fatigue

There are a number of references to chronic fatigue syndrome in this paper, including in the abstract, so I thought I would post it here, particularly given that Systrom is a co-author. He is now doing some ME/CFS research in the US. Free full text...

Nancy Klimas is a named author on this. Paywall, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953619303776 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112392

So, I'm sure many of us are familiar with the idea of establishing an activity baseline, which is where the activity that you are able to manage doesn't trigger PEM. I would argue though that the concept of a baseline is inherently dangerous for PwME as it implies a position that can then be...

Opinion Piece Abstract seemed well thought out... until the last bit open access https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i28/3669.htm

Not a new article, but I was struck by this comment on the relation between fatigue and pro-inflammatory cytokines: link to the article here There are are no consistently observed associations between fatigue in ME and levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines. But its interesting to see we're not...

Open access, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2050312119850390

Open access at https://jneuroinflammation.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12974-019-1502-8

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6003444/ Fig. 5 looks pretty good. Anybody try this?

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11682-019-00119-2

I don't think this article from yesterday has been shared yet on the forum? Nice to see coverage from Canada. White Rock woman shares her struggle with "horrendous" fatigue A report from the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Fibromyalgia Society of BC says that Canadian ME research is “essentially...

FYI https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/health/implant-brain-injury.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage Wonder what the cost is.... Surgery done at Stanford

Havana Syndrome: U.S. and Canadian diplomats targeted with possible weapon causing brain injury and neurological symptoms CBS News/60 Minutes main story/video https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brain-trauma-suffered-by-u-s-diplomats-abroad-could-be-work-of-hostile-foreign-government-60-minutes/ CBS...

Open Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjhp.12361

Withdrawn: Interventions for fatigue and weight loss in adults with advanced progressive illness (2017) (Cochrane): Payne et al https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD008427.pub3/full (They write the review has been withdrawn in 2015, yet the published version is from...

Thought this might be of interest. https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/rheumatology/kez027/5366191 Sci Hub, https://sci-hub.tw/https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/rheumatology/kez027/5366191

https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2019/02/08/hilde-t-myrhaug-and-tone-hansen-co-producing-a-systematic-review-with-patients/ I thought that this was of interest for showing how patients can end up pushing for a more 'positive' presentation of results if they've had a positive experience with a...

Ugh. Have you seen this new piece @dave30th ? "Conclusions mFND patients have distinct demographic characteristics compared with psychiatric controls. Experiences of abuse appear to be equally prevalent across psychiatric patient groups. This study establishes the socio-demographic and life...

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/5/17818170/work-fatigue-exhaustion-psychology "This is the greatest mystery of my adult life: How can I spend all day typing at a computer and go home feeling exhausted? How could merely activating the small muscles of my fingers leave me craving...

I tried looking to see if there’s already a thread for this couldn’t find one but my search skills are a bit ropey please delete if there is one http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cricbristol/research/fatigue-research/ Crawley and others at Bristol doing fMRIs on CFS and MS folks

This version is not peer-reviewed https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/201902.0029/v1...