brain

Brain volume loss in Multiple Sclerosis patients with no evidence of disease activity predicts future disability. Brain atrophy has recently been recognized as a pivotal biomarker that is closely associated to disability in patients with MS...

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15801 As this describes some (a minor but very frustrating part) of my experience: difficulty with auditory multi-tasking, screening out background noise while doing things etc. I wondered if some of these processes might be relevant to ME/CFS. I am...

I thought this was interesting, particularly given Younger's upcoming study on neuroinflammation in ME, and also for the possibility of a future breakthrough in treatments for RA that could potentially be of relevance to ME. Any thoughts, @Jonathan Edwards? The article...

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180523-how-gender-bias-affects-your-healthcare

This article is from last year, and focuses on business and political leaders as examples, but I couldn't help thinking it must also apply to at least some of those who become powerful in medicine and academia. It offers another insight into how people can do the things they do. Emphasis...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19490976.2018.1460015?journalCode=kgmi20 Full paper via sci-hub, http://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/19490976.2018.1460015

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03800-6

"In 1996, when Mary Lou Jepsen was in the home stretch of a Ph.D. in engineering at Brown University, she became so ill that eventually she concluded her only option was to drop out of school and move back home to die. Her sickness was a mystery. She had all the signs of AIDS, but she was HIV...

From 2013, but new to me. I really wish Stanford was including a subgroup of ME migraineurs in their brain study, bc we're a huge subgroup of ME patients. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/807274#vp_2

" A 25-year-old beauty queen Elisha Hudson from Norfolk met with an unfortunate fate as she recently got diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor following a series of terrible headaches. After often feeling exhausted and depressed for days that led her to quit her job, the recently crowned...

Task related cerebral blood flow changes of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: an arterial spin labeling study Roland Staud,Jeff Boissoneault,Jason G. Craggs,Song Lai &Michael E. Robinson Received 05 Dec 2017, Accepted 13 Mar 2018, Published online: 20 Mar 2018 ABSTRACT Purpose: One...

May 2017 Neural consequences of post-exertion malaise in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Dane B.CookabAlan R.LightcKathleen C.LightcGordonBroderickdMorgan R.ShieldsbRyan J.DoughertybJacob D.MeyerbStephanieVanRiperbAaron J.StegnerbLaura D.EllingsoneSuzanne D.Vernonf...

Oslo University Hospital has an ongoing study about treatment of fatigue after aneurysm. It sounded a bit interesting. Any thoughts? OUS: Kan nytt medikament hjelpe mot utmattelse etter aneurismeblødning? google translation: Can new medication help against fatigue after aneurysm bleeding...

I have to admit that the idea of woodpeckers and headaches gives me the giggles. But it's a valid question when you appreciate that their pecking can generate forces up to 1200G. Scientists have now found some evidence of the accumulation of tau protein - the same proteins linked to...

Paper is from 2014, I thought I'd post this as it comes up in the Q&A with Dr Montoya. Full text available at http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.14141079 Press release from Stanford...

Remember this being discussed at the other place. Its due to be available in the US some time this year. " FDA Approves New Device for Insomnia The Cerêve Sleep System, a prescription device that helps reduce latency to stage 1 and stage 2 sleep by keeping the forehead cool has received US...

This is an interesting article. Brain neurons are exchanging RNA molecules using HIV-shaped (icosahedral) capsules. It seems like it may have something to do with learning and the formation of long-term memories.

A story on Australian radio Tuesday morning local time covered a paper in the journal Nature (the audio won't play outside Australia, so for those overseas I'll try to find the study link and post below). According to the researcher interviewed in the radio piece, too much salt changes the gut...

Elevated brain natriuretic peptide levels in chronic fatigue syndrome associate with cardiac dysfunction: a case control study Cara Tomas,1Andreas Finkelmeyer,1,2Tim Hodgson,2Laura MacLachlan,1Guy A MacGowan, 1,3Andrew M Blamire,1,2Julia L Newton1,4...

PDF download - http://www.neuroregulation.org/article/download/17838/11670