In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
Articles represent the views of their authors and not ME/CFS SA. Always seek advice from a registered health practitioner before changing your care plan.
28 February, 2024
Long COVID-19 Is Linked To Chronic Pain Conditions
Therapies for pain conditions like fibromyalgia provide clues for helping those with long COVID.
28 February, 2024
Managing Pain Should Be More Than ‘Hammering Patients With Immunomodulatory Medications’
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Understanding the science of pain can help rheumatologists better manage fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions, according to a presenter at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.
27 February, 2024
Tonix Pharmaceuticals' Fibromyalgia Trial Shows Promising Results In Webinar Presentation
Tonix Pharmaceuticals CEO Dr. Seth Lederman joined Steve Darling from Proactive to share positive Phase 3 data on Tonmya, also known as TNX-102 SL, for the management of fibromyalgia, and discussed the company's plans to file for FDA approval in the second half of 2024. Dr. Lederman highlighted that Tonmya, a centrally acting, non-opioid, non-addictive bedtime medication, showed promising results in the RESILIENT Phase 3 study.
27 February, 2024
NIH Study Offers New Clues Into The Causes Of Post-Infectious ME/CFS
In-depth study from the US National Institutes of Health finds brain, immune, and metabolic abnormalities linked to debilitating chronic disease.
27 February, 2024
Study Offers New Clues Into The Causes Of Post-Infectious Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
In a detailed clinical study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found differences in the brains and immune systems of people with post-infectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (PI-ME/CFS). They also found distinct differences between men and women with the disease. The findings were published in Nature Communications.
26 February, 2024
An Ambitious NIH Study Has Brought New Attention To Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Long COVID has brought new attention to how complex chronic illnesses can develop in the aftermath of a viral infection. Prior research may help forward clinical trials to test possible treatments.
26 February, 2024
Covid-19 Tied To Chronic Fatigue, Brain Injury Risks
The high incidence rates of fatigue reinforce the need for public health actions to prevent infections, provide clinical care to those in need, and find effective treatments.
26 February, 2024
Yet Another Woman With Severe ME Has Been Sectioned And Abused By An NHS Hospital
A young woman in the UK living with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is being catastrophically neglected by an NHS hospital. Millie’s story in itself is shocking. Medical professionals appear to be ignoring official guidelines into the disease – going so far as to section her under the Mental Health Act, and limiting her mother’s visiting rights.
25 February, 2024
Scientists Find Link Between Brain Imbalance And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Scientists describe small study as long overdue deep dive into biology of condition.
25 February, 2024
Proof Chronic Fatigue Syndrome IS Real: Researchers Probing Poorly-Understood Illness Find Subtle Differences In Brains And Immune Systems Of Patients For The First Time
For years, chronic fatigue syndrome has been dismissed as being all in the mind. But new research ruled the illness — also called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) — is real. Scientists have found, for the first time, key differences in the brains and immune systems of CFS patients.
