Chronic Fatigue Syndrome News

In 2007, the Netherlands began a large, drawn-out outbreak of Q fever, which resulted in thousands being infected and a dozen or so fatalities.

Thousands of people across Northern Ireland suffer from ME, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but they say there is not enough medical help in the region.

A waterborne outbreak of Giardia lamblia gastroenteritis led to a high prevalance of long-lasting fatigue and abdominal symptoms.

BACKGROUND: Concerns about over-diagnosis and inappropriate management of Lyme disease are well documented in North America and supported by clinical data.

A new study supports the theory that chronic fatigue syndrome may be related to oxidative stress, and that oxidative stress may play a key causative role in the illness.

The Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease , which was recently involved in a lawsuit against disgraced chronic fatigue syndrome researcher Judy Mikovits , is embroiled in a new controversy surrounding its founders: Nevada businessman Harvey Whittemore and his wife Annette.

STARTING this year people who are affected by the illness ME are invited to become members of an ME Community Trust local support group corresponding to their parliamentary constituency.

Art is important; but if done at the expense of those we love, we will greet our end with deep regret.

I have myalgic encephalitis [a form of chronic fatigue syndrome]. I had a severe relapse of it around three and a half years ago and am basically housebound.

Tired of being inactive: a systematic literature review of physical activity, physiological exercise capacity and muscle strength in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

To compare the activity pattern of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome with healthy sedentary subjects and examine the relationship between the different parameters of performed activity and symptom severity and fluctuation in patients with CFS.

To give an overview of the physical activity level of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome in comparison with asymptomatic controls.

A London surveyor is celebrating his return to health after battling chronic fatigue by crossing Siberia on a motorbike in temperatures as low as -60C. Simon Limpus, 31, from Acton, with his New Zealander team-mate Dave Murray, 32, will be taking part in a race in some of the world's harshest conditions - on a WW2 vintage Russian Ural motorbike and ... (more)

At the end of 2011, two prestigious scientific journals, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , both retracted papers on a reported an association between a mouse leukemia virus called XMRV and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Everyone with chronic fatigue syndrome knows that everyone else thinks they have it too, because they get tired a lot.

Doing good in local communities is a core value woven throughout CITGO Petroleum Corporation and one that is uniquely demonstrated through its Fueling Good Program.

We've been hearing a lot about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the news lately; however, many are still unaware of this potentially debilitating condition.