Guest Blog: Making Reasonable Accommodations for ME/CFS Students
Guest blogger Michael Ottlinger, PhD, addresses the reasonable accommodations that must be made for students with ME/CFS. Read More…
Guest Blog: Dr. Lucinda Bateman on the Discussion Surrounding the IOM Report
Lucinda Bateman, MD, specializes in the diagnosis and management of unexplained chronic fatigue, ME/CFS and fibromyalgia. Having served on the IOM committee that produced the recent report, Beyond ME/CFS: Redefining an Illness, she brings an in-depth, well-informed opinion to the conversation surrounding the IOM report on ME/CFS, the new diagnostic criteria and the proposed name, Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (SEID). READ MORE…
IOM Report Released – Recommends New Diagnostic Criteria, Calls for More Research, and Proposes New Disease Name
IOM Report Released – Recommends New Diagnostic Criteria, Calls for More Research, and Proposes New Disease Name. The report underscores the profound impact that ME/CFS has on the millions who suffer from it worldwide (est. 17 million) and the importance of getting people diagnosed; committee calls for more research funding. READ MORE…
Guest Blog: Armin Alaedini, PhD – The Search for Food Sensitivity Biomarkers in ME/CFS
Often those with ME/CFS experience gastrointestinal symptoms. Biomarkers of these symptoms could help to identify subtypes in ME/CFS. Dr. Armin Aledini is using samples from the SolveCFS BioBank™ to look for auto-antibodies against a range of dietary proteins. In this guest blog post he discusses Celiac disease, which is a commonly misdiagnosed condition with symptoms similar to ME/CFS. READ MORE…
