Reading journal articles can feel daunting – this is a link to a guide written for science writers.
“How to Read a Scientific Paper”
https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/11/06/how-to-read-a-scientific-paper/
Reading journal articles can feel daunting – this is a link to a guide written for science writers.
“How to Read a Scientific Paper”
https://www.theopennotebook.com/2018/11/06/how-to-read-a-scientific-paper/
A Living Memorial to Joan Livingston – 1954 - 2025
Full article:
https://www.massmecfs.org/newsletters/918-spotlight-joan-livingston-mar-25
Image from Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association March 2025 e-newsletter:
https://massmecfs.org/newsletters/919-2025-03-march-newsletter
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
(Australia-wide survey)
Are you someone who is experiencing, treating or caring for someone with ME/CFS and/or #LongCovid ?
"The Australian e-Health Research Centre at CSIRO ... is conducting a survey to understand the research priorities of the community"
Link:
https://csiro.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50apVQ5MHXTReBw
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
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27-minute video from @brokenbattery :
“the greatest medical scandal of the 21st-century”: ME/CFS Scandal Explainer (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiwX9Y0NbiQ
Image is from AMMES March 2025 e-newsletter
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
Solve ME announced the release of a new community developed resource guide for Infection-Associated Chronic Conditions (for example, Long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS, and other chronic conditions).
https://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IACC-Resource-Guide.pdf
🧵
Unusual but sympathetic paper:
Language Matters: What Not to Say to Patients with Long COVID, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Other Complex Chronic Disorders
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/2/275
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
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Press release for Australian research (funded by ME Research UK):
"Large hippocampus detected in Long COVID and ME/CFS patients"
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
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50-second video from Griffith University:
“Striking brain similarities have been detected in patients who experience Long COVID and ME/CFS”
#MEcfs #LongCovid
@mecfs @longcovid @covid19 @novid@chirp.social @novid@a.gup.pe @auscovid19
Thousands demand withdrawal of review article recommending exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome
Image is from free AMMES February 2025 e-newsletter
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
(Repeat)
Most Troubling Symptoms in ME/CFS and Long COVID Patients. The bar graph shows the frequency of symptoms reported by patients with ME/CFS (blue) & #LongCOVID (red)
From:
"Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS and Long COVID"
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.27.24317656v1.full.pdf
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
New research from the US:
Association between chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and cardiovascular disease
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-86609-4
"Patients with CFS/ME need close evaluation for CVD [cardiovascular disease]"
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
New from Spain:
SARS-CoV-2 Viral Load and Cytokine Dynamics Profile as Early Signatures of Long COVID Condition in Hospitalized Individuals
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/irv.70068
Image is from latest Science for ME weekly update
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
New from Germany:
Neurological post-COVID syndrome is associated with substantial impairment of verbal short-term and working memory
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-85919-x
Image is from latest Science for ME weekly update
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
"Meet the Americans who still take COVID-19 precautions seriously"
Image is from latest Science for ME weekly update
@longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
@chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
#neisvoid
#chronicillness
#chroniclife
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The NIH have sent out a press release. Hopefully this will lead to a lot of coverage.
"NIH-funded study finds cases of ME/CFS increase following SARS-CoV-2"
#MEcfs #LongCovid
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #Covidlonghaulers #PostCovidSyndrome #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19 #auscovid19
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Blog post on this study "#COVID19 Triggers ME/CFS" by Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD
https://batemanhornecenter.org/covid-19-triggers-me-cfs/
"531 participants met ME/CFS criteria, translating to a prevalence of 4.5% among those infected—nearly 8 times higher than uninfected participants"
@mecfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #longhaulers #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID #COVID_19 #COVIDー19 #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #auscovid19
New US research
Incidence & Prevalence of Post‑COVID‑19 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis:A Report from the Observational
RECOVER‑Adult Study
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-024-09290-9
"ME/CFS is a diagnosable sequela that develops at an increased rate following SARS-CoV-2 infection"
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #CFS #PwME @longcovid
#LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #LC #longhaulers #COVIDBrain
@covid19 #Coronavirus
#COVID19 #COVID #SARSCoV2 @novid@chirp.social #novid @novid@a.gup.pe #CovidIsNotOver
@auscovid19
"Hope fades for proposed Long COVID research investment a year after patients pack U.S. Senate"
An update on proposed #LongCovid legislation that would "appropriate a billion dollars annually through 2034" to go toward research on "Long #COVID & other infection-associated chronic conditions”
@longcovid
#PwLC #PostCovidSyndrome #LC #PASC #postcovid
#CovidBrain
@covid19 #COVIDー19 #COVID19 #COVID_19 #SARSCoV2 #CovidIsNotOver #auscovid19
Switzerland:
SRF writes about a survey by Long COVID and ME/CFS patient organisations showing rehabilitation leading to deterioration for half of the respondents and improvement only for 17%.
#MEcfs #CFS #PwME #LongCovid #PASC #PwLC @mecfs @longcovid #mecfs_de @mecfs_de
On International Day of #People with #Disabilities, please note some disabilities are #invisible
#invisibleillness #disabled #disabledpeople #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights
#IDPD #IDPD2024 #IDPD24 #IDPWD #IDPWD24 #IDPWD2024 #Disability @chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs #CFS #PwME
95% of posts on #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #LongCovid or #chronicillness. With ME/CFS 34 years, housebound 28 years. Health has deteriorated post Covid (March 2022). Irish ME/CFS Association* trustee 26 years. 26 publications in peer-reviewed journals. MEpedia entry which has links to my social media accounts (among other things): https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kindlon #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MECFS #PwME #fedi22 *IrishMECFSAssociation@mastodon.ie
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