Research Archives

DePaul Fatigue Study: ME, CFS, MS, Lupus, and Cancer

August 12, 2015 5 Comments

DePaul University researchers invite persons with ME, CFS, MS, Lupus, and Cancer to participate in a voluntary research study to determine which symptoms may be commonly experienced by individuals in multiple fatiguing illness groups, and which symptoms may be unique to each illness. Participation includes completion of a confidential online questionnaire, which takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Study overturns old ideas on mitochondria

August 11, 2015 3 Comments

“Scientists are reporting the first clear evidence that muscle cells distribute energy primarily by the rapid conduction of electrical charges through a vast, interconnected network of mitochondria — the cell’s “powerhouse” — in a way that resembles the wire grid that distributes power throughout a city.”

OMF Severely Ill Patient Study Gets $500,000 donation

August 7, 2015 6 Comments

[pullquote align=”right” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]Very little research has been done in the bedbound patients “Hopefully, the more severely ill will have a stronger signal of what’s going wrong.”[/pullquote] The Open Medicine Foundation’s Severely Ill Patient Big Data study has gotten a HUGE boost with the help of an anonymous donor. This $500,000 donation will

Thank you DePaul! #ChilliMEchallenge for #MEAction

August 3, 2015 No Comments

Leonard Jason and the DePaul Research team’s #ChilliMEchallenge supporting #MEAction Thank you to the entire team at DePaul’s Center for Community Research for your incredible work for ME/CFS patients around the world. And thank you for choosing #MEAction for your donation. The #MEAction team is so grateful for your support! Check out the DePaul #ChilliMEChallenge

ME patients have among the poorest quality of life

August 1, 2015 3 Comments

A new Danish study shows that ME patients have among the greatest levels of disability when compared to other common diseases: [pullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”#E7453A” class=”” size=””]ME/CFS has the lowest health-related quality of life score when compared to cancer, diabetes, lupus, stroke, heart disease and chronic renal failure.[/pullquote] The study surveyed 105 patients. 27% of ME

Fund the SMCI Defeat ME/CFS Research Plan

July 31, 2015 1 Comment

ME/CFS is an extremely complex disease that is poorly understood by medical science. To date, much of the research has been conducted on a small scale, targeting single aspects of the disease. Ambitious and groundbreaking, the Solve ME/CFS Initiative’s DEFEAT ME/CFS is a comprehensive plan aimed at mastering the complexity of ME/CFS to render meaningful results, bringing us closer to a cure.

Stanford: Women's immune system genes are different from men's

July 30, 2015 No Comments

Using a new technology that allows the sampling of living T-cells in real time, researchers at Stanford University have found that men and women turn on and off immune system genes differently. This may help explain the much higher incidence of autoimmune diseases like scleroderma, lupus, and multiple sclerosis among women. It may also help explain why

Comment on the US NIH Strategic Plan

July 29, 2015 No Comments

The US NIH requests public comments on their strategic plan The United States National Institutes of Health wants feedback from you on their proposed strategic plan for the next 5 years. Jennie Spotila at Occupy CFS explains why this is important: One of the major weakness of the plan is that it leaves all the

Vote Daily To Help Win Research Money For ME!

July 21, 2015 No Comments

Please vote DAILY to help the National ME/FM Action Network win $2,000 in research money in the Karma Wellness Water contest!

Llewellyn King: Virus Hunters Turn to Chilli Peppers

July 17, 2015 No Comments

Excerpts from Llewellyn King’s article Virus Hunters Turn to Social Media — and Chili Peppers posted on Huffington Post, The Blog at 07/15/2015 3:33 pm EDT Why were two of the world’s most eminent scientific researchers sitting down to munch their way through a plate of chili peppers, flavored with Tabasco sauce, setting their mouths

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