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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after an outbreak of Giardia enteritis in Norway
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A new study reports at least 5% of patients with CFS nearly 3 years after an acute Giardia enteritis infection, providing evidence of yet another infectious agent that can trigger CFS along with Epstein-Barr Virus, Viral meningitis and the bacterium Coxiella burnetii, amongst others. Other...
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Nifty offline editor for writing longer posts or blogs
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I sometimes write long posts. I like to think this is because I tackle complex issues in a thoughtful way, but maybe I'm just long-winded. Either way, I don't have the energy to complete the post in one go, which is a problem with the online forum editor. One solution I've discovered is the free...
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Uncovering the real size of the Rituximab effect
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People who followed the Rituximab thread closely may have seen this already Reported results appear unimpressive Despite all the hooplah from patients and authors around last autumn's Rituximab study, the published results were not that striking. The primary endpoint of fatigue score at 3...
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Comment on the planned study of Interferon-alpha induced Fatigue
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Taken from the thread: Carmine Pariante's MRC research award-Persistent fatigue induced by interferon-alpha

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