Brain connectivity problems cause signalling problems in CFS
May 15, 2016
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Australian researchers have found an abnormal centre in the brain which may explain problems with the signalling around the body.
Author: Sasha Nimmo
UNSW tests graded exercise on mild CFS patients
May 11, 2016
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Australia’s University of NSW’s Psychiatry Department tested a graded activity program on 25 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Before the study, patients could complete around 4 hours of ‘moderate intensity exercise’ a week (self-reported). It was not measured or recorded at the end of the program but the study found small improvements in cognitive performance, with some caveats.
Australia: ME Awareness Week 11-17 May
May 2, 2016
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Australian capital cities light up blue for ME Awareness Week from 11-17 May.
Meet the Scientists: Dr Sarah Knight
April 13, 2016
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Meet the Scientists: Meet Dr Sarah Knight, looking at brain scans for neurological markers in children and adolescents with ME/CFS (Canadian Consensus Criteria).
Meet the Scientists: Dr Brett Lidbury
April 5, 2016
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Meet Dr Brett Lidbury, biometrics researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Ask UNSW To Cancel CBT/GET Training Study
April 3, 2016
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Write to the University of New South Wales and ask them not to allow a trial to train health professionals in graded exercise therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome patients in Australia.
How the UNSW Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Studies Use ‘Potentially Harmful' Guidelines
April 1, 2016
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Two studies at the University of NSW are using the ‘potentially harmful’ 2002 Australian guidelines. It is time for Australia to adopt the International Consensus Criteria.
Three Biomarker Discoveries in March
March 31, 2016
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March 2015 has been a busy month for biomarker discoveries for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (Fukuda criteria), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Canadian Consensus Criteria) and International Consensus Criteria ME.
Study says scientists must agree on classifying patients
March 18, 2016
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New US paper says it is critical that scientists world-wide develop consensus on how to identify and classify chronic fatigue syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis patients using clinical and research criteria.
Australia: Ask the medical research council to fund studies
March 14, 2016
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Australia: Write to the National Health and Medical Research Council about funding research and updating criteria.