Long Covid trials aim to clear lingering virus —and help patients in need
One Monday morning last September, Shelley Hayden pulled into a parking spot in an underground garage at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She switched off the ignition, pushed the red record button on her cellphone, and gazed into the camera. “The time has come,” said Hayden, long dark-blond hair framing her blue eyes. “Here we are, I’m actually getting to do something.”
More than 3 years earlier, in the summer of 2020, Hayden had come down with COVID-19 while visiting family in Colorado. Since then she’s been plagued by the disease’s cruel sequel, Long Covid, whose symptoms include ov...
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Be Wary of Flawed Diagnosis Criteria for ME/CFS
(MedPage Today) -- A recent CDC-funded paper in the Journal of Clinical Medicine suggests that the agency's Fukuda empirical criteria for diagnosing Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) identified the highest proportion of... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - March 20, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Children With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Languishing Untreated Children With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Languishing Untreated
A British study found many had not been assessed for services they were entitled to.Medscape News UK (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - March 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
The significance of chronic fatigue in the post-covid consultation and its consequences for outpatient rehabilitation in the context of statutory accident insurance - Dalichau S, Kordy H, Kl üver J, Brinkmeier W, Rathmann N, Yorke L, Kleefmann J, Möller T.
OBJECTIVE: The post-COVID consultation (PCC) is offered as part of a comprehensive range of treatment services provided by the statutory accident insurance for post-COVID patients to determine individual recommendations for further care. The aim of the stu... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Why ME/CFS is still so poorly researched and treated | Letters
Readers respond to George Monbiot ’s article on the treatment and attitude of the medical profession to the debilitating conditionI am writing to express my appreciation of George Monbiot ’s perceptive article (‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal, 12 March). I have lived with severe fatigue for more than three years, following a mild Covid infection. It is difficult to describe what it is like and it is not surprising that it is not well understood. My experience is that it is necessary to overcome my instincts to push myself, since running out of energy...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 15, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Guardian Staff Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Health Society GPs Doctors NHS Psychology Science Medical research UK news Source Type: news
‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal | George Monbiot
From harmful ‘therapies’ to social services referrals, the notion that this illness is psychosomatic is having devastating effectsIt ’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century. For decades, patients with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have been told they can make themselves better by changing their attitudes. This devastating condition, which afflicts about250,000 people in the UK, was psychologised by many doctors and scientists, adding to the burden of a terrible physiological illness.Long after this approach was debunked in scientific literature, clinicians who championed it h...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: George Monbiot Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Health National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Society Mental health Science Freedom of information NHS Psychology UK news Source Type: news
Brain Dysfunction, Immune Abnormalities Seen in Post-Infectious Chronic Fatigue
(MedPage Today) -- Fatigue in post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) may stem from dysfunction of integrative brain regions that drive the motor cortex, a deep phenotyping study suggested.
In an exploratory... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
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' Deep Phenotyping' Identifies Abnormalities in ME/CFS'Deep Phenotyping' Identifies Abnormalities in ME/CFS
New research from the National Institutes of Health identified " clear objective changes " in people with postinfectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
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Proof chronic fatigue syndrome IS real: Researchers probing poorly-understood illness find subtle differences in brains and immune systems of patients for the first time
Research today ruled the illness, also called myalgic encephalomyelitis, is real. US scientists found, for the first time, key differences in the brains and immune systems of CFS patients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists find link between brain imbalance and chronic fatigue syndrome
Scientists describe small study as long overdue deep dive into biology of conditionScientists have uncovered compelling evidence for abnormalities in the brain and immune systems of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known asmyalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).The findings, in one of the most rigorous investigations to date, begin to illuminate the biological basis for the illness that can cause disabling fatigue. The study is the first to demonstrate a link between imbalances in brain activity and feelings of fatigue, and suggests that these changes could be triggered by abnormalities in the immune system.Conti...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 21, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Society US news Health Science Medical research Source Type: news
Incidence of Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue Increased Significantly After COVID-19 Infection
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2024 -- COVID-19 is associated with a significantly increased risk for fatigue and chronic fatigue, according to a study published online Feb. 14 in Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Quan M. Vu, from the U.S. Centers for Disease... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
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Study of Patients With a Chronic Fatigue Condition May Offer Clues to Long Covid
N.I.H. researchers found notable differences between the immune systems and other physiological functions of patients with ME/CFS and those of healthy patients. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Research Chronic Condition (Health) Immune System Long Covid Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Infections National Institutes of Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Nature Communications (Journal Source Type: news
Shooting at Super Bowl Parade; Accidental Incest; Chronic Fatigue After COVID
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Eleven children were treated for injuries following a mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade on Wednesday, in which one person died and... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Risk for chronic fatigue soars among those who had COVID-19, study says
People who have had COVID-19 have a significantly higher risk of suffering chronic fatigue than those who haven't had the disease, a new CDC study shows. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - February 14, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II Source Type: news
The patients who say Dragons' Den entrepreneur's 'snake oil' ear seeds DO actually work: Cherie Blair was once photographed wearing them - while Kate Moss is said to have used them to help her overcome a cocaine addiction
Could sticking small metal beads to your ear really help ease the crushing symptoms of chronic fatigue condition ME? That's the question being asked this week... (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
