2019

  1. Andy

    Risk of bias assessments for selective reporting were inadequate in the majority of Cochrane reviews, 2019, Saric et al

    Abstract Objectives The aim of the study was to analyze adequacy of risk of bias (RoB) judgments for selective reporting in Cochrane systematic reviews. Study Design and Setting We extracted RoB assessments, including judgment (low, high, or unclear risk) and supporting comment from Cochrane...
  2. Trish

    Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Developing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2019, Chandan et al.

    Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Developing Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Abstract Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global public health issue with a variety of ill health consequences associated with exposure. Due to the stimulation of chronic stress and inflammatory...
  3. SNT Gatchaman

    Red blood cell deformability is diminished in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Saha et al, 2019

    Red blood cell deformability is diminished in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Amit K. Saha, Brendan R. Schmidt, Julie Wilhelmy, Vy Nguyen, Abed Abugherir, Justin K. Do, Mohsen Nemat-Gorgani, Ronald W. Davis Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation 71 (2019) 113–116 DOI...
  4. SNT Gatchaman

    Monitoring of cerebral oximetry in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, Kharraziha et al, 2019

    Monitoring of cerebral oximetry in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome Isabella Kharraziha, Hannes Holm, Erasmus Bachus, Olle Melander, Richard Sutton, Artur Fedorowski, and Viktor Hamrefors Link Abstract Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a disorder of...
  5. SNT Gatchaman

    Red Blood Cell Deformability, Vasoactive Mediators, and Adhesion, McMahon, 2019

    Red Blood Cell Deformability, Vasoactive Mediators, and Adhesion Timothy J. McMahon Open Access Healthy red blood cells (RBCs) deform readily in response to shear stress in the circulation, facilitating their efficient passage through capillaries. RBCs also export vasoactive mediators in...
  6. Mij

    Orthostatic Cognitive Dysfunction in Postural Tachycardia Syndrome After Rapid Water Drinking, 2019, Belén Rodriguez et al

    Abstract Background: Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a form of autonomic dysregulation and is characterized by an excessive heart rate (HR) increment upon the upright body position while blood pressure is maintained. Patients experience typical symptoms of orthostatic intolerance such as...
  7. Sly Saint

    PEM - post exertional malaise very short video 2019

  8. Mij

    Kynurenine Is a Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarker for Bacterial and Viral Central Nervous System Infections, 2019, Sühs et al

    Abstract Background The tryptophan–kynurenine–nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized; NAD+) pathway is closely associated with regulation of immune cells toward less inflammatory phenotypes and may exert neuroprotective effects. Investigating its regulation in central nervous system (CNS)...
  9. Sly Saint

    ... atopy and autoimmune diseases are associated with functional dyspepsia and IBS, independent of psychological distress, 2019, Kolowski et al

    Population based study: atopy and autoimmune diseases are associated with functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome, independent of psychological distress Summary Background The pathogenesis of functional GI disorders (FGIDs) is uncertain. However, underlying immune activation and...
  10. T

    Response to Michael Sharpe letter, Rowe, 2019

    https://www.acpjournals.org/do/10.5555/comment1538/full/ Name: Peter C. Rowe Email: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Affiliation: Johns Hopkins University Pubdate: 12 April 2019 Title: Response to Michael Sharpe Comment: To The Editor:
  11. leokitten

    Can’t or Won’t? Immunometabolic Constraints on Dopaminergic Drive. Treadway MT et al. Trends Cogn Sci. (2019)

    Interesting review of research on the impact of inflammation on the dopamine system as well as a theoretical model and computational method trying to connect it all. Could be a hypothesis as to why Abilify and dopaminergic agents have some partial efficacy in ME, even if it is temporary (so...
  12. Hutan

    The 2018 UK NHS Digital annual report on the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme: a brief commentary, 2019, Moller et al

    https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-019-2235-z Naomi Petra Moller, Gemma Ryan, Jasmine Rollings & Michael Barkham Abstract This commentary examines publicly available information on 2017–2018 outcomes in the UK government’s Improving Access to Psychological...
  13. Hutan

    Predicting patient engagement in IAPT services: a statistical analysis of electronic health records, 2019, Davis et al

    doi:10.1136/ebmental-2019-300133 Sci-Hub Alice Davis, Theresa Smith, Jenny Talbot, Chris Eldridge, David Betts ABSTRACT Background Across England, 12% of all improving access to psychological therapy (IAPT) appointments are missed, and on average around 40% of first appointments are not...
  14. T

    Symptoms, function and quality of life in myalgic encephalomyelitis/CFS: an Australian based, cross-sectional study, 2019, Donnelly

    From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks B.Sc. Thesis Kate Donnelly Source: University of Tasmania Date: December 2019, online September 2020 URL: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35168/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/35168/1/Donnelly_whole_thesis.pdf
  15. leokitten

    Recent Developments in TSPO PET Imaging as A Biomarker of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Disorders (2019) Werry et al

    An interesting read given the past TSPO-PET neuroinflammation studies on ME using first generation [11C]PK-11195 and now more recently second generation [11C]DPA-713, the pros/cons and limitations of these radioligands, and the development of novel third generation ligands. Recent Developments...
  16. Snowdrop

    Post-Polio Syndrome: More than just a lower motor neuron disease (2019)

    https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2019.00773/full It's clear from this paper that PPS is not considered a functional distress syndrome and I've not seen it mentioned elsewhere as such. My hope for the thread is to raise the issue of why this might be so that PPS has a...
  17. T

    Emerge Australia Health and Wellbeing Survey 2019

    https://www.emerge.org.au/health-and-wellbeing-survey-2019
  18. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Unconventional diagnostic tests for Lyme borreliosis: a systematic review, 2019, Raffetin et al.

    Abstract: Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X1930388X The reason for posting this review of Lyme tests from 2019, is that in Belgium and elsewhere, doctors have used some of these tests such as the LTT-test and CD57+ to diagnose chronic Lyme disease.
  19. Woolie

    Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Complemented with Emotion Regulation Training for Patients with Persistent Physical Symptoms... Kleinstäuber et al (2019)

    Author list: Maria Kleinstäuber Christine Allwang Josef Bailer Matthias Berking Christian Brünahl Maja Erkic Harald Gitzen Mario Gollwitzer Japhia-Marie Gottschalk Jens Heider Andrea Hermann Claas Lahmann Bernd Löwe Alexandra Martin Jörn Rauk Annette Schröder Johannes Schwabe Jeanine Schwar...
  20. benji

    Clinical overview: Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) deficiency, 2019, Pedersen et al

    I read an interesting article in the Medical Association Magazine in Norway, google translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://tidsskriftet.no/2019/10/klinisk-oversikt/pyruvatdehydrogenasemangel Conclusion: PDH deficiency is a rare metabolic disease that causes...
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