Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What is chronic fatigue syndrome?
Chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, is a highly debilitating, but often misunderstood, disorder.
Jan 10, 2014
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News tagged with myalgic encephalomyelitis
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chronic fatigue syndrome is not rare, says new CDC survey. It affects 3.3 million U.S. adults
Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million.
Dec 8, 2023
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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 ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Medical research
Collection of studies on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome could benefit long COVID patients
While myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID are not the same disease, they appear to have features of overlapping biological and symptomatic presentations. Many people with long COVID ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chronic fatigue syndrome: Number of patients expected to double due to long-term effects of COVID-19 pandemic
Up to 80,000 people in Austria are estimated to suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME/CFS or myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The number of ME/CFS patients is expected to rise drastically ...
Feb 15, 2024
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Neuroscience
Women more severely affected by ME/CFS, study shows
Women with ME/CFS tend to have more symptoms and co-occurring conditions than men, according to initial results from the world's largest study of the disease. It has long been known that women are more likely to have ME/CFS ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immunologists advance research into long COVID, chronic fatigue syndrome
A study led by UMass Chan Medical School viral immunologists Liisa Selin, MD, Ph.D., and Anna Gil, Ph.D., discovered similarities in immune system dysfunction as a potential biomarker among people living with long COVID and ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
AI and synthetic patients to improve diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome
Between 17 and 24 million people worldwide suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, a deeply debilitating and difficult-to-diagnose condition. Also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, according to the World Health Organization, ...
Nov 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What's it like being a young person with long COVID? You might feel like a failure (but you're not)
Imagine you're young, healthy and active. Then, one day, the rug is pulled out from under you. You initially have symptoms akin to a cold, so you take a lateral flow test, which shows you have COVID. But it's nothing that ...
Nov 9, 2022
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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.
Feb 20, 2020
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