Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Archives

Patient-friendly version of Edwards et al.'s assessment of ME/CFS research

May 12, 2016 No Comments

ME/CFS patient and science blogger Simon McGrath has produced a patient-friendly version of a recent peer-reviewed editorial on the disease that appeared in the science journal Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. The article, titled The biological challenge of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a solvable problem, became Fatigue’s most-read paper ever within a week of publication, with over 3700 views as

UNSW tests graded exercise on mild CFS patients

May 11, 2016 2 Comments

Australia’s University of NSW’s Psychiatry Department tested a graded activity program on 25 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Before the study, patients could complete around 4 hours of ‘moderate intensity exercise’ a week (self-reported). It was not measured or recorded at the end of the program but the study found small improvements in cognitive performance, with some caveats.

Jason study compares housebound and non-housebound patients

May 9, 2016 7 Comments

A new study was published recently in the journal Chronic Illness, entitled Housebound versus nonhousebound patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome by Pendergrast et al. The authors of the paper included the well-known ME/CFS researchers Julia L. Newton and Leonard Jason. Newton is most often recognized for her studies in muscular function in

Progressive Brain Changes in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Are our brains starved of oxygen?

May 5, 2016 8 Comments

A recent Australian study, Progressive Brain Changes in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Longitudinal MRI Study finds that CFS patients meeting both Fukuda and CCC have decreased grey and white matter volumes in the areas of the brain we use for language processing. Interestingly, patients had increased grey matter volume in the supplementary motor

Add the Filter your profile pic for #MillionsMissing

May 4, 2016 6 Comments

Introducing the #MillionsMissing Profile Filter App! This app was designed to help raise awareness for the millions of people living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). It lets you add a special theme to any picture you choose so that you can upload it to your social media profiles to show your

Australia: ME Awareness Week 11-17 May

May 2, 2016 10 Comments

Australian capital cities light up blue for ME Awareness Week from 11-17 May.

Keep PACE out of WebMD and HealthDay

April 15, 2016 6 Comments

Web MD, the largest online publisher of news and information regarding health and well-being, has released its “latest news” about ME/CFS in an article based on the discredited PACE trials. It asserts that “British researchers concluded that a form of talk therapy, called cognitive behavior therapy, and graded exercise therapy are among the best treatments for chronic fatigue.”

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