Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Scientists Seek Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

"As scientists race to find a biological cause for chronic fatigue syndrome, long considered by many doctors to exist in patients' heads, the National Institutes of Health could shed new light on the debate at a major scientific workshop on the disord"

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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Organizations Announce Coalition 4 ME/CFS, the First US Coalition to Promote a National ME/CFS Agenda - PR.com

"NeuroEndocrineImmune Disease (NEIDs) organizations have formed the first US coalition to serve their patient community and change public policy. The Coalition 4 ME/CFS mission is to present a unified voice with common goals and objectives that will improve the quality of life for myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patients and their families."

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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

No differences in cardiovascular autonomic responses to mental stress in CFS adolescents as compared to healthy controls

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling disease with unknown etiology. There is accumulating evidence of altered cardiovascular autonomic responses to different somatic stressors, in particular orthostatic stress, whereas autonomic responses to mental stress remain to be investigated.

Read full abstract analysis: No differences in cardiovascular autonomic responses to mental stress in chronic fatigue syndrome adolescents as compared to healthy controls

Friday, December 10, 2010

Wine Compound Improves Symptom of CFS - Study

Resveratrol is a compound found in wine and grapes.
Moriya, J. et al. Resveratrol Improves Hippocampal Atrophy in Chronic Fatigue Mice by Enhancing Neurogenesis adnd Inhibiting Apoptosis of Granular Cells. Biological Pharmacology Bulletin URL http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v\&\#38;pid=explorer\&\#38;chrome=true\&\#38;srcid=1WOJo1B59vvV7ytc0OR2O3pNgBFyzAE0-BvVW9Q-vQ9fbVgsKkpQVwehHnoiD\&\#38;hl=en\&\#38;authkey=CNT7nRc.


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