Tests

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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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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To Get Tested For XMRV-MLV Or Not. That’s Still The Question.

by Johan September 26, 2010

Almost 7 months ago I had to make a decision: to get tested for XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) or not. As you might have read on my blog in an earlier post, I decided against it. This week I had to make a new decision, to get tested for XMRV-MLV or not. Did what happen in the past 7 months was enough to make me change my mind? The negative studies, the positive studies, the XMRV workshop, the hype, the heated debate, …

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To Get Tested For XMRV Or Not. That’s The Question.

by Johan March 2, 2010

In one of my previous post I described my first visit to the Himmunitas Foundation and Prof. Dr. De Meirleir. I have the impression that for the first time I am going to get thoroughly tested, but it left me with one question, “Should I take the expensive XMRV test or not?” People replied with comments on my blog, in forums, in emails, and with a blog post. I have made a decision.

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Analyze Your Sleep Pattern With The iPhone And Sleep Cycle App

by Johan February 14, 2010

The iPod Touch and the iPhone are such nifty devices. You can use the iPod Touch to listen to music, watch videos, watch photos, listen to audiobooks, read ebooks, play games, manage your agenda and to do-list, check your email, surf the web, check the weather forecast for wherever your are that moment, buy music, keep track of your investments, take notes, chat, tweet, check radar and satellite images if any rain is coming your way, … Not even mentioning the extras on the iPhone. That you can use it to analyze your sleep pattern surprised even me.

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First Visit to Himmunitas and Prof. Dr. De Meirleir

by Johan February 7, 2010

Almost exactly 8 years after my diagnosis with CFS in an official clinic, the CFS Reference Center in Gent, with an exclusive psychosocial approach to ME/CFS, I visited a biomedical clinic: the Himmunitas Foundation.

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