Is current guidance for the management of CFS/ME in England fit for purpose?

" This multi-centre study in the NHS has shown that CFS/ME  [chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis]  is a long term condi...

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On your marks, GETSET...

I don't doubt that the article published by Lucy Clark and colleagues [1] (open-access) on the topic of testing " the efficacy and...

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Mitochondrial mutations are not common in chronic fatigue syndrome but...

" We report the complete mtDNA [ mitochondrial DNA ]  sequence of 93 CFS  [ chronic fatigue syndrome ]  patients from the UK and RSA , ...

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Fatigue in adults with a 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

The genetic condition called  22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) has, on occasion, provided some research fodder for this blog ( see her...

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KPAX002 for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

My attention was grabbed recently by the paper published by Jon Kaiser [1] ( open-access available here ) detailing the results of a 'p...

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Coenzyme Q10 and NADH supplementation for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome continued

In a previous post on this blog I briefly discussed the research paper from Jesus Castro-Marrero and colleagues [1] suggesting that "...

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Careful now: oral colostrum MAF and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

I should perhaps begin this slightly longer than usual post by reiterating my well-trodden caveat on this blog about not giving anything tha...

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