Who should we ask about mental health symptoms in adolescents with CFS/ME? Parent-child agreement on the revised children's anxiety and depression scale - Serafimova T, Loades M, Gaunt D, Crawley E.
BACKGROUND: One in three adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) have mental health problems. Multi-informant perspectives are key to psychological assessment. Understanding parent-child agreement is crucial to accurate... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 17, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Predictors ID'd for Progression of Mono to Chronic Fatigue
THURSDAY, Feb. 4, 2021 -- Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (IM) within six weeks, but nearly one-quarter go on to develop chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), according to a study recently published in Clinical Infectious... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 4, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
I ’m a Disabled Parent. It Took a Pandemic to Let Me Join the P.T.A.
My chronic illness made it hard to volunteer at my kids ’ school. Now I can serve on the executive board of the P.T.A. without leaving my bed. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heather Osterman-Davis Tags: Quarantine (Life and Culture) Education (K-12) Parenting Parent-Teacher Associations Computers and the Internet Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Volunteers and Community Service Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Source Type: news
Why Does'Mono' Sometimes Turn Into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Title: Why Does ' Mono ' Sometimes Turn Into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?Category: Health NewsCreated: 1/27/2021 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 1/28/2021 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General)
Source: MedicineNet Chronic Pain General - January 28, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: news
Why Does'Mono' Sometimes Turn Into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 -- While most people know about mononucleosis, the dreaded " kissing " disease that knocks down teenagers and young adults, many don ' t know there is a link between " mono " and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Now, new research that... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Treating chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a complicated disorder characterized by extreme fatigue that lasts for at least six months and can't be fully explained by an underlying medical condition. The fatigue worsens with physical or mental activity, but doesn't improve with rest. Factors that can increase your risk of chronic fatigue syndrome include your age and [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 26, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
NIH-funded study examines mono, chronic fatigue syndrome in college students
(Ann& Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) Many college students fully recover from infectious mononucleosis (which is almost always caused by Epstein-Barr virus) within 1-6 weeks, but some go on to develop chronic fatigue syndrome, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS). A longitudinal study from DePaul University and Northwestern University followed 4,501 college students to examine risk factors that may trigger longer illness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 22, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fibromyalgia Screening in Patients With Chronic Fatigue Fibromyalgia Screening in Patients With Chronic Fatigue
The diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome overlap significantly. This Practice Pearl addresses their differential diagnosis and briefly summarizes fibromyalgia management.Menopause (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Journal Article Source Type: news
Long-COVID Cases Rise as Stigma of Chronic Fatigue Taunts Long-COVID Cases Rise as Stigma of Chronic Fatigue Taunts
An estimated 5 million people could be headed toward a long-COVID diagnosis and their care is unclear. Investigators studying viral infection and chronic fatigue have ideas for rehabilitation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - January 15, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
A Personal Crusade
Meet Stanford University’s Ronald W. Davis, who pivoted his research to study myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome after doctors diagnosed his son with the disorder. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - January 11, 2021 Category: Science Tags: Videos Source Type: news
A Geneticist's Quest to Understand His Son's Mysterious Disease
Ronald Davis of Stanford University changed his focus to research on ME/CFS, the disease formerly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, in a bid to help his son and others like him. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - January 1, 2021 Category: Science Tags: Reading Frames Source Type: news
Pandemic blues: Rise in cases of anxiety and depression
The perceived fear of a second wave, chronic fatigue, not getting time off from work, minimal social interactions and even worries around the vaccine are driving a spike in cases of anxiety and depression by 55-100% in recent weeks, said mental healthcare professionals ET spoke to. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - December 29, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Long Covid' guidance urges referral to UK clinics after four weeks
Nice issues first guidelines but ME campaigners say they lack symptom management adviceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePatients with ongoing Covid symptoms should be referred to specialist clinics as early as four weeks after they develop the illness, according to the first official guidelines on the management of “long Covid”.However, ME campaigners are disappointed that the guidelines fail to recognise apotential overlap between ongoing Covid symptoms and post-viral fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome), and that they provide no specific advice o...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 18, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Linda Geddes Tags: Long Covid Coronavirus National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome UK news Society Science Source Type: news
Blood MicroRNA Patterns Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A finding of distinct patterns of gene-regulating RNA snippets in the blood of ME/CFS patients in response to a stress test could pave the way for a diagnostic tool for the condition and help... (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - November 30, 2020 Category: Science Tags: News & Opinion Source Type: news
