ME/CFS and the closely related long COVID could be caused by damage to the brainstem, according to a new scientific theory.

Bethesda, MD — New research into the mechanisms underlying myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID is aimed at identifying potential approaches to treatment of the ...

Charles Shepherd, MD, was a “perfectly healthy” 30-something-year-old when he came down with chicken pox, which he caught while treating a patient with shingles. Even after the painful, itchy rash ...

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), a British agency charged with developing clinical guidelines for medical conditions, was expected to release new recommendations on August ...

Kira Stoops lives in Bozeman, Montana—a beautiful mountain town where it sometimes feels like everyone regularly goes on 50-mile runs. Stoops, however, can’t walk around her own block on most days. To ...

People who are severely ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are often too sick to leave home, but clinicians can still support them in many ways, experts say. Speaking ...

Conditions like myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and more recently, long COVID, are the sources of significant confusion and contention among researchers, clinicians, and ...

A few years ago, Jaime Seltzer was helping coordinate research projects, grant applications and funding for a Stanford research group studying a condition called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic ...

Bedridden for a decade with chronic fatigue syndrome, Whitney Dafoe opens up about his debilitating disease — and his famous father's quest to find a cure Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who ...

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