MEA Summary Review: US study of onset patterns and course of illness in ME/CFS | 29 January 2019
Epidemiology studies are few and far between in the field of ME/CFS.
Research Reviews
MEA Summary Review: Study suggests brain inflammation in ME/CFS | 15 January 2019
MEA Summary Review: Study suggests brain inflammation in ME/CFS | 15 January 2019 Read More »
The latest study from Jarred Younger reports on brain temperature and neuroinflammation in ME/CFS.
MEA Summary Review: Cardiac abnormalities in ME/CFS not due to deconditioning | 26 November 2018
A large replication that used tilt table testing and rejected the interpretation of an earlier study.
MEA Summary Review: The search for biomarkers in ME/CFS using Raman spectroscopy | 06 September 2018
Charlotte explains the methods and results from this latest research from Dr Morten’s team in Oxford.
MEA Summary Review: Natural Killer Cells as a Biomarker in ME/CFS | 17 August 2018
MEA Summary Review: Natural Killer Cells as a Biomarker in ME/CFS | 17 August 2018 Read More »
A recent study from Spain has prompted this review of NK cell involvement in ME/CFS.
MEA Research Update: Metabolomics and ME/CFS – Dr Morten and the Oxford research centre | 13th August 2018
In this update we learn about metabolomics and its importance for ME/CFS biomarker discovery, and how research at Oxford is progressing.
MEA Summary Review: ME/CFS and the Biopsychosocial Model – By Dr Keith Geraghty | 29 June 2018
In a guest review, Dr Geraghty summarises his most recent study examining the BPS model in ME/CFS
MEA Summary Review: Vision Impairment in M.E. | 05 March 2018
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A research group at the University of Leicester has recently reported the results of a new study examining visual impairment in M.E.
MEA Summary Review: Elevated BNP levels in ME/CFS associate with cardiac dysfunction | 14 February 2018
A recent study from a research group at Newcastle University has found that patients with ME/CFS have significantly higher levels of a hormone called BNP in their blood and that this also correlated with significantly lower cardiac volumes.
MEA Summary Review: The dysfunctional autonomic nervous system in ME/CFS | 24 January 2018
An ME Association research summary that explains the autonomic nervous system, recent research findings, and provides some self-help tips for symptom relief.
MEA Summary Review: Changes in ‘brain chemistry’ after exercise in CFS, Gulf War Illness and sedentary controls | 06 December 2017
We recently reported the results of research from Professor
We hear from Cara Tomas about her recent study on cellular bioenergetic deficiencies in ME/CFS | 13 November 2017
Cara Tomas is a PhD student working with Professor Julia Newton at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, and her research was featured in the New Scientist last week.
MEA Summary Review: Rethinking Childhood Adversity in ME/CFS | 30 October 2017
MEA Summary Review: Rethinking Childhood Adversity in ME/CFS | 30 October 2017 Read More »
We recently posted the conclusion of a new study
MEA Summary Review: Grey and white matter differences in chronic fatigue syndrome | 19 October 2017
A recent study reported differences in brain structure in
MEA Review: To the heart of the issue – new study on two-day CPET in M.E. and MS | 29 August 2017
Published in Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 07 August
ME Association Review: GETSET fails to demonstrate GET can significantly improve physical function | 28 June 2017
Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care versus specialist