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Almost no ME/CFS patients return to work

"The help we have provided to patients through the welfare and healthcare systems has had little rehabilitative effect," says a researcher.

Chronic fatigue conditions are not incurable

Health researchers believe: Chronic fatigue disorders are not incurable.

OPINION: A new study shows that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and other rehabilitation measures are effective for so-called 'Long Covid.' At the same time, studies have shown that neither medical treatment, special diets, nor medical equipment have any effect.

Why does physical activity exacerbate symptoms in ME/CFS and long Covid patients?

“It can resemble overtraining in athletes,” says Professor Nina Vøllestad.

ME/CFS may be caused by an imbalance in the brain

"We may have identified the physiological centre of fatigue," says the researcher behind a comprehensive study that has received a lot of attention.

Dispute over Norwegian ME study: What does it actually show?

For five years, researchers have investigated how ME patients experience Norwegian public health services. The study has received a lot of attention and has been discussed in the Norwegian Parliament. But the study also has its critics.

Recovery from ME, long Covid and burnout is possible, according to 50 researchers and doctors

"By saying that chronic fatigue syndrome cannot be cured, patients become insecure, stressed or scared, and they naturally lose hope. This results in poorer health," Silje Endresen Reme says.

Many ME/CFS patients are severely ill and receive inadequate support

A Norwegian survey provides insight into the everyday life of a patient group we know little about.

Why do so many people have chronic fatigue

In numerous diseases, such as celiac disease and psoriasis, chronic fatigue is actually the biggest problem. But what actually causes it? Professor Roald Omdal believes the fatigue response is an ancient biological protection mechanism.

What is going on in the bodies of ME/CFS patients?

Chronic fatigue syndrome remains a mystery. Many factors likely contribute to triggering and maintaining the problem. Here we take a closer look at what recent research has found out about biological differences between healthy people and ME/CFS patients.

Patient activism is not behind the British guidelines for CFS/ME

OPINION: The patients, like NICE, want scientific, rigorous research.

The British guideline for CFS/ME is the result of activism, not research

OPINION: Unfortunately, the recommendations made in the new NICE guidelines for chronic fatigue were not based on the published research. This means that the Norwegian Directorate of Health can be confident in ignoring their suggestions.

ME/CFS may be linked to failure in energy supply to the cells

Researchers compared blood samples from patients with ME/CFS with those of a control group.

Can a halted ME study have consequences for other researchers?

A Norwegian ME-study lost its ethics approval due to conflict of interest. Will this decision by a national ethics committee have consequences for other research seeking approval?

Controversial CFS/ME study loses ethical approval due to conflict of interest

"The project's greatest weakness is the PhD candidate’s active role in all stages of the project," the research ethics committee writes in its decision.

Study on Lightning Process-course for CFS/ME patients raises controversy

“Our intent is simply to check whether the method works,” says NTNU project manager Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair. “A dangerous study,” says head physician Kristian Sommerfelt.

Norwegian researchers have tested music therapy for chronic fatigue

Young people who developed chronic fatigue after having mononucleosis were treated using a combination of music therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy in a small Norwegian study. The results give no clear answers.

Cancer drug helped patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME)

Twenty-two of 40 patients with CFS, chronic fatigue syndrome, achieved clear improvements in physical function after receiving chemotherapy, according to a Norwegian study. But a CFS specialist sees shortcomings in the study.

Few physical differences found between healthy individuals and those afflicted by chronic fatigue syndrome

Norwegian researchers studied adolescents who developed chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and chronic fatigue (CF) after having mononucleosis.

Cancer drug doesn’t work for chronic fatigue

Cancer drug rituximab has no effect on chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), according to a Norwegian study.

Chronic fatigue syndrome: Promising four-day treatment

A Norwegian study of an intensive coping course for people with chronic fatigue syndrome showed some promise, but both researchers and scientists involved in the study say it has clear limitations.

No improvement in chronic fatigue with new medicine

Researchers hoped they had found the first effective drug against CFS, but the patients ended up just as exhausted as before.

Chronic fatigue syndrome across time?

People suffered from chronic fatigue as early as the 1800s, but people didn't call it that. Instead, it was known as neurasthenia.