testing

  1. Mij

    Vitamin B6

    Simon never linked the pain in his hands and feet to multivitamins – but a pathology test did A growing number of consumers are presenting with symptoms linked to high levels of vitamin B6, pathologists say, while the supplement industry goes unpoliced When Simon Bogemann’s hand began cramping...
  2. Sly Saint

    Article: Revolutionising Biomarker Discovery: The Role of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

    full article Revolutionising Biomarker Discovery: The Role of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
  3. Dolphin

    The Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test: A Practical Guide, 2024, Visovatti

    https://www.heartfailure.theclinics.com/article/S1551-7136(24)00073-4/abstract Review article Articles in Press October 17, 2024 The Invasive Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test A Practical Guide Scott H. Visovatti, MD Scott.Visovatti@osumc.edu ∙ Bradley A. Maron, MD 10.1016/j.hfc.2024.08.002 The...
  4. K

    Repeating testing

    This is a general question, but I know I'll get good answers here, so I hope it's okay to ask. Is it unusual in a clinical setting to do testing unmedicated and then medicated? I'm thinking that it's not unusual if the circumstances justify it, e.g. you need to show that the medication has...
  5. K

    Measuring cerebral hypoperfusion with Doppler ultrasound

    I've been trying to organise this test for my daughter for some time, so we've read as much on it as we can. Gets a bit technical sometimes. In the literature, I've noticed that some groups measure at the carotid (and sometimes also vertebral) artery, and some groups measure at the middle...
  6. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Celiac disease-related conditions: Who to test?, 2024, Zingone et al.

    Abstract Celiac disease (CeD) is a chronic immune-mediated condition triggered by gluten consumption in genetically predisposed individuals. Approximately 1% of the general population is affected by the disorder. Disease presentation is heterogeneous, and despite growing awareness among...
  7. ahimsa

    WebMD: New Air Monitor Can Detect COVID Virus in 5 Minutes

    New Air Monitor Can Detect COVID Virus in 5 Minutes https://www.webmd.com/covid/news/20230710/new-air-monitor-can-detect-covid-five-minutes
  8. SNT Gatchaman

    Discontinuation of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections in England and Scotland, 2023, Pak et al.

    Discontinuation of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections in England and Scotland Theodore R. Pak; Chanu Rhee; Rui Wang; Michael Klompas Link | PDF (JAMA Internal Medicine)
  9. T

    "Disability Measures & their Potential Applications for ME/CFS patients" 15-minute recording of Rebekah Maksoud presentation

    "Disability Measures & their Potential Applications for ME/CFS patients" NCNED Researcher Rebekah Maksoud presented her ME/CFS research findings at their ME/CFS International Conference 2021:RID held in Nov 2021. 15-minute recording...
  10. M

    Detection of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Autoantibodies in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Using Standard Methodology (2022) Hall et al

    Detection of G Protein-Coupled Receptor Autoantibodies in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Using Standard Methodology (the title is a bit misleading, read the whole abstract) Main author is Dr Satish Raj from Calgary. Abstract Background: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome...
  11. A

    Bansal (eye) pupil reaction test

    Split from Eye movements may be key to chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis Bansal uses an eye reaction test I believe as part of his diagnosis process .
  12. Hoopoe

    Eye movements may be key to chronic fatigue syndrome diagnosis

    “What we’re trying to do is generate a unique ME/CFS signature based on characteristic changes to eye movements, a behaviourial signature that is specific to the disorder that can be used to help diagnose it and monitor the effects of any treatments.” “Tentatively, what we’ve found already...
  13. Hutan

    Physiological assessment of orthostatic intolerance in chronic fatigue syndrome, 2022, Natelson et al

    https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-022-03289-8 Benjamin H. Natelson Jin-Mann S. Lin Michelle Blate Sarah Khan Yang Chen Elizabeth R. Unger Open access Background Orthostatic intolerance-OI is common in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue...
  14. Melanie

    BCG Tuberculosis vaccine - and related testing - EpicGenetics

    EpicGenetics just contacted me and left me a message about a vaccine they are offering for Fibromyalgia patients which they have had very good success with and are trying to get FDA approval for a formal research project. They have been using a Fibromyalgia blood test that is covered by Medicare...
  15. D

    Discovery and Identification of fatigue-Related Biomarkers in Human Saliva, Xu, 2008.

    https://www.europeanreview.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/8519-8536.pdf See table 1 for protein vs HCs. Brought up as I read a post by @Andy about a possible study on salivary peptide fatigue testing in me/cfs. Could this be useful to find a biomarker in me/cfs?
  16. Joan Crawford

    Tests for borrelia (Lyme)

    New Phage based test for borrelia A new Phage based test has been developed to detect borrelia bacteria in collaboration between Leicester University (Dr Martha Clokie https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/genetics/people/martha-clokie) and Phelix (Dr Louis Teulières) Paper here: Info about...
  17. M

    Tilt test (2021) Aponte-Becerra et al

    Abstract This review recapitulates the head-up tilt test, which is commonly used for evaluation of orthostatic syndromes and dysautonomia. Tilt test evaluates autonomic system responses to orthostatic stress. Established tilt testing includes monitoring of heart rate and blood pressure...
  18. Andy

    Cardiopulmonary exercise testing during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Mihalick et al

    Abstract The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has presented a global public health emergency. Although predominantly a pandemic of acute respiratory disease, corona virus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19) results in multi-organ damage...
  19. Sly Saint

    Repeatability and reproducibility of in-vivo brain temperature measurements - 2020 Sharma,Younger et al

    This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review [what does this mean?]. It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.27.20220715v1
  20. Dolphin

    An automated system for body temperature monitoring of children, people with disabilities and bedridden people using a continuous analysis, 2020

    Free full text: http://www.diagnostyka.net.pl/An-automated-system-for-body-temperature-monitoring-of-children-people-with-disabilities,125314,0,2.html Mainly posting this paper because of this: I wonder on what basis they made this claim? Are there published studies that have found this?
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