News tagged with fatigue syndrome
Scientists link chronic fatigue ailment to retrovirus
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a potential retroviral link to chronic fatigue syndrome, known as CFS, a debilitating disease that affects millions of people in the United States. Researchers from the Whittemore ...
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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Disposable cortisol biosensor developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have developed a disposable, non-invasive new biosensor to monitor levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, and say the ultrasensitive electrochemical impedance technique ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 02, 2010 |
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Mouse virus link to chronic fatigue is studied
A U.S. government study has uncovered a family of mouse viruses in some people with chronic fatigue syndrome, raising still more questions about whether an infection may play a role in the complicated illness.
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Aug 23, 2010 |
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New virus is not linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(PhysOrg.com) -- New UK research, published today in PLoS ONE, has not reproduced previous findings that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be linked to a recently discovered virus. The authors of the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 06, 2010 |
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New research shows virus previously linked to chronic fatigue syndrome is a lab contaminant
A virus previously thought to be associated with chronic fatigue syndrome is not the cause of the disease, a detailed study has shown. The research shows that cell samples used in previous research were contaminated with ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Research casts doubt on theory of cause of chronic fatigue
A high-profile scientific paper that gave enormous hope to patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, and even prompted some to begin taking potent anti-HIV drugs, has been largely discredited by subsequent research.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Spinal fluid proteins distinguish lyme disease from chronic fatigue syndrome
Patients who suffer from Neurologic Post Treatment Lyme disease (nPTLS) and those with the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome report similar symptoms. However unique proteins discovered in spinal fluid can distinguish those two groups ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Best treatments for chronic fatigue are exercise, CBT: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two effective treatments benefit up to 60 per cent of patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), according to a collaborative trial funded by the Medical ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Dangerous toxin discovered in critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from NOAA have discovered a potent and highly-debilitating toxin in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, a first-of-its-kind chemical finding that is now prompting investigations ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Powerful HIV drugs inhibit retrovirus linked to prostate cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome
Certain drugs used to combat HIV also inhibit a retrovirus recently linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a new study from University of Utah and Emory University/Veterans Affair Medical Center (VA) ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 01, 2010 |
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New study casts doubt over ME virus link
A new study published in the British Medical Journal today casts doubt on recent claims that a human retrovirus known as XMRV is linked to chronic fatigue syndrome or ME (myalgic encephalitis).
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Feb 26, 2010 |
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Abuse in childhood linked to migraine and other pain disorders
Researchers from the American Headache Society's Women's Issues Section Research Consortium found that incidence of childhood maltreatment, especially emotional abuse and neglect, are prevalent in migraine patients. The study ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Unique spinal fluid proteins found in chronic fatigue, lyme disease syndrome patients
Chronic fatigue syndrome knocks people down with a debilitating fatigue, but researchers have yet to identify an underlying cause. The difficulty in distinguishing CFS from nPTLS is a result of their shared ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Defeatism is undermining evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome can be treated
An air of defeatism exists within the medical profession about chronic fatigue syndrome that is undermining evidence that it can be treated, argue three senior doctors in this week's BMJ.
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Feb 10, 2010 |
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