Seven genetic types of ME/CFS found at last…
See this link to the BBC article for more details - a reason to celebrate - it’s official.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7378440.stm
Pneumonia germ may be the cause…
Not the latest info, but worthy of a mention here:
Research Reveals Common Bacterium Chlamydia Pneumoniae may be Culprit in ME/CFS, FM and MS
You may not have heard much about the common bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae, pronounced “Kluh-MID-ee-uh New-MOAN-eye-A.” Compared to its notorious sexually transmitted relative, Chlamydia trachomatis, it is an obscure pathogen. But some of the world’s [...]
What’s new in M.E. land? Medical/Research Updates…
From the Daily Telegraph, 18 March 2008A simple blood test may revolutionise the way we treat patients with ME, reports Bob Ward.
British researchers are close to developing, for the first time, a blood test and potential drug treatments for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), following groundbreaking work on its genetic [...]
Dear Doc, Tell us something we don’t f*!king well know!
CFS - It’s not all in the mind say medical researchers… Oh, for goodness sake! How many millions of sufferers have been telling you dumb lot that for years? Don’t you think it’s just a teensy bit odd that billions of people present with the same debilitating symptoms, all over the world? Just how much [...]
The Misery Index - highest morbidity rates of any illness including cancer!
The Misery Index
by Hillary Johnson
ImmuneSupport.com
04-25-2006
“Although 11 years old, this still stands out as one of the most interesting articles we have ever published on ImmuneSupport.com.” Rich Carson, Founder and CFS Patient
Despite the government’s stance and the disease’s name, CFS has one of the highest morbidity rates (degrees of suffering) of any illness, rivaling [...]
