NICE draft guidance on the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS
NICE has published its draft updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - November 12, 2020 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
You Can Now Get a COVID-19 Vaccine in China. That Might Not Be a Good Thing
Li Shurui didn’t hesitate. Faced with putting his life on hold indefinitely or the risk of catching COVID-19 by returning to university in the U.K., the 22-year-old business student decided to roll up his sleeve and receive an experimental coronavirus vaccine.
Two injections of CoronaVac made by SinoVac (otherwise known as Beijing Kexing Bioproducts) cost 2,000 rmb ($300) at the private Taihe Hospital in the Chinese capital. The treatment still hasn’t passed final (Stage 3) clinical trials but is already being offered to the public on a first come, first served basis. Anyone can turn up, pay their money and get...
Source: TIME: Health - October 22, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlie Campbell/ Shanghai Tags: Uncategorized China COVID-19 feature overnight Source Type: news
Have We Been Thinking About Long-Haul Coronavirus All Wrong?
A few years ago, Jaime Seltzer was helping coordinate research projects, grant applications and funding for a Stanford research group studying a condition called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Up to 2.5 million Americans, including Seltzer, have ME/CFS, and yet it felt like almost no one paid attention to her group’s research. “What is it going to take for researchers to take ME seriously?” she and her colleagues often wondered aloud.
The morbid answer, they hypothesized, was a pandemic. Since ME/CFS often follows viral infections, they feared it would take something as destr...
Source: TIME: Health - October 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news
NIH study details self-reported experiences with post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) One of the major symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is post-exertional malaise (PEM), the worsening of symptoms after physical or mental activities. Using their own words and experiences, people with ME/CFS described how debilitating PEM can be in a study in Frontiers in Neurology. This is the first publication to come out of the National Institutes of Health's intramural post-infectious ME/CFS study. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
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NIDCR Announces Availability of COVID-19 Research Funding
On May 5, NIDCR issued two Notices of Special Interest highlighting the urgent need for research on coronavirus disease 2019. This research may be conducted either via the National Dental PBRN infrastructure or i...
Source: NIDCR Science News - September 1, 2020 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Research Examines Links Between'Long COVID' and ME/CFS Research Examines Links Between'Long COVID' and ME/CFS
Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome investigators are now including people with long-term post-COVID-19 symptoms in their studies, aiming to elucidate ' post-viral ' pathophysiology.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - August 24, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news
We must do a comprehensive study on Covid-19 'long-haulers.' A lot is at stake | Oved Amitay and Anthony L Komaroff
Covid patients are reporting persistent, long-term symptoms of chronic fatigue. Let ’s get to the bottom of this“Long-haulers” is no longer just a job description for truckers.This term now refers to the growing number of people who contracted Covid-19 and have continued to have symptoms for more than 100 days – even though tests reveal no virus left in the body. Covid-19 “long-haulers” continue to struggle with debilitating symptoms, often alone, in the shadows of this devastating disease. Having escaped the worst, they nevertheless continue to struggle. It feels like a betrayal.Continue reading... (Source: Gu...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 19, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Oved Amitay and Anthony L Komaroff Tags: Coronavirus outbreak Health Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Source Type: news
fMRI distinguishes Gulf War illness from chronic fatigue
Functional MRI (fMRI) shows that Gulf War illness and chronic fatigue syndrome...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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fMRI finds reason for impulsive binge drinking (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 11, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
COVID-19 Update: Chronic Fatigue, Preventing Next 5M Cases COVID-19 Update: Chronic Fatigue, Preventing Next 5M Cases
These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - August 10, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
The mediation role of work-life balance stress and chronic fatigue in the relationship between workaholism and depression among Chinese male workers in Hong Kong - Yang X, Qiu D, Lau MCM, Lau JTF.
This study aims to investigate the potential mediation effects of work-life balance stress and chronic fatigue and depression amon... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
What patients need right now
Lockdown is a “prison like” experience, for Londoner Annabelle Ume, who suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis. “It’s very similar to being trapped in a bunker with no access outside,” says Ume.
Many other fellow sufferers are enduring pandemic enforced isolation without much hope. “They are staying in limbo until help is available and adapting to the worsening of their health conditions,” says Ume. “You just try to make mental peace with it because the physical can’t be addressed at this time.” COPD sufferer John Linnell from Wisconsin is also feeling the strain of ongoing isolation. " Becaus...
Source: EyeForPharma - July 7, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news
The largest genetic study into myalgic encephalomyelitis in the UK
A new study has been funded to analyse samples from 20,000 people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also diagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS, or ME/CFS), to search for genetic differences that may indicate underlying causes or increase the risk of developing the condition. (Source: Medical Research Council General News)
Source: Medical Research Council General News - June 23, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: news
UK to launch world's largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome
Research aims to shine a light on condition that is believed to affect 250,000 people in UKThe world ’s largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome is to be launched in the UK after receiving £3.2m of funding from the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research.The research aims to shine a light on the debilitating long-term condition, about which little is known, by collecting DNA samples from 20,000 people who have CFS, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Medical research Health Science UK news Society Source Type: news
Risk factors for suicide in chronic fatigue syndrome - Johnson ML, Cotler J, Terman JM, Jason LA.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) includes symptoms such as post-exertional malaise, unrefreshing sleep, and cognitive impairments. Several studies suggest these patients have an increased risk of suicidal ideation and early morta... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
