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Source: Clinical Therapeutics Preprint Date: March 6, 2019 URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0149291819300475 Treatment avenues in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A split-gender pharmacogenomic study of gene-expression modules...

Drink cocoa for chronic fatigue. Not a recommendation. Not looked at details. https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/31/jnnp-2018-319496

Source: Prescriber February 2019, pp 29-33 Date: February 20, 2019 URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/psb.1741 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/psb.1741 Prescribing for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome...

https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/02/new-book-deconstructs-ideology-of-cognitive-therapy/

I convinced my GP to let me try Mestinon about 18 months ago, but never got as far as actually trying it until now. I have been holding off because I didn't want to muddle the results by starting it too close to my last rtx dose or while I was starting out on LDN. While LDN is extremely...

Our local NHS provider and lead commissioner have stated they will be going through a 'Benchmarking' exercise... So I thought I would do a little digging taking into account the current parlous state of NHS Services for ME and CFS... any thoughts would be welcome ...

I’ve been reading this 2013 study by Friedberg et al. Chronic fatigue self-management in primary care: a randomized trial. This isn’t a study of ME/CFS, but the paper claims that 39% of the 111 randomized participants did meet diagnostic criteria for CFS (Fukuda-criteria). I don’t think the...

The online guidance to doctors that I am reviewing has the following section about the use of antidepressants as treatments for ME/CFS: 1. The use of antidepressants in CFS has not shown a significant benefit:2 · There can be similarities in symptoms between CFS, depression, and...

Open access at https://advancesinrheumatology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42358-018-0022-z

Initiating Care of a Patient with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) This paper introduces the primary care physician to the unique and challenging aspects of initially diagnosing and managing a complex condition for which there are a plethora of symptoms, few physical...

Open access at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/hex.12857

Free full text: http://iacfsme.org/PDFS/Reporting-of-Harms-Associated-with-GET-and-CBT-in.aspx

Rituximab Serum Concentrations and Anti- Rituximab Antibodies During B-Cell Depletion Therapy for Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Rekeland, Fluge, Mella et al (only the abstract is available for now) Findings There were no significant differences in mean serum rituximab...

Wall Street Wants the Best Patents, Not the Best Drugs - Curing diseases like Hepatitis C just doesn’t pay. By Joe Nocera - Bloomberg Opinion I agree!

Abstract only before print, http://www.eurekaselect.com/167495/article

Source: IntechOpen Paper 80714 Date: November 5, 2018 URL: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/culturing-adult-stem-cells-for-cell-based-therapeutics/ https://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/63496.pdf Culturing adult stem cells for cell-based therapeutics: neuroimmune applications...

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): Suggestions for a nutritional treatment in the therapeutic approach Abstract Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is known as a multi-systemic and complex illness, which induces fatigue and long-term disability in educational, occupational, social, or personal...

Open access at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0205278

Article by Steven Salzberg "A few days ago, a news story in the journal Nature reported that the World Health Organization, which is supposed to be devoted to improving the health and medical care of people around the globe, will for the first time endorse a belief system called "traditional...

Thursday, April 25th, 2019 18:00 - 18:45 Childhood maltreatment and treatment resistance in adult psychiatric disorders Carmine Pariante (King's College London, United Kingdom) Saturday, April 27th, 2019 9:00 - 9:45 CBT-resistance Trudie Chalder (King's College London, United Kingdom)...