Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A new test for chronic fatigue syndrome

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), better known as chronic fatigue syndrome, is a complex chronic disease affecting some 600,000 Canadians and up to 2.5 million Americans. It's also poorly understood: until now there has been ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Most youth with chronic fatigue syndrome undiagnosed

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) remains largely undiagnosed in youth, according to a study published online Jan. 23 in the Child & Youth Care Forum.

Neuroscience

Veterans study suggest two sub-types of Gulf War illness

Brain imaging of veterans with Gulf War illness show varying abnormalities after moderate exercise that can be categorized into two distinct groups—an outcome that suggests a more complex illness that previously thought.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

No benefit seen with rituximab for chronic fatigue syndrome

(HealthDay)—In patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), B-cell depletion using several infusions of rituximab over 12 months is not associated with clinical improvement, according to a ...

Pediatrics

One in 50 16-year-olds affected by chronic fatigue syndrome

In what is believed to be the biggest study of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)—also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)—in children to date, researchers at the University of Bristol (UK), have found that almost 2 per ...

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