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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/imj.11_14849 (It's free access but I think it's just a poster) Jorge do Campo 1 and Vivienne Taylor 2 1 Noosa Hospital, Queensland, Australia 2 Ibuki Medical Centre, Noosa, Queensland, Australia Abstract Background: Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) is a...

Abstract Background: The aim of this registry study was the prospective evaluation of the efficacy of Pycnogenol® in idiopathic fibromyalgia (FM), over 4 weeks in comparison with the standard management (SM). Methods: A SM and a Pycnogenol®+SM group were formed. Pycnogenol® supplementation...

Split from Mail Online: Why many of those struck by Long Covid may be suffering from glandular fever: Blood tests on some patients are coming back positive for ‘ Here is a link from ME-pedia on the use use of valaciclovir. The study that is mentioned on this page showed that, " Improvement...

Hello. I’m not sure what the right category was, but I wanted to share my experience with Prof Comhaire’s sodium dichloroacetate treatment. I’ve been sick since I was 16. I had an (really bad) EBV infection. A year or 5-7 after that, a hospital specializing in CFS/Fibro checked me out and...

Full title: Reduced endothelial function in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - results from open-label cyclophosphamide intervention study Provisionally accepted https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.642710/abstract

Pretty ironic seeing one of Lancet’s subjournals publishing an editorial calling out the unregulated nature of psychological interventions. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30414-4

Does anyone here know Ken Ware? Apparently he’s pretty well known for his rehabilitation work with severe spinal cord injury patients. 5 me/cfs patients (moderate/severe with pots) from the Netherlands have gone to Australia to be treated by this guy and four out five have made an amazing...

Open access, full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7690415/

New tick found in north east Scotland From Twitter - new trick in Scotland, never found in sheep.previously babesia venatorum https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/global-scientific-first-as-parasite-found-in-north-east-sheep-186588/ @duncan @chrisb

Paywall, https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.12.029 Now free access (Oct 2025)

https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-021-02742-4

https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(21)00256-7/fulltext EDIT: also available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012369221002567

Given that there is anecdotal evidence of lorazepam (Ativan) causing rapid temporary improvement of ME symptoms, even in very severe cases, I’ve wondered why ME researchers aren’t looking more closely at researching selective translocator protein (TSPO) agonists. TSPO is also known as the...

Does Methylphenidate Reduce the Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?, 2006, Blockmans et al There's this 2006 Belgium study.

Full title: Low-Dose Dextromethorphan for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Pain: Results from a Longitudinal, Single-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial Open access, https://www.dovepress.com/low-dose-dextromethorphan-for-the-treatment-of-fibromyalgia-pain-resul-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPR

Open access, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/brb3.2040

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043661821000487

While I anticipate we will have separate threads for all papers published in this issue, I thought I would highlight the accuracy, or otherwise, of the detail associated with the 'special issue'. Most bolding mine. From https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jcm/special_issues/Chronic_Fatigue A special...

In my experience of NHS treatment, OTs are the only healthcare professionals who understand how to deal with fatigue. They also know that people's natural response to post-viral illness is not to become fearful of activity, but quite the opposite – they always try to do too much too soon. I've...

https://n.neurology.org/content/neurology/early/2020/11/30/WNL.0000000000011151.full.pdf