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    Protocol Efficacy of patient education and duloxetine, alone and in combination, for patients with multisystem functional somatic disorder:... 2024 Jespersen+

    Sounds like false repurposing the FDA-approved for FM drug duloxetine. According to Daniel Clauw, MD, an expert in FM research, these...
    Post by: shak8, Apr 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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    How can you tell if a supplement brand is good one?

    In the USA, if supplements have the certified USP label, then at least the ingredients should be what the label says and from standard reputable...
    Post by: shak8, Apr 1, 2024 in forum: Drug and supplement treatments
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    USA Minnesota - Dr Tam

    In the article above the Minnesota ME/CFS doctor Dr. Tam is a big proponent of the Perrin Technique (https://theperrintechnique.com) A type of of...
    Post by: shak8, Mar 30, 2024 in forum: USA clinics and doctors
  4. shak8
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    Ivermectin - does it worsen symptoms?

    I was prescribed it for my non-specific autoimmune disorder/fibromyalgia and took it for three months twenty years ago. Felt no side effects nor...
    Post by: shak8, Mar 29, 2024 in forum: Drug and supplement treatments
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    To Live Past 100, Mangia a Lot Less: Italian Expert’s Ideas on Aging

    What? Will Montalbano TV series have all the deliciously serious eating scenes edited out? And what about the obese pathologist who, if sitting...
    Post by: shak8, Mar 25, 2024 in forum: Other health news and research
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    Efficacy of aquatic vs land-based therapy for pain management in women with fibromyalgia: a randomised controlled trial 2024 Rivas Neira et al

    I find any group exercise intervention for FM problematic pain-wise. I couldn't walk through chest-high water without inducing later pain in...
    Post by: shak8, Mar 7, 2024 in forum: 'Conditions related to ME/CFS' news and research
  7. shak8
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    Applying the Somatic Symptom Disorder Diagnosis to Individuals with Fibromyalgia: Strengths and Limitations 2024 LoBrutto et al

    The authors of the review study have not published any previous work indicating any clinical exposure to FM patients. They are all psychologists...
    Post by: shak8, Feb 26, 2024 in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
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    Trial Report A Pilot Feasibility Study of the Effects of Color and Light Therapy for Patients with Chronic Fatigue/ME, 2024, Roseman-Halsband & Bested

    Oh dear.
    Post by: shak8, Feb 20, 2024 in forum: ME/CFS research
  9. shak8
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    Identification of unique genomic signatures in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic pain 2024 Mohapatra et al

    The subjects with FM that were selected in the above study were limited by having to test positive to the researchers' own prior cytokine assay...
    Post by: shak8, Feb 18, 2024 in forum: 'Conditions related to ME/CFS' news and research
  10. shak8
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    Rice cookers?

    Rice: I used to love rice (and had a rice cooker), but rice is carby and too tempting to go beyond the my 25 gram meal allotment. I'd rather...
    Post by: shak8, Feb 17, 2024 in forum: Home adaptations, mobility and personal care
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    Trial Report Idiopathic intracranial hypertension with ultrasound in fibromyalgia: Relation with function, central sensitization, & neuropathic pain, 2024, Ketenci

    Here is the background of optic nerve sheath ultrasound. It is correlated with intracranial pressure (if done right)....
    Post by: shak8, Feb 13, 2024 in forum: 'Conditions related to ME/CFS' news and research
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    I was young and fit, and suddenly too exhausted to get out of bed. (Washington Post, Jan.28, 2024)

    I did my rebuttal.
    Post by: shak8, Jan 30, 2024 in forum: General ME/CFS news
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    I was young and fit, and suddenly too exhausted to get out of bed. (Washington Post, Jan.28, 2024)

    Link: https://wapo.st/3w0qOJ0 Here one of the best known FM clinician-researchers diagnosed the writer with FM and chronic fatigue syndrome....
    Thread by: shak8, Jan 29, 2024, 4 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  14. shak8
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    Review Nutrition and Chronobiology as Key Components of Multidisciplinary Therapeutic Interventions for [FM] and Associated [CFS]... 2024 Carrasco-Querol+

    A non-systematic narrative review, indeed. Throw up the kitchen sink and seek cover.
    Post by: shak8, Jan 29, 2024 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    Advice on mask-wearing to protect against Covid-19

    When cases (per wastewater locally) are low, then I will linger in indoor spaces but with a mask. At the moment cases where I live (per...
    Post by: shak8, Jan 26, 2024 in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19, not Long Covid)
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    Article in Irish Times on Chronic Fatigue and similar with a focus on psychologist, Vincent Deary

    What a confusion hodge-podge. Unhelpful.
    Post by: shak8, Jan 23, 2024 in forum: General ME/CFS news
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    Review A systematic scoping review of how people with ME/CFS use the internet, 2023, Shortland

    Author name, Nutmeg Hallet. What a lovely first name. Basil Rathbone. Thyme Somebody, Father Thyme Others...?
    Post by: shak8, Jan 20, 2024 in forum: ME/CFS research
  18. shak8
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    Trial Report Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from …RCT Vyas 2024

    Wow, the only problems with the study are a huge number of confounding variables, genetics, and inadequate subject population.
    Post by: shak8, Jan 20, 2024 in forum: Other health news and research
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    If I'm immunocompromised, how often can I get the Covid shot in the USA?

    From: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/immuno.html "People Who May Get an Additional Updated COVID-19 Vaccine...
    Post by: shak8, Jan 13, 2024 in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19, not Long Covid)
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    News from the USA, United States of America

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/10/upshot/covid-pandemic-wave.html?unlocked_article_code=1.M00.EASq.lK3EiU2VLQkn&smid=url-share Detail about why...
    Post by: shak8, Jan 11, 2024 in forum: Regional news
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