Our regular weekly summary of research paper abstracts received during the week that have not already been placed on the website. Chronic fatigue syndrome: labels, meanings and consequences J Psychosom …
TGI Friday! Summary of latest research abstracts, 30 September 2011 Read More »
From the Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2011 (Story by Jay A Levy and Daniel L Peterson) Most health professionals have finally acknowledged that it’s a real and serious illness. …
‘The mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome’, Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2011 Read More »
From Vincent Racaniello’s ‘Virology Blog’, 27 September 2011 Whether or not the retrovirus XMRV is a human pathogen has been debated since the virus was first described in 2006. The …
‘Trust science, not scientists’, Vincent Racaniello’s Virology Blog, 27 September 2011 Read More »
Since posting this item, we have heard that Dr Nigel Speight will be unable to join us for this ME Question Time. His place on the panel will be taken …
You will be welcome at our ‘ME Question Time’ – Huddersfield, Saturday October 8 Read More »
From the Boots WebMS website, 23 September 2011 (story by Brenda Goodman, reviewed by Dr Rob Hicks) 23rd September 2011 — Researchers are disputing a 2009 study that found a …
From the ‘New Scientist’, 23 September 2011 (story by Andy Coghlan) Researchers who claim they have found a link between a mouse leukaemia virus and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have …
‘Viral theory for chronic fatigue partly retracted’, New Scientist, 23 September 2011 Read More »
From BBC News, 24 September 2011 (story by health reporter James Gallagher) When it comes to controversy and heated debate, few illnesses come close to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known …
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: ‘Surrounded by uncertainty’, BBC News, 24 September 2011 Read More »
From ‘Retraction Watch’, 22 September 2011 If past experience is any indication, billions of pixels will be spilled in the coming days as scientists and advocates debate the latest twist …
From BBC News, 22 September 2011 (story by health reporter James Gallagher) Scientists who first linked chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME, to a virus have withdrawn some of …
‘Virus link to ME called into question’, BBC News, 22 September 2011 Read More »
From the Washington Post ‘Check-up’ blog, 22 September 2011 (story by Rob Stein). New research has further undermined an already widely questioned supposed link between a virus and chronic fatigue …
From ‘Health Day’, a US online publication, 22 September 2011 (story by Amanda Gardner) THURSDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) — Researchers have shot another arrow through the credibility of claims …
From ‘The Scientist’, 22 September, 2011 (story by Tia Ghose) Researchers publish yet another study against the link between a murine leukemia virus and chronic fatigue syndrome, and partially retract …
‘Again: No XMRV-Chronic Fatigue Link’, The Scientist, 22 September 2011 Read More »
Science 23 September 2011: Vol. 333 no. 6050 pp. 1694-1701 DOI: 10.1126/science.333.6050.1694 NEWS FOCUS VIROLOGY False Positive Jon Cohen, Martin Enserink For the past 2 years, a controversy has roiled …
XMRV: latest reports in ‘Science’, 23 September 2011 Read More »
From the New York Times, 22 September 2011 (story by David Tuller) Dashing the hopes of many people with chronic fatigue syndrome, an eagerly awaited study coordinated by government health …
‘Viral Theory Is Set Back in Chronic Fatigue Study’, New York Times, 22 September 2011 Read More »
Voices from the Shadows Trailer from Josh on Vimeo. The world premiere of ‘Voices from the Shadows’ – a film hailed by US Professor Lenny Jason as “the most important …
From the Herts Advertiser, 29 September 2011 (story by Debbie White) WHEN fame-hungry housemates on television show Big Brother (BB) next feel peckish, they are in for a heavenly treat …
‘Big Brother’ coup for St Albans cupcake creator, Herts Advertiser, 20 September 2011 Read More »
Virology. 2011 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print] No detectable XMRV in subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome from Quebec Cool M, Bouchard N, Massé G, Laganière B, Dumont A, Hanna …
The Neurological Alliance of Scotland is carrying out a survey of the most recent experiences of patients with neurological conditions when they’ve accessed NHS services – other than visits to …
From the British Medical Journal, 19 September 2011 (story by Mark Hunter) Chronic fatigue syndrome costs the UK economy millions of pounds in lost productivity each year, research announced on …
From the Wall Street Journal business section, 17 September 2011 (story by Amy Dockser Marcus) Wave of New Disabilities Swamps School Budgets KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.—Christina Gustavsson says she loves school. …
How CSF impacts on US school budgets, Wall Street Journal, 17 September 2011 Read More »
