• All research posts from the last seven days

• Consortium of Researchers Link CFS to a Retrovirus

• Light AR, White AT, Hughen RW, Light KC, "Moderate Exercise Increases Expression for Sensory, Adrenergic, and Immune Genes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients But Not in Normal Subjects," J Pain, 2009 Jul 30. [Epub ahead of print][PDF]

• Jason LA, Benton M, Torres-Harding S, Muldowney K, "The impact of energy modulation on physical functioning and fatigue severity among patients with ME/CFS," Patient Education and Counseling, April 6, 2009, [Epub before print] [PDF Format]

• Gow JW, Hagan S, Herzyk P, Cannon C, Behan PO, Chaudhuri A, "A gene signature for post-infectious chronic fatigue syndrome," BMC Medical Genomics 2009, 2:38 doi:10.1186/1755-8794-2-38 [PDF Format]

• Jammes Y, et al., "Chronic fatigue syndrome combines increased exercise-induced oxidative stress and reduced cytokine and Hsp responses," J Intern Med., 2009 [E-Pub ahead of print] [PDF Format]

• Myhill S, Booth NE, McLaren-Howard, J., "Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction," Int J Clin Exp Med (2009) 2, 1-16 [PDF Format]

• Neary JP et al., "Prefrontal cortex oxygenation during incremental exercise in chronic fatigue syndrome," Clin Physiol Funct Imaging, 2008 Jul 29. [Epub ahead of print] [PDF Format]
  Majer M, Welberg LA, Capuron L, Miller AH, Pagnoni G, Reeves WC., "Neuropsychological Performance in Persons With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Results From a Population-Based Study," Psychosom Med. 2008 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print] [PDF Format]

• Kerr JR, Petty R, Burke B, et al., "Gene Expression Subtypes in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis," J Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 15;197(8):1171-1184

• Jason L, et al., "The Economic impact of ME/CFS: individual and societal level cost," Dynamic Medicine, 2008 7:6 (8 April 2008) [PDF Format]

• Dietert RR, Dietert JM., "Possible role for early-life immune insult including developmental immunotoxicity in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)," Toxicology, 2008 Feb 8 [Epub ahead of print]

• Naschitz JE, et al., "Electrocardiographic QT interval and cardiovascular reactivity in fibromyalgia differ from chronic fatigue syndrome," Eur J Intern Med. 2008 May;19(3):187-191. [PDF Format]

• Index to Examples of Co-Cure Weekly Digests of Medical and Research Posts

• Jason LA, Corradi K, Torres-Harding, S, "Toward an Empirical Case Definition of CFS," J of Social Service Research, Vol. 34, #2, pp 43-54, Winter 2007

• Klimas NG, and Koneru A, "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Inflammation, Immune Function, and Neuroendocrine Interactions," Current Rheumatology Reports, Vol. 9, #6, pp 482-487, Dec. 2007

• The abstracts from the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology to be held in Barcelona, Spain 13-16 June 2007 (many of which deal with fibromyalgia)

• Current research priorities in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): disease mechanisms, a diagnostic test and specific treatments.

• LAYMEN'S GUIDE: The CDC Pharmacogenomics Studies III - Gene Expression

• Niagara Health Study: The impact of personal relationships on coping with chronic illness

• Paul Cheney, M.D., Ph.D. on diastolic cardiomyopathy in ME/CFS

• The Need for Research-Based Subsets

• Laymen's Guide: The CDC Pharmacogenomics Studies Part I: Overview

• Laymen's Guide: The CDC Pharmacogenomics Studies Part II: Allostatic Load and CFS

• Laymen's Guide: The Hypocortisolism in CFS; Artefact or Central Factor?

• Laymen's Guide: A Selfish Brain in CFS?

• Impaired natural immunity, cognitive dysfunction, and physical symptoms in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: preliminary evidence for a subgroup?

• Genetic and Environmental Factors Impact CFS Patients

• Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have reduced absolute cortical blood flow

• Researcher Seeking Mothers with Fibromyalgia and/or Rheumatoid Arthritis

• A Neurological Channelopathy in CFS - an overview of several papers by Chaudhuri and Behan

• The role of enterovirus in chronic fatigue syndrome

• Gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

• Research Study: Women Needed for Study on Fibromyalgia and/or Rheumatoid Arthritis (Study Conducted via US Mail)

• Part One: Testing Orthostatic Intolerance in CFS

• Part Two: Orthostatic intolerance in CFS: Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

• Immunological Changes After Both Exercise and Activity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Pilot Study

• A population-based study of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) experienced in differing patient groups: An effort to replicate Vercoulen et al.'s model of CFS

• Lymphocyte subset differences in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, multiple sclerosis and major depression

• Two published studies reporting gray matter reduction in ME/CFS patients

• Ongoing Research into CFS.

• An Analysis of CFS Research Groups. [These are the men and women on the front lines of CFS research.]

• Is the chronic fatigue syndrome an exercise phobia? A case control study

• Case Study: Potential Treatment Of Metal Induced CFS Using Curcumin Based Antioxidants

• Evaluation of Autoantibodies to Common and Neuronal Cell Antigens in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Objective evidence of cognitive complaints in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A BOLD fMRI study of verbal working memory

• Findings on cardiovascular research done on CFS to date

• A Laymen’s Guide to CFS Research: TRENDS IN CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME RESEARCH

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Need for Subtypes

• Comments on Glutathione Depletion in ME/CFS

• Exercise responsive genes measured in peripheral blood of women with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and matched control subjects

• Hypothesis for the ethanol intolerance experienced by many (but not all) PWCs

• Serum growth hormone and insulin but not insulin-like growth factor-1 levels are elevated in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome

• Increased daily physical activity and fatigue symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome

• Normal opioid tone and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function in chronic fatigue syndrome despite marked functional impairment

• Microcirculation abnormalities in patients with fibromyalgia measured by capillary microscopy and laser fluxmetry

• Chronic fatigue syndrome: assessment of increased oxidative stress and altered muscle excitability in response to incremental exercise

• CFS costs the United States over $9 billion each year in lost productivity

• Sleep assessment in a population-based study of chronic fatigue syndrome   [In PDF Format]         

• Cortisol and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis hormones in follicular-phase women with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome and effect of depressive symptoms on these hormones

• Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution

• Medication Use by Persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Results of a Randomized Telephone Survey in Wichita, Kansas     [In PDF Format]

• Integration of gene expression, clinical, and epidemiologic data to characterize Chronic Fatigue Syndrome     [In PDF Format]

• RNase L in Health and Disease -- What Did We Learn Recently?

• Functional status of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Wichita, Kansas, population     [In PDF Format]

• A population-based study of the clinical course of chronic fatigue syndrome     [In PDF Format]

• Dr. Ellen Goudsmit Reviews Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Jason, LA; Fennell, PA; and Taylor, RR.

• Multiple co-infections (Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, human herpes virus-6) in blood of chronic fatigue syndrome patients: association with signs and symptoms    [In PDF Format]

• Canadian Clinical Case Definition for ME/CFS

• Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences and circulating cell-free DNA from plasma of CFS and non-fatigued subjects

• Birth Order and its Association with the Onset of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• Natural course and predicting self-reported improvement in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome with a relatively short illness duration

• Cluster analysis to define typology of CFS

• Chronic fatigue, abuse-related traumatization, and psychiatric disorders in a community-based sample

• Research into ME/CFS in the United Kingdom: Can the National Research Register inform future policy?    [In PDF format]

• Dynamics of chronic active herpesvirus-6 infection in patients with CFS...

• Hemodynamic instability in CFS: Indices and diagnostic significance

• Long-Term Outcome of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Versus Relaxation Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A 5-Year Follow-Up Study

• Information processing in chronic fatigue syndrome: A preliminary investigation of suggestibility

• Evidence Report/Technology Assessment: Number 42 - Defining and Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

• A Comparison of the 1988 and 1994 Diagnostic Criteria for CFS

• The Mycoplasma Link: Fact or Fraud?

• Physiological responses to incremental exercise in patients with CFS

• Intraindividual variability in cognitive performance in persons with CFS

• Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. An international study.

• The Impact of Perceived Physical Dysfunction, Health-Related Habits, and Affective Symptoms on Employment Status Among Fibromyalgia Support Group Members

• The use of a symptom "self-report" inventory to evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of a walking program for patients suffering with CFS

• Pain and pain relief in FM patients followed for three years

• HPA Axis Dysfunction in CFS, and and the effects of low-dose hydrocortisone therapy

• Surface EMG of the lumbar part of the erector trunci muscle in patients with fibromyalgia

• Traumatic Events, Health Outcomes, and Health Care Use in Patients with FM

• Pain Coping Strategies and Quality of Life in Women with Fibromyalgia: Does Age Make a Difference?

• Cytokines play an aetiopathogenetic role in fibromyalgia: a hypothesis and pilot study

• Autoantibodies to a 68/48 kDa protein in CFS and primary FM...

• Serum concentrations of some metals and steroids in patients with CFS with reference to neurological and cognitive abnormalities

• Common etiology of PTSD, FM, CFS and MCS via elevated nitric oxide/peroxynitrite

• Widespread body pain and mortality: prospective population based study

• Letter to the Editor, JAMA Re: "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Trials and Tribulations" by Dr. Charles Shepherd

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Trials and Tribulations - JAMA Editorial Commentary by Prof. Simon Wessely

• Interventions for the Treatment and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Systematic Review

• CDC CFS Update

• CFS: Neurological findings may be related to blood-brain barrier permeability

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Comorbidity with Fibromyalgia and Psychiatric Illness

• Role of intracellular calcium ions in the physiopathology of fibromyalgia syndrome

• Evaluation of Clinical Physiotherapy on Fibromyalgia by Applying Methods Used in Research

• Prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

• Visceral Hypersensitivity Is Not a Feature of Fibromyalgia Syndrome

• Open Label Assessment of Botulinum Toxin A for Pain Treatment in a Private Outpatient Setting

• CFS, Decreased Exercise Capacity, and Adrenal Insufficiency

• CFS: Assessing Symptoms and Activity Levels for Treatment Planning

• Relief of fibromyalgia symptoms following discontinuation of dietary excitotoxins

• FMS v. RA: A Comparison of Psychological Disturbance and Life Satisfaction

• The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and fibromyalgia in patients hospitalized on internal medicine wards

• Effect of Modafinil on Fatigue Associated with Neurological Illnesses

• Treatment of fibromyalgia incorporating EEG-Driven stimulation: A clinical outcomes study

• Evaluating Latent Variable Models of Functional Somatic Distress in a Community-based Sample

• Pharmacologic treatment of fibromyalgia

• Nociceptive aspects of fibromyalgia

• Psychosocial aspects of fibromyalgia

• Orthostatic Intolerance: A Review with Application to CFS

• Classification, epidemiology, and natural history of fibromyalgia

• Clinical Features of Fibromyalgia Syndrome in a Bangladeshi Population

• Prevalence of fibromyalgia, anxiety and depression in chronic hepatitis C virus infection...

• Cardiovascular response to upright tilt in fibromyalgia differs from that in chronic fatigue syndrome

• Delayed-type hypersensitivity and CFS: the usefulness of assessing T-cell activation by flow cytometry

• Bone Mass in the Calcaneus in Patients with Fibromyalgia

• Cobalamin Used in CFS Therapy Is a Nitric Oxide Scavenger

• Longitudinal assessment of neuropsychological functioning, psychiatric status, functional disability and employment status in CFS

• Cytokine and other immunologic markers in CFS and their relation to neuropsychological factors

• Cognitive compromise following exercise in monozygotic twins discordant for CFS...

• Quantitative assessment of cerebral ventricular volumes in CFS

• A practical approach to fibromyalgia

• Divided attention deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

• CFS and Abnormal Biological Rhythms in School Children

• Effective Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia...

• Monozygotic Twins Discordant for CFS: Regional Cerebral Blood Flow SPECT

• Respiratory Function and Dyspnea in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

• Effect of Physician-Recommended Treatment on Mental Health Practitioners' Attributions for CFS

• Nickel Allergy Is Found in a Majority of Women with CFS and Muscle Pain...

• The effect of exercise on gait and balance in patients with CFS

• Pain evaluation of patients with FM, osteoarthritis, and low back pain

• JAMA review paper on CFS by Benjamin H. Natelson, MD

• A community based study of seasonal variation in the onset of CFS...

• Is CFS Linked to Vaccinations?

• Directions in Immunotherapy

• Decreased tryptophan availability...in CFS

• Patients' perceptions of medical care in chronic fatigue syndrome

• FM developed after administration of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogue

• A Review of the Evidence for Overlap among Unexplained Clinical Conditions

• Chronic Fatigue: Symptom and Syndrome

• Antioxidant status and lipoprotein peroxidation in CFS

• Thirteen-Year Follow-Up of Children and Adolescents With CFS

• Fibromyalgia syndrome and serotonin

• Eeg beta 1 oscillation and sucrose sensitization in FM with chemical intolerance

• Relationship of brain MRI abnormalities and physical functional status in CFS

• Detection of Immunologically Significant Factors for CFS Using Neural-Network Classifiers

• EMG activity and pain development in FM patients exposed to mental stress of long duration

• Treating fibromyalgia with a brief interdisciplinary program...

• Azido Photolabeling of 37-kDa RNase L in CFS PBMC

• Circadian rhythm of core body temperature in subjects with CFS

• Chronic fatigue syndrome following a toxic exposure

• Effects of pool-based and land-based aerobic exercise on women with FM/chronic widespread muscle pain

• Working memory deficits associated with CFS

• Clinical and Immunologic Effects of Autologous Lymph Node Cell Transplant in CFS

• Discriminating between CFS and depression: a cognitive analysis

• Neuropsychological function in patients with CFS, MS, and depression

• Anti-nuclear envelope antibodies: Clinical associations

• Decreased Nocturnal Levels of Prolactin and Growth Hormone in Women with Fibromyalgia

• Increased sensitivity to glucocorticoids in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of CFS patients...

• Complementary and alternative therapies for fibromyalgia

• Immunotherapy of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: Clinical Assessment and Treatment

• Differential Diagnosis: The Challenge of Chronic Fatigue

• Alpha sleep characteristics in fibromyalgia

• Psychological Adjustment of Adolescent Girls With CFS

• RNAs in the plasma of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...

• Toxicant-induced loss of tolerance

• Both pain and EEG response to cold pressor stimulation occurs faster in FM patients than in control subjects

• An activity pacing scale for the chronic pain coping inventory: development in a sample of patients with FMS

• Neuropsychological functioning in chronic fatigue syndrome: a review

• Fibromyalgia: Time to Consider a New Taxonomy?

• Chronic fatigue in general practice: is counselling as good as cognitive behaviour therapy?...

• Chronic fatigue in general practice: economic evaluation of counselling versus cognitive behaviour therapy

• Treatment of Fibromyalgia with Intravenous Application of Tropisetron

• Correlation Between Tender Points and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire

• Raised Plasma Adenosine Associated with CFS...

• Tender Point Injections Are Beneficial in Fibromyalgia Syndrome...

• Comparative Analysis of Lymphocytes in Lymph Nodes and Peripheral Blood of Patients with CFS

• Severe and Very Severe Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:...

• Defining Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Methodological Challenges

• CFS and the Chernobyl Accident Experience

• Hormonal Responses to Exercise in CFS

• Insomnia and Alpha Sleep in Chronic Non-Organic Pain as Compared to Primary Insomnia

• Fludrocortisone acetate to treat NMH in CFS

• Fatigue in disease-free cancer patients compared with fatigue in patients with CFS

• Effectiveness of a learner-centred training programme for primary care physicians in using a patient-centred consultation style

• Doing things with illness. The micro politics of the CFS clinic

• CFS: A Dysfunction of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

• New research - Summaries and comments by Dr. Ellen Goudsmit

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