In a new finding by researchers at the University of Toronto, it was established that women with a childhood physical abuse history are more at risk of developing fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivity. The research team headed by Professor Esme Fuller Thomson noted that of the 7,342 women participants in the tests, those abused as children were 65% more likely to be diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, or multiple chemical sensitivities. The research not only directs a link between physical abuse and chronic fatigue syndrome but also establishes physiological as well as psychological consequence of abuse on the stress-response system of the victim.

Via: Utoronto.ca

The European Congress of Endocrinology has put forward a research study that indicates that vitamin D deficiency is closely related to the chronic fatigue syndrome in most brain-injured or traumatic brain injured patients. A group of researchers at Rijnstate Hospital in Arnham, Netherlands, led by Dr Jessica Schnieders has linked vitamin D deficiency to chronic fatigue in post- brain injured patients.

Looking into a number of cases and studying closely their hormone levels, vitamin D consumption and evaluating psycho-analytical factors such as sleep, emotional comfort, quality of life, etc it was found that more than half of the patients who was vitamin D deficient and suffering from traumatic brain injuries were severely fatigued years after the trauma. This led researchers to the likelihood that correcting the vitamin D deficiency might help to reduce some of the chronic fatigue in TBI patients.

Via: alphagalileo.org

Chronic fatigue syndrome in teens lead to deprived concentration, memory failures, and body dysfunctions. a new study by researchers in the University Medical Centre Utrecht found that teens suffering from CFS felt healthier after six months of the newly developed web-based therapy called FITNET. This format follows a cognitive behavior therapy aimed towards adolescents with CFS. The research team led by Sanne Nijhof, justifies the treatment saying that the 75 percent of the FITNET teens attended school routinely, compared with 16 percent of the others who obtain standard therapy. The therapy bypasses common therapeutic problems like poor accessibility, difficulty in scheduling appointments, missing school days, and ever-increasing therapy costs. The therapy follows a detailed analysis to grasp the thinking process of the CFS teens and make way for an effective psychoanalysis to manipulate stress and symptoms of the disease.

Via: nih.gov

The original research paper that first put forward the theory of chronic fatigue syndrome being caused by the XMRV virus that is typically found in mice has been retracted. The reason cited as that the findings could not be replicated after being refuted globally as unreliable. The findings, first published in 2009 by Whittemore Peterson Institute, was declared invalid after various studies suggesting that the viral link was improbable and could have been result of contaminated laboratory samples as suggested by researchers in California, Wisconsin and Illinois. Dr. Michael P. Busch, Professor of University of California, San Francisco, noted that the results which put the whole of the medical world in a tizzy was clinically never proven and scientists are no closer to finding a cause for the syndrome now than it was before these findings. In an unusual gesture, the authors at the Whittemore Peterson Institute agreed in principle to retract the paper as they lost confidence in the report and that it could have been a result of “infected samples.”

Via: Eurekalert.com

In a fatigue management report published by University of Melbourne in association with Australian acoustician Adam Vogel, says that the fatigue can be identified through acoustic tests of speech of individuals. The findings that reveal a non-invasive test to determine levels of fatigue is significant for various fields of work as it is in recognizing early symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome in young sufferers. The analysis quantifies changes in speech mechanism from their rested normal speech indicating fatigue and its effects on central nervous system. It was significantly noticed that with fatigue the normal speech slows down bringing about an increasing variation in pitch and a diminishing tone. This test could also be used in other fields of activity that requires levels of concentrated attention and alertness of duty.

Via: Scincedaily.com