2020

  1. Arnie Pye

    N-Acetylcysteine to Combat COVID-19: An Evidence Review, 2020, Zhongcheng Shi and Carlos Puyo

    Title : N-Acetylcysteine to Combat COVID-19: An Evidence Review Link : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7649937/ Abstract The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is caused by a virus (SARS-Cov-2) and is known for inducing multisystem organ dysfunction associated with significant...
  2. Sly Saint

    Do adolescents w/CFS/ME & co-morbid anxiety &/or depressive symptoms think differently to those who do not have co-morbid psychopathology?,2020,Loades

    Do adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) and co-morbid anxiety and/or depressive symptoms think differently to those who do not have co-morbid psychopathology? 2020 Loades, Crawley et al Abstract Background Co-morbid anxiety and/or depression is common in adolescents with Chronic...
  3. MSEsperanza

    The Effectiveness of Actively Induced Medical Rehabilitation in Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease (MERCED Study), 2020, Hüppe et al.

    Hüppe A, Langbrandtner J, Lill C, Raspe H. The Effectiveness of Actively Induced Medical Rehabilitation in Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2020 Feb 7;117(6):89-96. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0089. PMID: 32102728; PMCID: PMC7075457...
  4. Hutan

    Association of neuronal injury blood marker neurofilament light chain with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, 2020, Ameres et al

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7345451/ Markus Ameres, Susanne Brandstetter, Antoaneta A. Toncheva, Michael Kabesch, David Leppert, Jens Kuhle, Sven Wellmann Germany and Switzerland (doesn't have an abstract) Even though the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects primarily...
  5. Joan Crawford

    Intramuscular Pressure is Almost Three Times Higher in Fibromyalgia Patients..., 2020, Katz et al

    Apologises if this has been posted - I searched and could not find it. Intramuscular Pressure is Almost Three Times Higher in Fibromyalgia Patients: A Possible Mechanism for Understanding the Muscle Pain and Tenderness https://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.191068 Robert S...
  6. Ryan31337

    Video presentation: Autonomic regulation of glucose in POTS, 2020 Cyndya Shibao

    Presentation from Dr Cyndya Shibao including apparent early data from an unpublished pilot study into autonomic regulation of glucose in POTS. Very interesting video for those of us here that experience postprandial (after eating) problems, I know these issues have been discussed a fair bit...
  7. Sly Saint

    POMME Study: Paediatric Outcome Measure ME, 2020, Crawley et al

    https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/index.asp https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/documents/POMME_Study_Info_June 2020.pdf eta: an apple a day keeps the doctor away?
  8. Sly Saint

    Post-infectious neurological disorders, Blackburn and Wang, 2020

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1756286420952901
  9. Andy

    Prevalence of biliary acid malabsorption in patients with chronic diarrhoea of functional characteristics: a prospective study, Flores et al, 2021

    Open access, https://bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-021-01637-4
  10. D

    Lipophagy confers a key metabolic advantage that ensures protective CD8A T-cell responses against HIV-1, 2020, Loucif et al

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15548627.2021.1874134 The news article got me interested because of the reference to "restores mitochondiral energy metabolism" Scientists demonstrated that the strength of elite controllers comes from their energy metabolism within CD8 lymphocytes...
  11. leokitten

    Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection involving gastrointestinal tract mimicking inflammatory bowel disease. Xu et al. BMC Gastroenterol (2020)

    https://bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-020-01395-9
  12. Dolphin

    Can Chronic fatigue syndrome and Myalgic encephalomyelitis be caused by cervical stenosis and cervical spine instability?, 2020, Hauser

    Not a peer-reviewed paper, but does include scientific references. I will leave it to others more interested in this area.
  13. Cheshire

    The evidence base for physiotherapy in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome when considering PEM: a systematic review (2020) Wormgoor

    https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-020-02683-4
  14. ME/CFS Skeptic

    2020: looking back at a year of ME/CFS research

    Happy new year everyone! I've written a new blog post with an overview of the most interesting findings of ME/CFS research in 2020. https://mecfsskeptic.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/2020-looking-back-at-a-year-of-me-cfs-research/ If you find any errors feel free to post them here and I'll try...
  15. Kalliope

    Compilation of the biggest ME articles in 2020

    Here's a compilation of some of the biggest media articles about ME from 2020. Let me know if you miss any articles, and I'll add them to the list :) Part 1. January Corriere Della Sera La ballerina senza più forze: "Io, malata di stanchezza cronica. Se mi lavo i capelli, non posso fare...
  16. Andy

    UK: NICE Blog: How NICE is improving patient safety, Nov 2020

    https://www.nice.org.uk/news/blog/how-nice-is-improving-patient-safety
  17. Sly Saint

    The prevalence of psychiatric and chronic pain comorbidities in fibromyalgia: An ACTTION systematic review, 2020, Kleykamp et al

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0049017220303012?dgcid=rss_sd_all
  18. Andy

    A Qualitative Study of the Views of Patients With [MUS] on The BodyMind Approach®: Employing Embodied Methods and Arts.., 2020, Payne and Brooks

    Full title: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms on The BodyMind Approach®: Employing Embodied Methods and Arts Practices for Self-Management Open access, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.554566/full
  19. Sly Saint

    Relationship between Fatigue and Physical Activity in a Polish Cohort of Multiple Sclerosis Patients : Rzepka et al 2020

    https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/56/12/726?type=check_update&version=2
  20. Grigor

    The chronic fatigue syndrome: source of controversy (2020) Raijmakers and van deer Mer

    "The chronic fatigue syndrome: source of controversy." van der Meer et al. "prognostic factors (recovery is limited when symptom are attributed to a somatic cause and in psychiatric comorbidity)." No mention of his own studies promoting CBT/GET. He prefers pointing fingers at others instead...
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