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.
15 August, 2024
Antibodies From Long COVID Patients Provide Clues To Autoimmunity Hypothesis
Promising new research supports that autoimmunity—in which the immune system targets its own body—may contribute to Long COVID symptoms in some patients. As covered previously in this blog, researchers have several hypotheses to explain what causes Long COVID, including lingering viral remnants, the reactivation of latent viruses, tissue damage, and autoimmunity. Now, in a recent study, when researchers gave healthy mice antibodies from patients with Long COVID, some of the animals began showing Long COVID symptoms—specifically heightened pain sensitivity and dizziness. It is among the first studies to offer enticing evidence for the autoimmunity hypothesis. The research was led by Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM).
14 August, 2024
There Is No Single Test To Diagnose Long COVID Patients, According To International Researchers
More than two dozen lab tests have been unable to diagnose long COVID, according to new research which suggests there may be no reliable way to diagnose the condition.
14 August, 2024
Father Of ME Sufferer Calls For ‘Radical’ Reform In The Treatment Of The Illness
Sean O’Neill spoke out after a coroner found Maeve Boothby-O’Neill had died from natural causes ‘because of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)’.
13 August, 2024
Tryptamine Therapeutics Delivers Fibromyalgia Trial Results Breakthrough
Tryptamine Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: TYP) CEO Jason Carrol joins Jonathan Jackson in the Proactive studio to discuss promising results from a Phase 2a clinical trial in collaboration with the University of Michigan (UOM). The trial focused on TRP-8802, Tryp’s oral psilocybin formulation, administered with psychotherapy to patients suffering from fibromyalgia.
13 August, 2024
Patients Seriously Affected By Flu Or Covid May Have High Levels Of Crucial Enzyme, Research Finds
Australian-led discovery may help explain why otherwise healthy people die from infectious diseases while others fight off viruses unscathed.
13 August, 2024
Calls For More Funding And Better Understanding Of ME As Young Woman Dies After Being Taken To Hospital Three Times Suffering Malnutrition
More funding and better understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome is needed, the inquest into the death of a young woman with ME has heard.
12 August, 2024
ME: The Condition Still Baffling The NHS
Also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, ME affects a quarter of a million people in the UK but is 'poorly understood'.
12 August, 2024
My Husband Is Bedbound With ME At 37. I Grieve For The Life We Had
Karen Hargrave is campaigning for better care for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis after her husband’s life was ‘decimated’ by the debilitating disease that has no treatment and no cure.
12 August, 2024
Empowering Patient Research
For far too long, medicine has ignored the valuable insights that patients have into their own diseases. It is time to listen.
11 August, 2024
‘I’ve Been Tired Since I Was 13’: ME Patients Hope Harrowing Inquest Will Change Perceptions
Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s parents tell of desperate efforts to find help and their desire to improve treatment for others.
