A Perth woman battling chronic fatigue syndrome was committed to the locked ward of Fremantle Hospital after an attempt to euthanise herself in a desperate bid to address her crippling condition.

One sufferer tells her story of how CBT can be used in self-management. New self-management classes begin online on the 21st March.

Response from ME/CFS Australia to the UK Medical Research Council PACE trial findings.

Spinal fluid proteins distinguish Lyme disease from ME/CFS.... both conditions involve the central nervous system and protein abnormalities in the CNS are causes and/or effects of both conditions.

Laura Hillenbrand's newest book, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption,” is a riveting tale of the life of an athlete and war hero. Ms. Hillenbrand’s ability to transport her readers to another time and place is all t...

Could a small lab in the Central Valley of California change how CFS is viewed? The lab focuses on a very basic and still very misunderstood aspect of CFS – why patients have so much trouble with exercise.

Recent research from the University of South Australia: ... in light of carnitine’s critical role in mitochondrial energy production, it has been suggested that chronic fatigue syndrome may be associated with altered carnitine homeostasis. This study...

A New York Times report on the XMR virus and CFS. "XMRV was first identified in 2006.... It was linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in October 2009 in a paper in the journal Science by researchers from the Whittemore Peterson Institute....The research...

A summary of the presentations at the International Science Symposium on ME/CFS, 3-4 December 2010, Bond University, Queensland, Australia.

Plasma neuropeptide Y: a biomarker for symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome.

One case of Barmah Forest Virus has been confirmed in Swan Hill, highlighting the need be aware of mosquito borne viruses this summer.

For continually updated information on the XMRV virus and it's possible link with CFS visit http://www.cfids.org/xmrv/default.asp (from The CFIDS Association of America).

An article recently published in the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism highlights the interaction between gut inflammation and immune dysfunction in the pathogenesis of CFS.

December 6th 2010. In an unprecedented move, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients published a half-page ad in The Washington Post today. The ad brings attention to new, HIV-like retroviruses, including XMRV, which have been linked to CFS and aggre...

Harvey and Wessely's psychosocial model versus a biological model based on inflammatory and oxidative and nitrosative stress pathways