Countess of Mar’s letter to author
On June 6th 2015, The Times newspaper published a review by David Aaronovitch of a new book called ‘It’s All…
NIH report: Advancing Research
The prestigious US scientific journal Annals of Internal Medicine has just published a position paper – Advancing the research on ME/CFS…
Gene SNPs in ME/CFS
Human beings are 99.5% identical as regards their DNA gene sequences. The remaining 0.5% mainly consists of single nucleotide polymorphisms…
Experiences of ME/CFS in US & UK
Today, there are many case definitions for ME, CFS or their combination – around 20 according to a 2014 review,…
Brain fog and Alzheimer’s
‘Neurocognitive’ symptoms, mainly problems with memory and concentration (see review), are extremely common in both ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. Patients usually…
Faecal transplants?
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is the infusion of faecal matter from a healthy person into the colon of an ill…
Muscle cell abnormalities
In the historical literature, the hallmark of myalgic encephalo-myelitis (ME) was marked muscle fatigability often in response to minor degrees…
Immune Markers in CSF
In a press release today, Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health reports that its scientists have identified “a unique…
Canadian definition insensitive?
One of the most animated debates surrounding ME/CFS concerns the name of the illness and how it is diagnosed. At…
Countess of Mar talk
The Royal Society of Medicine in London hosted a meeting on ‘ME/CFS: Frontiers’ on March 18th 2015. The aim was…
