To Get Tested For XMRV Or Not. Oh No, Not Again!

by Johan June 9, 2011

The third article in the series “Should you get tested for XMRV or not?” with the results of my tests. As with several of my more recent articles, better late than never.

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Review: XMRV-associated CFS Reveals A Distinct Inflammatory Signature

by Johan June 3, 2011

My review of the WPI study by Lombardi et al “XMRV-associated CFS Reveals A Distinct Inflammatory Signature” published in In Vivo, May 2011. Better late than never.

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Yes, We Can!

by Johan May 12, 2011

ME/CFS still doesn’t get the attention and funding it deserves, even after decades and thousands of publications. Can we do something about that?

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12 Mei Is Werelddag Voor ME/CVS en FM, niet ME

by Johan May 10, 2011

Is de werelddag voor ME/CVS en FM het moment om campagne te voeren voor een naamsverandering naar ME? Volgens een nieuwe Belgische patienten-vereniging, de Wake-Up Call Beweging (WUCB) wel. Volgens mij niet.

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May 12 Is International Awareness Day For ME/CFS and FM, not ME

by Johan May 10, 2011

Is the International ME/CFS en FM Awareness Day the time to campaign for a name change to ME? According to a new Belgian patient organization, the Wake-Up Call Movement (WUCB), it is. According to me it isn’t.

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Dienstmededeling Mei 2011

by Johan May 10, 2011

Vanaf heden zal ik af en toe ook eens een artikel in het Nederlands publiceren op deze blog.

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Service Announcement May 2011

by Johan May 10, 2011

From now on, I will occasionally publish a Dutch article on this blog.

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Long Time No Blog

by Johan May 2, 2011

It has been over 3 months since I last posted an article on my blog, despite it being one of my major goals for 2011. What happened? I have not given up on my goals. I have not given up on writing. I have not run out of ideas. I have not gotten worse. It’s just that my spoons were urgently and exclusively needed elsewhere.

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Wazzup XMRV!

by Johan January 21, 2011

The Welcome-Trusts press-release “Chronic fatigue syndrome not caused by XMRV virus, study shows” gave rise to some crappy journalism. Numerous newsmedia mindlessly regurgitated it without checking the facts, the contamination papers in Retrovirology, which were and still are freely available online.

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A Good Article By David Tuller

by Johan January 8, 2011

An excellent article by David Tuller in the New York Times on ME/CFS and XMRV. That is how I like it; a journalist who has done his homework instead of just copy/pasting a press-release.

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