Question: When does a graded exercise study explain why graded exercise is not helpful for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)? Answer: when it employs an exercise test with it. Just as NICE was pulling back on graded exercise therapy (GET) a GET study was...
“There is no therapy based on physical activity or exercise that is effective as a treatment or cure for ME/CFS”. NICE Who would have thought? We knew that National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) – the executive branch in the U. responsible for...
This is part three in a multi-part sleep series on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) dedicated to Darden Burns. To Sleep at Last: A Good-bye to Darden Burns Health Rising’s ME/CFS and FM Sleep Series Sleep Pt. I: Why We Sleep (and What Happens When We...
Somewhat surprisingly, given how often Cannabis products are used for pain, relatively few studies have assessed its effectiveness in the “quintessential pain condition” – fibromyalgia (FM). Daniel Clauw – a pretty conservative researcher...
One of the great questions facing chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is whether many COVID-19 long haulers will come down with an ME/CFS-like condition. Anecdotally, it appears likely that they will. A few, isolated studies are beginning to suggest the same. Recently,...
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