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.
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.
25 February, 2024
Patients With Fibromyalgia, Cognitive Dysfunction Report Significantly Reduced Quality Of Life
An analysis of online peer support groups for patients with fibromyalgia revealed themes related to understanding, distrust, decision-making challenges, societal misunderstanding, and the broader impacts on social interaction and identity regarding cognitive dysfunction. These findings emphasize the significant negative impact of cognitive dysfunction on quality of life in this patient population, according to a study published in Journal of Patient Experience.
24 February, 2024
NIH Study Of ME/CFS Points To Immune Dysfunction And Brain Abnormalities At Core Of Long-Dismissed Disease
A new, detailed study from the US National Institutes of Health takes the most rigorous look yet inside the bodies of patients with the condition. The 70-page manuscript, published in Nature Communications, took almost eight years and over $8 million to complete. It has more than 70 authors from 15 of the 27 NIH institutes.
24 February, 2024
People Who Have Had COVID Face A Much Higher Risk Of Chronic Fatigue, Study Says
Here’s why the virus can lead to unrelenting exhaustion.
24 February, 2024
Sweeping Chronic Fatigue Study Brings Clues But Not Clarity To Mysterious Syndrome
The deepest dive yet into myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) offers a complex view of this mysterious condition. ME/CFS produces crushing exhaustion, particularly after even mild exertion. Many patients struggle to find care, or doctors who believe their symptoms aren’t imagined.
23 February, 2024
Long Covid ‘Brain Fog’ May Be Due To Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier, Study Finds
From forgetfulness to difficulties concentrating, many people who have long Covid experience “brain fog”. Now researchers say the symptom could be down to the blood-brain barrier becoming leaky.
23 February, 2024
Trinity Team Discovers Underlying Cause Of “Brain Fog” Linked With Long COVID
Today, a team of scientists from Trinity College Dublin and investigators from FutureNeuro announced a major discovery that has profound importance for our understanding of brain fog and cognitive decline seen in some patients with Long COVID.