Clearly, issues concerning reliability of clinical diagnosis are complex and have important research and practical implications. Jason et. al In the beginning of his overview on the IOM definition and name change Jason notes the numerous false starts and botched...
The Lights are ploughing new ground – not just in ME/CFS – but in how post-exertional malaise and fatigue occurs after exercise in humans (and, one must say mice.). In this third blog in a series of blogs exploring PEM and ME/CFS. we take advantage of a...
Wrong diagnoses hurt. They lead doctors to prescribe treatments that don’t work and may even be harmful (exercise!) and they keep doctors from prescribing treatments that do work. They waste patients’ money and, given the fact that the earlier a person is...
The Canadian Consensus and International Consensus Criteria are much beloved by the chronic fatigue syndrome community and it’s easy to see why; after decades of dealing with a vague definition, people with ME/CFS could finally see themselves in a definition for...
This blog begins a series in which we try to get answers to how to best manage chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM). We’ll use the answers to build a list of suggestions for everyone with these disorders. Post-exertional malaise (PEM)...