ME/CFS and the closely related long COVID could be caused by damage to the brainstem, according to a new scientific theory.
The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago ...
ME/CFS is a neurological condition characterized by malaise. Diagnosis requires ruling out other systemic illnesses.
The extreme and persistent fatigue from CFS lasts for at least 6 months and doesn’t go away with bed rest. Medications along with diet and lifestyle changes may help you manage symptoms. Chronic ...
New Australian research has identified simultaneous abnormalities across multiple biological systems in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
New possibilities for the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID are emerging as research continues to untangle the complex, multisystem ...
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Emerging evidence is shedding light on the common underlying mechanisms contributing to the ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome was once dismissed as an imagined condition, but after years of research, doctors and clinicians ...
Artist and musician Becca Thomas knew something was wrong when they went from working two jobs, making art, and exercising consistently to feeling winded from a single flight of stairs. It all started ...
Long before the world had heard of long COVID, Sanna Stella experienced firsthand how a simple respiratory infection can shape-shift into a chronic illness. In 2014, a case of bronchitis left Stella, ...
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating multisystem disorder from which adults rarely recover. Researchers have struggled to find changes in the body that ...
What Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (MF/CFS) is also called chronic fatigue syndrome. MF/CFS causes extreme fatigue that has no clear cause. ME/CFS ...