both cognitive and physical PEM or just physical PEM?

Canadians Without Life Threatening Disease Are Being Encouraged to Consider Suicide: Opinion Green says patients who can now access MAID include those with lifelong chronic pain or post-viral illness such as chronic Lyme disease or chronic fatigue syndrome (now called Myalgic...

I have read several news stories in the last year about an increase in car accidents related to Covid infection. LINK State Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster said that covid-19 was likely a contributory factor in the crash. Dr Bolster found in her autopsy on Mr Allen on August 31, 2022, in City...

@mango I'm not sure I have the same one you ordered based on the link you sent. Perhaps they changed the packaging since I bought mine over 8yrs ago. Mine came in a plastic tube like this one I wear it around my neck and upper back lying flat. When the towel warms up I take it off and...

After Lady Gaga's recent bragging that she performed for FIVE NIGHTS while fully infectious with Covid, her make-up artist, Sarah Tanno, reveals devasting struggle with long covid.

Copied post - the treatment promoted is Cognitive fx After Lady Gaga's recent bragging that she performed for FIVE NIGHTS while fully infectious with Covid, her make-up artist, Sarah Tanno, reveals devasting struggle with long covid.

I've never experienced pain in 32yrs of having M.E. I didn't have sleep disturbances or PEM for the first 11 yrs of post-infectious sudden viral M.E onset. Sleep disturbance has never been an issue for me. I was dx by an M.E doctor in 1992 who co-authored a draft definition (CCC)...

NIAID-funded scientists discovered that immune cells called mast cells may protect from allergic disease by reducing allergic inflammation in mice – a surprising finding given that mast cells are primarily believed to cause allergic reactions

Highlights PGE2 is necessary to elevate sST2 levels in the lung with type 2 lung inflammation Intraepithelial mast cells are the principal source of PGE2-driven lung sST2 production Deficiency of mast-cell-derived sST2 exaggerates type 2 lung inflammation PGE2 alters the mast cell transcriptome...

There is a study that suggests psychedelics could alleviate pain syndromes/disorders. This could help improve the QOL for ME/CFS associated pain. Of course it should be monitored under the supervision of a trained therapist. I've read many stories about pwMS who have benefitted from...

@Jonathan Edwards Are you familiar with with neurogastroenterology, a subspecialty of gastroenterology overlapping with neurology, it focuses on the brain, spinal cord, and the peripheral nerve? It's a specialty that most people don't have access to.

Recently in the news, seniors in Canada are arriving at the ER more frequently because of cannabis use. I think some are avoiding doctors and treating themselves.

The subject of the new case study is a previously healthy 41-year-old woman who experienced severe Long-COVID symptoms after contracting the virus in February 2022. Despite receiving three vaccinations, she developed a wide range of post-COVID symptoms, including severe anxiety, depression...

Galectin 3 Promising Biomarker For Predicting Long Covid Among Patients Of Covid 19: Study https://medicaldialogues.in/medicine/news/galectin-3-promising-biomarker-for-predicting-long-covid-among-patients-of-covid-19-study-129158

Highlights Galectin 3 could be a reliable biomarker in COVID-19 and post-COVID syndrome. Galectin-3 shows greater predictive power when measured from 60 to 120 days after SARS-COV2 infection. Exercise-induced dyspnea is a common phenotypic trait in post-COVID syndrome. Abstract Background and...

People treated with gene therapy cannot receive a second dose for fear of a dangerous immune response. Researchers hope to find a way around this. To their surprise, a second dose of the gene therapy was nevertheless effective against the respiratory ailment. It’s a mystery why the approach...