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== ME/CFS Science == === Immune system and infections=== '''Gut Bacteria Are Different in People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Bakalar | first = Nicholas | date = 7 July 2016 | title = Gut Bacteria Are Different in People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url= http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/07/gut-bacteria-are-different-in-people-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/|newspaper= The New York Times|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''The New York Times: Well'' By: Nicholas Bakalar. (Jul 7, 2016) "A new study has identified a bacterial blueprint for chronic fatigue syndrome, offering further evidence that it is a physical disease with biological causes and not a psychological condition." '''Chronic fatigue and the microbiome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Greenwood | first = Sadja | date = 1 December 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue and the microbiome |url= http://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/chronic-fatigue-and-microbiome|newspaper= The Point Reyes Light|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''The Point Reyes Light'' By: Sadja Greenwood, M.D. (Dec 1, 2016) "There is tremendous interest in the relationship between the microbes in and on our bodies and our state of health and disease. The origins of chronic fatigue syndrome have remained mysterious, though studied, for years, but it is now believed to be related in some ways to the bacteria in our gut." '''Chronic fatigue syndrome a kick in the guts'''<ref>{{citation |last = Loder | first = Florienne | date = Jan 9, 2017 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome a kick in the guts |url= https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-a-kick-in-the-guts\?=hootsuite|newspaper= The University of Melbourne - Pursuit |location= Melbourne, Australia|access-date= }}</ref> ''The University of Melbourne - Pursuit'' By: Florienne Loder. (Jan 9, 2017) "This is what people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), experience. As the name implies, ME/CFS is a chronic, often severely disabling disease that comes with a myriad of symptoms rooted from the autonomic nervous system, immune system, endocrine system and gut. A good night’s sleep is not going to fix this severely debilitating disorder and treatments are hard to come by." '''How Gut Bacteria Is Helping To Unpack Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Brancatisano|first = Emma | date = 3 February 2017 | title = How Gut Bacteria Is Helping To Unpack Chronic Fatigue Syndrome |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/02/02/how-gut-bacteria-is-helping-to-unpack-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/|newspaper= The Huffington Post |location= Australia|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Huffington Post - Australia'' By: Emma Brancatisano. (Feb 3, 2017) "It is a debilitating condition that you may have heard of once or twice. And, contrary to popular conception, it goes beyond fatigue. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (also known as Myalgic Encephalomyetlitis) is a flu-like medical condition characterised not only by long-term fatigue but a whole host of other symptoms that limit a person's ability to carry out daily life." '''Queensland scientists make chronic fatigue breakthrough'''<ref>{{cite news | title = Queensland scientists make chronic fatigue breakthrough |url= http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/02/21/queensland-scientists-make-chronic-fatigue-breakthrough|newspaper= Special Broadcasting Service |location= Australia | date = 21 February 2017|access-date= }}</ref> ''Special Broadcasting Service'' (Feb 21, 2017) "Chronic fatigue syndrome sufferers have been given new hope after Queensland researchers found strong evidence it is caused by a dysfunctional immune system." '''Queensland Scientists Make Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Breakthrough'''<ref>{{citation |last = Cooper | first = Luke | date = 21 February 2017 | title = Queensland Scientists Make Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Breakthrough |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/02/21/queensland-scientists-make-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-research-bre/|newspaper= The Huffington Post |location= Australia|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Huffington Post - Australia'' By: Luke Cooper. (Feb 21, 2017) "Queensland scientists have linked Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), to a dysfunctional immune system -- proving for the first time that the condition does stem from the body rather than the mind." '''Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to immune system deficiency in breakthrough'''<ref>{{citation |last = Miles | first = Janelle | date = 20 February 2017 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to immune system deficiency in breakthrough |url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/news-story/893e8b8326fd5d293cbad43659ff73f4|newspaper= Herald Sun |location= Melbourne |access-date= }}</ref> ''Herald Sun'' By: Janelle Miles. (Feb 20, 2017) "QUEENSLAND scientists have linked chronic fatigue syndrome to a dysfunctional immune system, providing more evidence the disorder is physiological rather than psychological." '''One of the Biggest Myths About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Just Got Debunked'''<ref>{{citation |last = MacDonald | first = Fiona | date = 22 February 2017 | title = One of the Biggest Myths About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Just Got Debunked |url= http://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-the-biggest-myths-about-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-just-got-destroyed|newspaper= Science Alert |location= Australia |access-date= }}</ref> ''Science Alert'' By: Fiona MacDonald. (Feb 22, 2017) "Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is one of the most perplexing conditions out there. It affects up to 1 million Americans and 2.6 percent of the global population, often triggering exhaustion so severe that patients can't work or study." '''Chronisches Erschöpfungssyndrom: schwierige Forschungsumstände, komplett neue Technologien und neue Erkenntnisse''' German (Chronic fatigue syndrome: difficult research conditions, completely new technologies and new findings)<ref>{{citation |last = Schickendanz|first = Melanie | date = January 3, 2017 | title = Chronisches Erschöpfungssyndrom: schwierige Forschungsumstände, komplett neue Technologien und neue Erkenntnisse - German (Chronic fatigue syndrome: difficult research conditions, completely new technologies and new findings)|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.de/melanie-schickedanz/chronisches-erschoepfungs_b_15057742.html?|newspaper= The Huffington Post|location= Germany |access-date= }}</ref> ''The Huffington Post'' Germany By: Melanie Schickedanz (Jan 3, 2017) "Der Forscher Prof. [[Ron Davis]] (u.a. Genetiker und Direktor der Open Medicine Foundation) hat ein neues Video veröffentlicht, in dem er über seine neuesten Entdeckungen bezüglich der Erkrankung Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis (wird oft mit dem verharmlosenden Namen CFS bzw. chronisches Erschöpfungssyndrom betitelt) spricht. Er und sein Forscherteam des Stanford Genome Technology Centers konnten signifikante Durchbrüche bezüglich des Verstehens der molekularen Mechanismen der Erkrankung erzielen, sodass es nun möglich ist, nach einer Behandlungsmöglichkeit zu forschen. Zudem berichtet er über neu entwickelte Technologien, die nötig sind, da sich die Forschung mit schwer an ME erkrankten Menschen als sehr schwierig gestaltet." '''Yet more research shows chronic fatigue syndrome is real. When will health services catch up?''' <ref>{{citation |last = Chainey|first = Naomi | date = 21 March 2017 | title = Yet more research shows chronic fatigue syndrome is real. When will health services catch up? |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/21/yet-more-research-shows-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-is-real-when-will-health-services-catch-up#comment-95304542|newspaper= The Guardian|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''The Guardian'' By: Naomi Chainey (Mar 21, 2017) "When the New York Times publishes a piece on the glaring flaws in a large study conducted on the effectiveness of recommended treatments for chronically ill people, saying claims of recovery are “overstated” and “not justified by the data”, I can’t imagine that’s a good thing. However, as someone who has been ill with chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalomyelitis or ME/CFS) for over a decade, the article represents hope." ===Brain and neurological=== '''Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder''' <ref>{{citation |last = Tuller | first = David | date = November 24, 2014 | title = Brains of People With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Offer Clues About Disorder|url= http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/brains-of-people-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-offer-clues-about-disorder/|newspaper= The New York Times|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''The New York Times: Well'' By: [[David Tuller]]. (Nov 24, 2014) "Many patients are still told to seek psychiatric help. But two recent studies — one from investigators at Stanford a few weeks ago and another from a Japanese research team published earlier this year — have found that the brains of people with chronic fatigue syndrome differ from those of healthy people, strengthening the argument that serious physiological dysfunctions are at the root of the condition." '''Unraveling the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Dremann | first = Sue | date = 10 July 2015 | title = Unraveling the mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome|url= http://paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/07/10/unraveling-the-mystery-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome|newspaper= Palo Alto Online|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''Palo Alto Online'' By: Sue Dremann. (Jul 10, 2015) "Researchers are making headway toward finding evidence of chronic fatigue syndrome and how it may change the brain." === Diagnostic tests, biomarkers and blood === '''Chronic fatigue syndrome: new diagnostic tool to speed up treatment and reduce stigma'''<ref>{{citation |last = Larkins | first = Damien | date = 10 March 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome: new diagnostic tool to speed up treatment and reduce stigma|url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-10/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-new-diagnostic-tool/7236182|newspaper= ABC Gold Coast|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''ABC Gold Coast'' By: Damien Larkins. (Mar 10, 2016) "[[Griffith University]] has developed a tool to diagnose CFS faster and hopes it will reduce the stigma around the disorder. Professor of Immunology Sonja Marshall-Gradisnik headed the research to develop the new screening tool." '''Gold Coast team getting closer to discovering test for chronic fatigue syndrome'''<ref>{{citation | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title = Gold Coast team getting closer to discovering test for chronic fatigue syndrome|url= http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/lifestyle/gold-coast-team-getting-closer-to-discovering-test-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrom/news-story/1627b3fcc41c53efac927200a53cc756|newspaper= Gold Coast Bulletin|location= | date = November 30, 2016|access-date= }}</ref> ''Gold Coast Bulletin''. (Nov 30, 2016) "A team of Gold Coast scientists is behind world-first research that will enable doctors to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome in a matter of days rather than years." '''Chronic fatigue IS a real condition': People with the debilitating illness have 'telltale signs in their blood''''<ref>{{citation |last = Macrae | first = Fiona | date = 29 August 2016 | title = 'Chronic fatigue IS a real condition': People with the debilitating illness have 'telltale signs in their blood'|url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3763433/Chronic-fatigue-real-condition-People-debilitating-illness-telltale-signs-blood.html|newspaper= Daily Mail|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''Daily Mail'' By: Fiona Macrae. (Aug 29, 2016) "It is often dismissed as being all in the mind. But chronic fatigue syndrome is real, doctors said today. They have shown that people with symptoms of the debilitating condition have a specific chemical signature in their blood." '''Scientists find signature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in blood which suggests disease is the body going into hibernation'''<ref>{{citation |last = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title = Scientists find signature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in blood which suggests disease is the body going into hibernation | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/30/scientists-find-signature-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-in-blood-w/|newspaper= The Telegraph|location= London | date = August 30, 2016|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Telegraph''. (Aug 30, 2016) "A chemical signature of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome suggests the disease may be caused by the body going into a semi-hibernation state, a study has said." '''Chronic fatigue syndrome could be the body trying to hibernate'''<ref>{{citation |last = Whipple | first = Tom | date = August 30, 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome could be the body trying to hibernate|url= http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-could-be-the-body-trying-to-hibernate-3fzp2zgxv|archive-url= http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/08/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-could-be-the-body-trying-to-hibernate-the-times-30-august-2016/|archive-date = August 30, 2016|newspaper= The Times|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Times'' By: Tom Whipple. (Aug 30, 2016) Paywalled. [http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/08/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-could-be-the-body-trying-to-hibernate-the-times-30-august-2016/ Reprint available via The ME Association] "Chronic fatigue syndrome may be caused by the body mistakenly going into a semi-hibernation state, a study has suggested." '''Chronic Fatigue Syndrome could be identified from your blood'''<ref>{{citation |last = Collins | first = Jem | date = 31 August 2016 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome could be identified in your blood | url = https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/health/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-identified-blood/|newspaper= iNews|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''iNews'' ''Health'' By: Jem Collins. (Aug 31, 2016) "It can take years to get a diagnosis for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). However, a team of researchers from America claim to have found a unique “chemical signature” for the condition. If confirmed, it could pave the way for simple diagnosis tests, as well as better treatments." '''Researchers Identify Characteristic Chemical Signature for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'''<ref>{{Cite news | title = Researchers Identify Characteristic Chemical Signature for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url= http://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-identify-characteristic-chemical-signature-for-chronic-fatigue-syndrome|newspaper= NewsWise – UC San Diego: Health Sciences | date = August 25, 2016|access-date= }}</ref> ''NewsWise – UC San Diego: Health Sciences''. (Aug 25, 2016) [[Dauer]] is the German word for persistence or long-lived. It is a type of stasis in the development in some invertebrates that is prompted by harsh environmental conditions. The findings are published online in the August 29 issue of PNAS. '''Chronic-fatigue syndrome – Blood simple?'''<ref>{{Cite news | title = Chronic-fatigue syndrome – Blood simple?|url= http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21706241-new-test-may-diagnose-mysterious-illness-and-also-help-explain-it-blood|newspaper= The Economist|location= London | date = September 3, 2016|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Economist''. (Sep 3, 2016) "Chronic-fatigue syndrome, or CFS, which afflicts over 1m people in America and 250,000 in Britain, is certainly chronic and surely fatiguing. But is it truly a syndrome, a set of symptoms reliably associated together and thought to have a single underlying cause—in other words, a definable disease?" '''Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Leave A 'Chemical Signature' In The Blood'''<ref>{{citation |last = Rettner | first = Rachael | date = August 30, 2016 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Leave A ‘Chemical Signature’ In The Blood | url = http://www.livescience.com/55940-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-chemical-signature.html|newspaper= Live Science|location= New York|access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last = Rettner | first = Rachael | date = 1 September 2016 | title = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Leave A ‘Chemical Signature’ In The Blood | url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-may-leave-a-chemical-signature-in-the-blood_us_57c84eb1e4b078581f117fd5|newspaper= The Huffington Post|location= New York|access-date= }}</ref> ''Live Science'' and ''The Huffington Post'' By: Rachael Rettner. (Aug 30, 2016) People with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) can wait years before being diagnosed with the condition, and there is no singe test for it. But a new study may have found a "chemical signature" for the condition - a set of molecules in the blood that's unique to people with CFS. === Metabolism, energy and endocrine hormones=== '''How Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Affects Your Metabolism'''<ref>{{citation |last = Collins | first = Nathan | date = August 30, 2016 | title = How Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Affects Your Metabolism|url= https://psmag.com/how-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-affects-your-metabolism-f4682f9d1b67#.7b7ub4pjc|newspaper= Pacific Standard|location= Santa Barbara|access-date= }}</ref> ''Pacific Standard'' By: Nathan Collins. (Aug 30, 2016) "There are somewhere around one or two million Americans with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a disease that often leaves sufferers barely able to move or think. But after decades in the dark, researchers have finally taken a step toward better understanding CFS: Among other things, the disease is correlated with a substantial decline in metabolites, the waste products our cells produce as part of their normal function." '''Metabolite abnormalities pinpointed in chronic fatigue syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Borman | first = Stu | date = 12 September 2016 | title = Metabolite abnormalities pinpointed in chronic fatigue syndrome|url= http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i36/Metabolite-abnormalities-pinpointed-chronic-fatigue.html|newspaper= Chemical & Engineering News|location= Washington, D.C.|access-date= }}</ref> ''Chemical & Engineering News'' By: Stu Borman. (Sep 12, 2016) Paywalled. "Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also called myalgic encephalomyelitis, is a complex disorder characterized by malaise, sleep problems, and pain. The cause of the condition is unclear and difficult to diagnose and treat." '''Chronic fatigue syndrome may be a human version of ‘hibernation’'''<ref>{{citation |last = Cha | first = Ariana Eunjung | date = 6 September 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue syndrome may be a human version of ‘hibernation’ |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/09/06/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-may-be-a-human-version-of-hibernation/|newspaper= The Washington Post|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''The Washington Post: To Your Health'' By: Ariana Eunjung Cha. (Sep 6, 2016) "A new study raises the extraordinary possibility that humans may be able to put themselves into a kind of hibernation state as well — but in a way that hurts us rather than helps us." '''Chronic fatigue resembles hibernation'''<ref>{{citation |last = Cha | first = Ariana Eunjung | date = 14 September 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue resembles hibernation | url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11709080|newspaper= The New Zealand Herald|location= Auckland|access-date= }}</ref> ''The New Zealand Herald'' By: Ariana Eunjung Cha. (Sep 14, 2016) "A new study has raised the extraordinary possibility that humans may be able to put themselves into a kind of hibernation state - but in a way that hurts us rather than helps us." '''Santa Rosa doctor’s study offers new insight into chronic fatigue syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Kovner | first = Guy | date = Sep 21, 2016 | title = Santa Rosa doctor’s study offers new insight into chronic fatigue syndrome|url= http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/6110404-181/santa-rosa-doctors-study-offers?artslide=0|newspaper= The Press Democrat|location= Santa Rosa|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Press Democrat'' By: Guy Kovner. (Sep 21, 2016) "Brittany Harrison of Santa Rosa was an A-student, valedictorian of her eighth-grade class and a promising ballerina when the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome set in at age 13. By 17, she was bedridden all day in a dark room, unable to stand or walk and in constant pain from a severe migraine. Unable to eat anything but soft food and occasionally fruit, she lost weight and stopped going to school. An associated symptom known as “brain fog” prohibited her from reading, doing school work and even having conversations because she couldn’t understand what she was reading or what someone was saying to her." “I could crawl to the bathroom,” she said. === Drugs and treatments === '''Exercise and therapy cure for ME is ‘seriously flawed’'''<ref>{{citation |last = Whipple | first = Tom | date = 28 September 2016 | title = Exercise and therapy cure for ME is ‘seriously flawed’|url= http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/exercise-and-therapy-cure-for-me-is-seriously-flawed-cm66p7kc2|archive-url= http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/09/exercise-and-therapy-cure-for-me-is-seriously-flawed-the-times-28-september-2016/|archive-date= 28 September 2016|newspaper= The Times|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Times'' By: Tom Whipple. (Sep 28, 2016) Paywalled. [http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/09/exercise-and-therapy-cure-for-me-is-seriously-flawed-the-times-28-september-2016/ Reprint available via The ME Assocation] "A landmark study suggesting that ME could be treated with exercise and psychological intervention is seriously flawed, scientists have claimed. If correct, it would mean that treatments recommended on the NHS, which have proved hugely controversial among Britain’s 250,000 sufferers of ME, are ineffective." '''Chronic fatigue sufferers getting the wrong treatment—thanks to a falsified study'''<ref>{{citation |last = Hubbard | first = Bryan | date = 12 September 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue sufferers getting the wrong treatment—thanks to a falsified study|url= https://www.wddty.com/news/2016/09/chronic-fatigue-sufferers-getting-the-wrong-treatment-thanks-to-a-falsified-study.html|newspaper= What Doctors Don't Tell You|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''What Doctors Don't Tell You'' By: Bryan Hubbard. (Sep 12, 2016) "Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are not getting the proper treatment. The standard approach these days is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)—known as the ‘talking therapy’, which implies the problem is mainly in the sufferer’s head—but this is based on a landmark study whose results were falsified, it has been revealed this week. The PACE study had concluded in 2011 that 61 percent of sufferers were getting well on CBT and exercise—but the numbers who really benefited had been inflated three-fold by researchers." '''ME sufferers demand end to exercise treatment'''<ref name="ScotsGET">{{Cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/me-sufferers-demand-end-to-exercise-treatment-9ncc9nw6n | title = ME sufferers demand end to exercise treatment | last = Macaskill|first = Mark | date = May 10, 2020|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2020-05-11|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en|issn=0140-0460|quote=}}</ref> ''The Sunday Times'' By: Mark Macaskill. (May 10, 2020) Paywalled. Scottish ministers are being urged to withdraw a controversial treatment that is prescribed on the NHS to treat myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) but is blamed for leaving many victims housebound or crippled. More than 21,000 Scots suffer from ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome, and coronavirus is expected to trigger more cases. There are concerns that GPs will prescribe graded exercise therapy (GET), a treatment offered on the NHS that asks patients to continually increase their levels of activity and “push through” symptoms. Campaigners claim many patients have been harmed by the therapy, and they are pressing for it to be dropped in the UK. '''Immune-Modulating Agents Eyed for 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome''''<ref>{{citation |last = Tucker | first = Miriam E. | date = 11 November 2016 | title = Immune-Modulating Agents Eyed for 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'|url= http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/871787|newspaper= Medscape|location= New York|access-date= }}</ref> ''Medscape'' By: Miriam E. Tucker. (Nov 11, 2016) "The illness known as "chronic fatigue syndrome" isn't typically considered within the purview of oncology, but a chance finding in 2004 led two Norwegian oncologists on a career-consuming mission to shed light on the controversial condition." === PACE trial === '''Patients, Scientists Fight Over Research-Data Access'''<ref>{{citation |last = Marcus | first = Amy Dockser | date = 7 March 2016 | title = Patients, Scientists Fight Over Research-Data Access|url= http://www.wsj.com/articles/patients-scientists-fight-over-research-data-access-1457394712|archive-url= http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/03/patients-scientists-fight-over-research-data-access-wall-street-journal-7-march-2016/|archive-date= 7 March 2016|newspaper= The Wall Street Journal|location= New York|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Wall Street Journal'' By: Amy Dockser Marcus. (Mar 7, 2016) Paywalled. [http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2016/03/patients-scientists-fight-over-research-data-access-wall-street-journal-7-march-2016/ Reprint available via The ME Association] "A controversy surrounding a study of chronic fatigue syndrome is prompting some scientists to push back against demands that they make medical research data more widely available to other researchers and patients." '''The Misleading Research at the Heart of Disability Cuts'''<ref>{{citation |last = Duffy|first = Simon | date = 20 April 2016 | title = The Misleading Research at the Heart of Disability Cuts|url= http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dr-simon-duffy/the-misleading-research-a_b_9726490.html|newspaper= The Huffington Post UK|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Huffington Post UK'' By: Dr. Simon Duffy. (Apr 20, 2016) "Unfortunately it turns out that this research is often deeply flawed. For instance, the Centre for Welfare Reform has just published a report by George Faulkner which suggests that, on the basis of its published results, many of its claims cannot be validated." '''Doctor's Diary: Gove was right, we have had enough of experts'''<ref>{{citation |last = LeFanu|first = James | date = 17 October 2016 | title = Doctor's Diary: Gove was right, we have had enough of experts|url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/wellbeing/doctors-diary/doctors-diary-gove-was-right-we-have-had-enough-of-experts/|newspaper= The Telegraph|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Telegraph'' By: James LeFanu. (Oct 17, 2016) "Michael Gove’s remark amid the referendum campaign that “people have had enough of experts” resonated widely – reflecting a well-founded suspicion that informed opinion, buttressed by jargon and statistics, can be much less trustworthy than it appears. This has become an endemic problem in medicine, and the recent unmasking of a widely endorsed treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyalitis – better known as ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) – is highly instructive." ===PACE Trial data release=== '''Chronic fatigue sufferers getting the wrong treatment—thanks to a falsified study'''<ref>{{citation |last = Hubbard | first = Bryan | date = 12 September 2016 | title = Chronic fatigue sufferers getting the wrong treatment—thanks to a falsified study|url= https://www.wddty.com/news/2016/09/chronic-fatigue-sufferers-getting-the-wrong-treatment-thanks-to-a-falsified-study.html|newspaper= What Doctors Don't Tell You|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''What Doctors Don't Tell You'' By: Bryan Hubbard. (Sep 12, 2016) "Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are not getting the proper treatment. The standard approach these days is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)—known as the ‘talking therapy’, which implies the problem is mainly in the sufferer’s head—but this is based on a landmark study whose results were falsified, it has been revealed this week. The PACE study had concluded in 2011 that 61 percent of sufferers were getting well on CBT and exercise—but the numbers who really benefited had been inflated three-fold by researchers." '''The Implosion of a Breakthrough Study on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Romm|first = Cari | date = Sep 21, 2016 | title = The Implosion of a Breakthrough Study on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome|url= http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/a-big-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-study-has-been-discredited.html|newspaper= New York Magazine|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''New York Magazine: Science of Us'' By: Cari Romm. (Sep 21, 2016) "And now, definitive proof has emerged that the latter camp was correct. In a column published in Stat today, writer Julie Rehmeyer — herself a CFS patient — explained how a supposed breakthrough blew up so spectacularly." '''Do you suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? There's some good news for you'''<ref>{{citation |last = Chainey|first = Naomi | date = August 30, 2016 | title = Do you suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? There's some good news for you|url= http://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/article/2016/08/29/do-you-suffer-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-theres-some-good-news-you|newspaper= SBS|location= Sydney|access-date= }}</ref> ''SBS'' By: Naomi Chainey. (Aug 30, 2016) "The Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has been ordered to release previously withheld data from a treatment trial under the UK Freedom of Information Act. Patients and advocates hope the ruling will lead to more rigorous critique of the trial’s controversial treatment recommendations." '''The results they really didn’t want you to see: key ME/CFS trial data released'''<ref>{{citation |last = Bower | first = Conrad | date = 2 October 2016 | title = The results they really didn’t want you to see: key ME/CFS trial data released | url = http://www.thecanary.co/2016/10/02/results-really-didnt-want-see-key-mecfs-trial-data-released/|newspaper= The Canary|location= Bristol, UK|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Canary'' By: Conrad Bower. (Oct 2, 2016) "Researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), have been ordered to release a full data from a controversial ME/CFS (myalgic encaphalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome) study known as the PACE trial. A preliminary analysis of the data reveals a shocking difference to the original published results, if the trials original data analysis method had been followed. The new analysis suggests that the therapies tested in the DWP funded trial are not nearly as effective as the published results claimed them to be." '''PACE Trial Data Released'''<ref>{{citation | last1 = Savage | first1 = Anna | last2 = Thompson | first2 = Poppy | date = 14 November 2016 | title = PACE Trial Data Released | url = http://theprintnews.co.uk/2016/11/pace-results-released/|newspaper= The Print (Queen Mary Students’ Union)|location= London|access-date= }}</ref> ''The Print'' (Newspaper of Queen Mary Students' Union) By: Anna Savage and Poppy Thompson. (Nov 14, 2016) "PACE was a five year trial conducted by researchers from Queen Mary University of London and King’s College London to investigate the effectiveness of treatments for ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)." '''How Alem Matthees’ letter helped solve Chronic Fatigue Syndrome mystery'''<ref>{{citation | last1 = Jason | first1 = Jason | date = 8 January 2017 | title = How Alem Matthees' letter helped solve Chronic Fatigue Syndrome mystery|url= http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/how-alem-matthees-letter-helped-solve-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-mystery/news-story/eb566e1a0f6bcaadb362818a12c2e386 |newspaper= news.com.au |location= Australia|access-date= }}</ref> news.com.au By: Jason Murphy (January 8, 2017) "ON A hot dry Perth day in March 2014, Alem Matthees finished writing a letter. It was a very polite letter, from a very polite young man. Alem wanted an answer to a simple question." === Research funding=== '''UK to launch genetic study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome''' Jun 2020, <ref>{{Cite news | last = Siddique | first = Haroon | date = 2020-06-23|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/23/uk-to-launch-genetic-study-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs|website=The Guardian | title = UK to launch genetic study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome}}</ref> ''The Guardian: Society'' By: Haroon Siddique. (Jun 23, 2020) "Research aims to shine a light on condition that is believed to affect 250,000 people in UK<br /> The world’s largest genetic study into chronic fatigue syndrome is to be launched in the UK after receiving £3.2m of funding from the Medical Research Council and National Institute for Health Research. The research aims to shine a light on the debilitating long-term condition, about which little is known, by collecting DNA samples from 20,000 people who have CFS, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)." '''NIH announces new effort to tackle chronic fatigue syndrome'''<ref>{{citation |last = Bernstein | first = Lenny | date = 29 October 2015 | title = NIH announces new effort to tackle chronic fatigue syndrome|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/10/29/nih-announces-new-effort-to-tackle-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/|newspaper= The Washington Post|location= |access-date= }}</ref> ''The Washington Post: To Your Health'' By: Lenny Bernstein. (Oct 29, 2015) "The National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative Thursday to find the cause and a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, the mysterious, debilitating condition that disables many of its more than 1 million Americans who have it." ===<span id="covid-19">ME/CFS, long COVID, and COVID-19</span>=== '''Queensland researchers find overlap in pathology of long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome'''<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-11/long-covid-and-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-pathology-overlap/101318522 | title = Queensland researchers find overlap in pathology of long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome|publisher=ABC Gold Coast | first = Heidi|last = Sheehan | date = Aug 10, 2022}}</ref> ''ABC Gold Coast'' By: Heidi Sheehan. (Aug 10, 2022) "Researchers say they have found a link in the pathology between [[long COVID]] and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)." "The work is being carried out by professor [[Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik]] and the team at Griffith University's [[National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases]] (NCNED). "It is the first of its kind in the world to actually biologically identify the overlap in the dysfunction with long COVID and ME/CFS patients," she said. Dr Marshall-Gradisnik said damaged receptors, like a dysfunctional lock and key, do not allow enough [[calcium]] in. "The receptors are located on every cell in the body," she said. These [[ion channel]]s, or the lock and the key that tries to open the door — when we look at ME/CFS patients, that's been significantly impaired. When we looked at the same receptor [in long COVID patients], we're now reporting the same change." The findings will be published in the Journal of Molecular Medicine." '''World first chronic fatigue syndrome findings could fast track response to Long COVID'''<ref>{{Citation | url = https://news.griffith.edu.au/2022/08/11/world-first-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-findings-could-fast-track-response-to-long-covid/ | date = August 11, 2022 | first = Emma|last = O'Connor | title = World first chronic fatigue syndrome findings could fast track response to Long COVID|publisher=Griffith News {{!}} Griffith University}}</ref> ''Griffith News, Griffith University'' By: Emma O'Connor. (August 11, 2022) "Griffith University researchers are hoping to find a treatment for Long COVID after proving the illness shares the same biological impairment as patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (known internationally as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS)). In a world first, their study suggests COVID-19 could be a potential trigger for ME/CFS and their 10 years of research on ME/CFS could help fast track understanding and treatment of Long Covid. Griffith University's National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases Director, Professor [[Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik]], said the breakthrough findings will assist with investigations into therapeutic strategies to help both Long COVID and ME/CFS patients." “Patients with Long COVID report neurocognitive, immunological, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular manifestations, which are also symptoms of ME/CFS,” Professor Marshall-Gradisnik said. "Professor Marshall-Gradisnik and her team have been studying ME/CFS for more than 10 years. In 2020, they adjusted their research to include the impacts of COVID as patients started to experience remarkably similar symptoms. Griffith University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor Lee Smith, said: "Long COVID is a significant public health issue and we are very proud of the exceptional science being developed here at Griffith and the contribution our NCNED team is making to the health and welfare of potentially millions of patients." The research is funded by a $4 million grant from the Stafford Fox Medical Research Foundation." '''Could this scientist have the answer to long Covid?'''<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b48fe264-72e6-11ec-89e9-22d3d9c31ba2 | date = Jan 12, 2022 | title = Could this scientist have the answer to long Covid|last = Steele | first = Francesca|publisher=The Times|access-date=2022-01-13}}</ref> ''THE TIMES'' By: Francesca Steele. (Jan 12, 2022) "When Whitney Dafoe went from a lively, travel-mad twentysomething to being bedbound with ME/CFS — sometimes just called chronic fatigue syndrome — his father, Ron Davis, was determined to find a cure. Davis, 80, isn’t just a well-meaning amateur, however. He’s a biochemist and director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center, where he helped to develop techniques for gene mapping that were later used in the Human Genome Project. In 2013 a piece in The Atlantic magazine rated him as one of the world’s greatest living inventors alongside Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. So when he says that it is very important that the discoveries that have since been made by him and others about ME/CFS should not be overlooked when trying to treat those with long Covid, he shouldn’t be taken lightly. “It’s great that people are paying so much attention to long Covid,” he says, “but I think that too much research is starting from the beginning as if this is a new phenomenon. It isn’t.”" "Indeed, there is debate in the scientific community about whether the two illnesses are actually the same thing. Last August The BMJ reported that an inquiry by the House of Lords highlighted the need for patients with suspected long Covid to get a six-month check-up at which their GPs could determine whether they met diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS. In Germany, meanwhile, a small study of 42 patients who presented with moderate to severe fatigue six months after contracting Covid concluded that about half of them met criteria for ME/CFS."<br> '''Have We Been Thinking About Long-Haul Coronavirus All Wrong?'''<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://time.com/5897992/long-haul-coronavirus-me-cfs/ | date = Oct 16, 2020| title = Have We Been Thinking About Long-Haul Coronavirus All Wrong?|last = Ducharme | first = Jamie|website=Time}}</ref> ''Time'' By: Jamie Ducharme. (October 16, 2020) "A few years ago, Jaime Seltzer was helping coordinate research projects, grant applications and funding for a Stanford research group studying a condition called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Up to 2.5 million Americans, including Seltzer, have ME/CFS, and yet it felt like almost no one paid attention to her group’s research. “What is it going to take for researchers to take ME seriously?” she and her colleagues often wondered aloud. The morbid answer, they hypothesized, was a pandemic. Since ME/CFS often follows viral infections, they feared it would take something as destructive as mass illness for the larger scientific community to take notice. Unfortunately, this year they were proven right." '''Coronavirus may cause fatigue syndrome, Fauci says'''<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-07-09-20-intl/h_5125152a01f8c98d362cf15d6860ab37 | date = Jul 9, 2020| title = Coronavirus may cause fatigue syndrome, Fauci says | last = Fox | first = Maggie|website=CNN}}</ref> ''CNN'' By: Maggie Fox. (July 9, 2020) There is evidence that some people develop a long-term fatigue syndrome from coronavirus infections, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday. “There may well be a post-viral syndrome associated with Covid-19,” Fauci told a news conference organized by the International AIDS Society. The group is holding a Covid-19 conference as an add-on to its every-other-year AIDS meeting. Fauci said the symptoms resemble those seen in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME, once known as chronic fatigue syndrome. '''Coronavirus and heart inflammation in athletes: What we know about myocarditis'''<ref>{{Cite web | title = Coronavirus and heart inflammation in athletes: What we know about myocarditis | first = Marie | last = McCullough | date = August 13, 2020|url=https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-athletes-cardiac-inflammation-myocarditis-big-10-20200813.html|website=The Inquirer}}</ref> ''The Inquirer'' By: Marie McCullough (August 13, 2020) "A small but growing body of evidence shows that COVID-19 can damage the heart, sometimes fatally, even in a previously healthy young athlete." '''CORONAVIRUS: Infectious diseases expert warns of spike in ME cases'''<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/infectious-diseases-expert-warns-of-spike-in-me-cases-307pfbjlg|last = O'Neill|first = Sean | date = 2020-06-24 | website = The Times | title = Infectious diseases expert warns of spike in ME cases}}</ref> ''The Times: Coronavirus'' By: Sean O'Neill. (Jun 24, 2020) "The NHS is facing a “post-viral tsunami” with thousands of people struggling to recover from Covid-19 and experiencing symptoms of the debilitating condition ME, a leading medical researcher said yesterday. Paul Garner, an expert in infectious diseases at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, said he remained exhausted and lacking energy 14 weeks after having had the virus. Professor Garner said he is “unable to be out of bed for more than three hours at a stretch, my arms and legs are permanently fizzing as if injected with Szechuan peppercorns, I have ringing in the ears, intermittent brain fog, palpitations and dramatic mood swings”." '''Could the coronavirus trigger post-viral fatigue syndromes?'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632783-400-could-the-coronavirus-trigger-post-viral-fatigue-syndromes/ | title = Could the coronavirus trigger post-viral fatigue syndromes?|last = Wilson | first = Clare | authorlink= | date = Apr 15, 2020 | website = New Scientist|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-08}}</ref> ''New Scientist'' By: Clare Wilson. (April 15, 2020) Conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome have been linked to viral infections, so it’s possible that the covid-19 virus may go on to trigger similar conditions. '''Coronavirus could cause secondary illnesses including chronic fatigue syndrome, experts warn'''<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-could-cause-secondary-illnesses-including-chronic/ | title = Coronavirus could cause secondary illnesses including chronic fatigue syndrome, experts warn|last = Newey|first = Sarah | date = 2020-05-02|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-05-08|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> ''The Telegraph'' By: Sarah Newey. (May 2, 2020) Covid-19 may trigger post-viral fatigue syndrome in some patients, experts have warned, amid growing evidence that an infection could have significant long term health repercussions. While initial reports focused on the impact that the coronavirus has on the respiratory system, a stream of medical papers published over the last few weeks suggest that the contagion can get deep into our vascular system and even our brains. “Based on my experience with Sars, I am deeply concerned that our definition of ‘recovered’ is far too narrow. It’s likely that some patients will experience chronic fatigue syndromes for months or even years after an initial infection,” Dr Moldofsky told The Telegraph. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), triggers symptoms including extreme fatigue, unexplained muscle or joint pain, heachaches and unrefreshing sleep. A study led by Dr Moldofsky following the Sars outbreak in Canada in 2002 to 2003 also found that some patients continued to have symptoms similar to CFS/ME for years after they were diagnosed with the coronavirus, which is closely related to Sars-Cov-2. The research, published in 2011, concluded that “chronic post-Sars is characterised by persistent fatigue, diffuse myalgia, weakness, depression, and nonrestorative sleep”. The paper studied 22 post-Sars patients with ongoing health problems that prevented them from returning to work, though these people represent only about eight per cent of the 273 people diagnosed with Sars in Toronto. But another study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2009 found that 40 per cent of 369 Sars survivors studied in China reported a “chronic fatigue problem”, while 27 per cent met the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition for CFS/ME. '''Coronavirus Is Leaving People With Serious Fatigue – What Can You Do About It'''<ref>{{Cite web |last = Hinde | first =Natasha | title = Coronavirus Is Leaving People With Serious Fatigue - What Can You Do About It|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavirus-could-leave-you-with-symptoms-of-post-viral-fatigue_uk_5eb3e88dc5b6526942a29df | date = May 11, 2020|website =Huffington Post}}</ref> ''Huffington Post'' By: Natasha Hinde. (May 11, 2020) "While it’s possible some people with the virus will go on to have post-viral fatigue syndrome, it’s too early to be sure of a link. However, studies have suggested this has happened before in past outbreaks. One study from 2011 looked at 22 people who had ongoing health problems after the SARS outbreak in Toronto, Canada, and couldn’t return to work. The participants tended to have disturbed sleep, daytime fatigue, pain and weakness in the muscles, and depression, which researchers concluded were symptoms of a chronic post SARS infection syndrome. “These symptoms were very reminiscent of CFS/ME,” one of the lead researchers, Dr Harvey Moldofsky, told New Scientist. Another study of 233 SARS survivors, a year after the outbreak in Hong Kong, found 40% reported some degree of chronic fatigue and 27% met diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome. While we don’t know for sure the causes of CFS/ME, there are a number of theories about what might trigger it – one of which is viral infections." "What experts do agree on is that people experiencing fatigue after suspected coronavirus need to listen to their bodies – if you push yourself too hard too soon, this may slow your recovery. Key to all this, says Dr Shepherd, is activity management. This doesn’t mean going to bed and staying there, nor does it mean going on a 5k run. It’s about not doing too much or too little, but instead small chunks of physical activity – a five minute walk around the garden, a rest, some mental activity, and a rest. “You certainly can’t exercise your way out of this,” he adds." ===<span id="long-COVID">Long COVID</span>=== '''Is Long Covid a new type of chronic fatigue syndrome?'''<br> Health organisations across the world are rushing to prepare for a wave of debilitating post-Covid-19 illness that we know little about.<ref name="rnz">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/456714/is-long-covid-a-new-type-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome | title = Is Long Covid a new type of chronic fatigue syndrome?|last = Hall|first = Michael | authorlink= | date = 2021-11-27 | website = RNZ|language=en-nz|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-08}}</ref><br> ''RNZ'' By: Michael Hall. (November 27, 2021) "Research in New Zealand into the post-viral condition known as Long Covid is now being carried out.<br> It is building on key insights from studies of another disease - Myalgic encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) - once maligned and often still neglected by the medical establishment.<br> ME/CFS has striking similarities to Long Covid in terms of symptoms and the demographic it affects.<br> Some experts are postulating Long Covid could be a sub-type of ME/CFS."<br> Those leading research into Long Covid here are looking to see if this is the case, while probing for a possible intervention to arrest the course of the disease." "[[Warren Tate|Tate]], a biomedical scientist... calls Long Covid the 'sister disease' of ME/CFS, sharing core symptoms. He says the main difference between the two is ME/CFS can be caused by several viruses, including Epstein Barr and Glandular Fever, and also by non-viral sources like trauma and agricultural chemicals, whereas what we call Long Covid is caused by just one pandemic virus, Sars-CoV-2. Long Covid also includes unique symptoms particular to the effects of Covid-19, including hypercoagulation, a condition that causes blood to clot more easily." '''The lasting misery of coronavirus long-haulers'''<br> Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of ‘long COVID’.<ref name="nature-17Sep">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02598-6 | website = Nature | date = 2020-09-17|access-date=2020-09-23| title = The lasting misery of coronavirus long-haulers.<br >Months after infection with SARS-CoV-2, some people are still battling crushing fatigue, lung damage and other symptoms of ‘long COVID’. | last =Marshall|first = Michael}}</ref> ''Nature'' By: Clare Wilson. (September 17, 2020) Conditions like chronic fatigue syndrome have been linked to viral infections, so it’s possible that the covid-19 virus may go on to trigger similar conditions. '''Women aged 50-60 at greatest risk of ‘long Covid’, experts suggest'''<br /> Study links age and number of symptoms to lasting health problems from coronavirus<ref name="guardian21Oct2020">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/21/women-aged-50-60-at-greatest-risk-of-long-covid-experts-suggest | title = Women aged 50-60 at greatest risk of ‘long Covid’, experts suggest | date = 2020-10-21 | website = The Guardian|last = Geddes | first = Linda}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' By: Linda Geddes. (October 21, 2020) "Women aged 50-60 are at greatest risk of developing “long Covid”, analysis suggests. Older age and experiencing five or more symptoms within the first week of illness were also associated with a heightened risk of lasting health problems." "For women in the 50-60 age bracket, these two risk factors appeared to combine: They were eight times more likely to experience lasting symptoms of Covid-19 compared with 18- to 30-year-olds. However, the greatest difference between men and women was seen among those aged between 40 and 50, where women’s risk of developing long Covid was double that of men’s. “This is a similar pattern to what you see in autoimmune diseases,” said Spector. “Things like rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease and lupus are two to three times more common in women until just before menopause, and then it becomes more similar.” His guess is that gender differences in the way the immune system responds to coronavirus may account for this difference."
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