Can Simple Blood Tests Help to Identify Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)?
Six months after an adolescent comes down with infectious mononucleosis/glandular fever she’s still exhausted – and her doctor is about to tell her she’s depressed and send her to a psychiatrist. But what if a very simple blood test – one that...
Triggering Effects: Andrew Lloyd on Infections, Genes and Getting Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(In the second of a series of blogs of presentations on the UK CFS/ME Research Collaborative (CMRC) Conference in September of this year, Simon tackles Dr. Lloyds fascinating talk on the how infections trigger chronic fatigue syndrome. Thanks for Simon’s and Action...
Stanford Geneticist Suggests Unusual Type of Epstein-Barr Virus May Be Triggering Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
The renowned Stanford geneticist, Ron Davis Ph.D., who’s son Whitney has a very serious case of ME/CFS has opened a research foundation at Stanford to find answers to ME/CFS. He’s also, on the foundations’ Facebook page, supplying answers to one...
Epstein Barr Virus, Autoimmunity and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Are They All Connected?
Epstein-Barr virus just keeps showing up in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). After the Lipkin study suggested EBV activation wasn’t a problem a German study suggested it was. Now, we look at that issue and a fascinating hypothesis proposing that poorly...
EBV Back Front and Center: German Group Finds Immune Holes and Increased Levels of Epstein-Barr Virus in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Virtually everyone is exposed to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). If you catch it as a child you usually feel nothing, but if you’re an adolescent you’re likely to come down with infectious mononucleosis – and a greatly increased risk of ME/CFS. After...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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