Whoops! Did a GET Study Just Explain Why It DOESN’T Work in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)?
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...
Low Brain Blood Flows and Orthostatic Intolerance Ubiquitous in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Every once in a while a study comes along for which terms like “seminal” or “groundbreaking” seems appropriate. The 2020 Van Campen/Rowe/Visser study, “Cerebral blood flow is reduced in ME/CFS during head-up tilt testing even in the...
Narrowed Small Blood Vessels Linked to Fatigue in ME/CFS
The Scheibenbogen Effect With the studies pouring out, it’s getting hard to keep up with Carmen Scheibenbogen and friends in Germany. Scheibenbogen has co-authored no less than five papers on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in 2020. With Klaus Wirth coming on...
The Blood Vessel Crunch: A Unifying Hypothesis for ME/CFS
What happens when your blood vessels get so scrunched down that you have trouble getting enough blood to your tissues? Your system tries to compensate, of course. The nerves lining your blood vessels cause them to open allowing more blood through. But what if that...
Sowing Seeds For Future Success: Solve ME’s 2019 Ramsay Awards
Solve ME funds seven pilot studies on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in its 2019 Ramsay Awards The great thing about Solve ME’s Ramsay awards is their sheer breadth. Particularly with the 2019 awards, the Ramsays are dropping seeds across the biological...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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