chronic fatigue syndrome

A case of bronchitis in 2014 left Sanna Stella, a therapist who lives in the Chicago area, with debilitating fatigue.

Clues to a better understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome emerge from a major study

3:12pm February 23, 2024

by Will Stone

After seven years of research, the findings shed light on the long-neglected illness. Scientists say the results could lead to future trials for potential treatments.

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For patients with long COVID, exercise can lead to a worsening of symptoms, a condition called post-exertional malaise. New research shows what's going on in their muscles.

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A discovery in the muscles of long COVID patients may explain exercise troubles

11:45am January 09, 2024

by Will Stone

Long COVID patients can experience severe energy crashes after physical exertion. New research provides clear evidence that there's a biological basis for the symptoms.

In 2011, Judy Mikovits was fired from the Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease, in Reno, Nev. She was then accused of stealing notebooks and a computer.

Seen 'Plandemic'? We Take A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video's Claims

7:31pm May 08, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The video has been viewed millions of times on YouTube via links that are replaced as quickly as the video-sharing service can remove them for violating its policy against "COVID-19 misinformation."

The idea that people with ME/CFS needed strenuous exercise has been proven wrong.

For People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, More Exercise Isn't Better

12:44pm October 02, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

The Centers for Disease Control has revised recommendations for treating ME/CFS and now says that vigorous exercise can make symptoms worse. Patient advocates say it's a huge victory.

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In addition to profound exhaustion that isn't relieved with sleep, the illness now called ME/CFS includes flu-like symptoms, muscle pain, "brain fog" and various other physical symptoms, all of which typically worsen with even minor exertion.

Scientists Edge Closer To Elusive Lab Test For 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'

3:26pm July 31, 2017

by Miriam E. Tucker

Stanford University scientists have found an array of proteins in the blood whose levels correlate closely with the severity of symptoms of the mysterious illness that's increasingly known as ME/CFS.

Brian Vastag suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME/CFS for short. He is part of an NIH study of the disease, which is commonly called chronic fatigue syndrome.

NIH Study Aims To Unravel The Illness Known As 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'

5:40pm May 01, 2017

by Miriam E. Tucker

Researchers do not know what causes people with the condition now known as ME/CFS to suffer debilitating exhaustion and other symptoms that make many everyday activities all but impossible.

Ronald Davis cares for his 31-year-old son, Whitney Dafoe. Dafoe is seriously ill with ME/CFS. His father, a Stanford University professor, is organizing a study of the disorder.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Gains Funding, And Controversy

4:46pm November 04, 2015

by Miriam E. Tucker

The National Institutes of Health has promised to put more money into research on an illness that many people feel has been dissed by the medical establishment.

Panel Says Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is A Disease, And Renames It

8:14am February 13, 2015

by Miriam E. Tucker

"Systemic exertion intolerance disease" might not fall trippingly off the tongue, but an Institute of Medicine panel says it better matches the symptoms. The disease, it says, is real.