The brain runs its own plumbing system. In people with chronic fatigue syndrome, that system may not be clearing waste as ...

(Daisy-Daisy/iStock/Getty Images) Our understanding of the human brain is experiencing a watershed moment. The sewerage gates ...

ME/CFS brain fog is measurable on an MRI - new research links impaired glymphatic waste clearance to sleep disruption and ...

The ME Association said up to 6,000 people in Coventry and Warwickshire could be affected by the changes to ME services ...

An estimated two million people in England and Scotland were experiencing symptoms of long COVID as of March 2024, according to the Office for National Statistics. Of these, 1.5 million said the ...

ME/CFS and the closely related long COVID could be caused by damage to the brainstem, according to a new scientific theory. If their new model turns out to be right, the scientists behind it suggest ...

Lipkin is the John Snow Professor of epidemiology at Columbia University and the director of the Center for Infection and Immunity. He is also the director of the NIH Center for Solutions for ME/CFS ...

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 ...

Women with ME/CFS tend to have more symptoms and co-occurring conditions than men, according to initial results from the world's largest study of the disease. It has long been known that women are ...

Researchers used MRI to assess glymphatic function in ME/CFS. They found impaired brain waste clearance linked to brain fog and poor sleep, suggesting a mechanistic driver and potential diagnostic ...