CFS/ME Research & News

 

A life back on track

British News

 

Sunday 27th June 2010

 

On arrival at the Renfrewshire home of children’s author and model railway engineer Chris Vine there is no doubt it is the correct house.

 

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: suspicion is back on virus

American News

 

Thursday 24th June 2010

 

A leading scientist at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports the theory that a retrovirus causes chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and says that government researchers have independently confirmed the association.

 

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Further Evidence of an XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Connection?

American News

 

Wednesday 23rd June 2010

 

A report that a respected NIH expert supported an association between the XMRV virus and chronic fatigue syndrome is causing a buzz among CFS patient activists, researchers and clinicians.

 

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Treatments Studied

American News

 

Tuesday 15th June 2010

 

Scientists in Norway studied 828 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome to see which treatments helped and which ones didn't.

 

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Chronic Fatigue Sufferers May Be Asked to Avoid Donating Blood

American News

 

Monday 14th June 2010

 

There’s been a flurry of activity by experts trying to suss out if the virus XMRV, which has been associated with chronic fatigue syndrome, poses a threat to the U.S. blood supply.

 

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Facts about chronic fatigue syndrome

American News

 

Monday 14th June 2010

 

People with chronic fatigue syndrome suffer from crippling, unexplained fatigue that persists for longer than six months.
 

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Turmeric for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

American News

 

Wednesday 9th June 2010

 

Turmeric is a spice with a distinctive mustard-yellow color that's popular in the Far East, especially in curry-spice blends.

 

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Hope outrunning science on chronic fatigue syndrome

American News

 

Tuesday 8th June 2010

 

Good news is rare for sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome, so when a team of researchers reported last fall that the mysterious condition was associated with a retrovirus, it made a splash.

 

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When the adrenals become exhausted

Irish News

 

Tuesday 8th June 2010

 

In some alternative health circles, it is believed that millions of people are suffering from adrenal fatigue syndrome, writes FIONOLA MEREDITH 

 

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Lyme disease medical legislation is the right choice

American News

 

Sunday 6th June 2010

 

My concern for legislating medical care, as proposed in HB 1326, relative to immunity from Board of Medicine discipline for prescribing long-term antibiotics for chronic Lyme disease, prompted me to write this letter.
 

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The CFIDS Association of America: Unraveling Post-exertional Malaise

American News

 

Friday 4th June 2010

 

A 2009 survey of more than 1,000 patients conducted by the CFIDS Association of America found that post-exertional malaise (PEM) (1) is one of the most common and most severe symptoms reported by individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) (2).

 

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Invest in ME conference, 24 May 2010 - first full length report of all the presentations

British News

 

Tuesday 1st June 2010

 

This is a personal summary of the 2010 Invest in ME conference that has been prepared for ME Association members.

 

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The Most Effective Rated Treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

American News

 

Tuesday 1st June 2010

 

Norwegian scientists surveyed 828 chronic fatigue syndrome patients to find out what treatments were most and least helpful.

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