Here is an index to the main articles which have appeared in our quarterly magazine, ME Essential, since March 2004.
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Medical Management Files
Amitriptyline
December 2006, pages 13-14
Specialist Referrals
December 2006, pages 14-15
Blood Tests
October 2006, pages 15-17
Alternative and complementary approaches
July 2006, pages 14-17
The ABC of symptom relief
April 2006, pages 17-20
Ten key aspects of management
Winter 2006, pages 14-17
Energy Management
Autumn 2005, pages 10-12
Gastric and Irritable Bowel Symptoms
Summer 2005, pages 14-15
Pensions
Spring 2005, pages 15-16
Sleep Disturbance
February 2005, pages 10-11
Pain
October 2004, pages 14-16
New and experimental treatments
July 2004, pages 14-17
Vitamins and Vitamin Supplements
March 2004, pages 12-14
Medical Questions and Answers
Creatine supplements
December 2006, page 15
Vitamin 12 injections
October 2006, page 18
Liver function tests
July 2006, page 18
Coeliac disease
April 2006, page 21
Isoprinosine/Imunovir
Winter 2006, page 17
Pleconaril
Autumn 2005, page 14
Problems at Work
Autumn 2005, page 14
Travel Sickness
Summer 2005, page 16
Preparing for anaesthetics
Spring 2005, pages 16-17
Hypothalamic dysfunction
Spring 2005, page 17
Melatonin
Spring 2005, page 17
Flu vaccinations
October 2004, page 17
Medical Miscellany
Regulation of homeopathic medicines
December 2006, page 32
The many names for ME
October 2006, page 2
Report on MEA medical meeting in Chester
October 2006, page 4
Gabapentin and visual problems
October 2006, page 17
Collecting information on morphine resistance
October 2006, page 19
Lyme Disease – article on internet myths by Dr Darrel Ho-Yen
October 2006, pages 20-21
Scientific proof for alternative therapies, article by Jane Feinmann
July 2006, pages 12-13
Caution urged over exercise programmes
Winter 2006, page 7
New regulator for health professions
Winter 2006, page 12
Co-proxamol concern
Autumn 2005, page 4
Adrenaline-free anaesthesia in dental surgery
Autumn 2005, page 8
Dr Gow tells MEA medical meeting about his genes study
Autumn 2005, pages 8-9
MEA publishes new edition of Shepherd/Chaudhuri booklet, "An exploration of the key clinical issues".
Summer 2005, page 8
Legal pros and cons of exercise prescriptions
Spring 2005, page 8
Launch of National Service Framework
Spring 2005, page 21
Research
Review by Ellen Goudsmit of Multi Convergent Therapy’ study
December 2006, pages 23
Medical Research Council chief executive grilled by All Party Group
July 2006, page 8
Is CFS a brain disorder?, article by Gudrun Lange PhD
April 2006, pages 14-16
MEA Research Update
Autumn 2005, pages 12-13
MEA rescues Dr Gow’s research project
Summer 2005, page 5
MEA publishes new edition of Dr Melvin Ramsay’s study of Royal Free disease’
Summer 2005, page 6
Dr Vance Spence slates state of biomedical research
Spring 2005, page 6
Healthcare cover while travelling in Europe
Spring 2005, page 21
MEA joins GUS Charitable Trust-funded research project
October 2004, page 13
First results from MEA-funded Bristol study
July 2004, page 18
Is candida a cause of ME?, by dietitian Rhona Wilson
July 2004, page 19
Homeopathy: here’s the science bit
March 2004, page 15
Campaigning
ME Association welcomes the Gibson Inquiry Report
December 2006, page 4
Conclusions of the Gibon Inquiry, and press release
December 2006, pages 4-5
MEA response to the draft NICE clinical practice guideline
December 2006, pages 6-12
DWP draft medical guidance, version 9
December 2006, page 24
Day of disappointment for DWP campaigners
October 2006, page 8
Gibson Enquiry round-up, inc evidence by Dr Nigel Speight
October 2006, pages 9-11
Opening day of the Gibson Inquiry, inc evidence by Beth Llewellyn and Dr Charles Shepherd
July 2006, pages 9-11
DWP crunch meeting on version 8
July 2006, page 5
Wales clinic campaign, big lobby at Wales Assembly
July 2006, pages 20-21
Gibson Inquiry: membership announced
April 2006, page 4
Members vote to adopt Canadian Guidelines
April 2006, page 7
Steaming ahead with Wales clinic campaign
April 2006, pages 8-9
MEA concern at Incapacity Benefit reform proposals
April 2006, page 10
MEA calls for members’ vote on Canadian Guidelines
Winter 2006, page 5
Wales clinic campaign announced
Winter 2006, page 6
Gibson Inquiry announced
Winter 2006, page 7
25% Group joins MEA in call for halt to PACE and FINE trials
Autumn 2005, page 6
MEA takes up NICE survey quota
Autumn 2005, page 6
MEA and the Pace trial, chairman writes
Autumn 2005, page 6
DWP to rewrites their guidelines
Autumn 2005, page 7
Canadian Guidelines – the big debate, part 2
Autumn 2005, pages 21-23
MEA slams draft DWP guidelines
Summer 2005, page 7
MPs launch motion on scientific research
Summer 2005, page 9
Canadian Guidelines – the big debate, part 1
Summer 2005, pages 10-13
MEA tells MPs of insurance problems
February 2005, pages 12-15
Minister taken to task at All Party Group
October 2004, page 4
MEA calls for PACE to be scrapped
July 2004, pages 3-4
Minister refuses to implement ‘no spray’ zones
July 2004, page 20
29,000-signature petition presented to Tony Blair
July 2004, back page
MEA complains about official NHS website
March 2004, page 9
Countess of Mar criticisews psychiatrists in Lords debate
March 2004, pages 10-11
Benefits and Insurance
DLA and Incapacity Benefit questionnaire
December 2006, pages 19-22
Permanent Health Insurance misery – Lizzie Harper talks to Mail on Sunday
October 2006, page 14
Benefits claims – use recorded delivery
October 2006, page 32
Independent website exposes secret’ orders to DLA doctors
Spring 2005, page 10
Trevor McDonald programme on insurance disputes
Spring 2005, page 11
MEA criticises plan to axe Disability Premium
October 2004, page 2
Barton Hill guides disowned by author
March 2004, page 17
Recovery stories
Sonia Menga
July 2006, page 19
Nick Clarke
April 2006, pages 22-23
Rachel Howard
Autumn 2005, pages 18-19
Nickie Hale
July 2004, page 27
General
Plans for 2008 MEA calendar
December 2006, page 2
Caitlyn’s story, ME from the age of 18 months
October 2006, page 5
Karen Schalbetter and her website
October 2006, page 13
CFS verdict recorded by coroner
July 2006, page 6
Should wheelchairs be one of the last taboos? by Pat Mathewson
July 2006, pages 22-23
Teacher wins £58,000 in discrimination case
April 2006, page 5
Develop some people skills by Marianna Csoti
April 2006, page 6
Ministerial support for ME/CFS services
April 2006, page 6
Feature on the ME Connect service
Winter 2006, pages 18-19
The loneliness of the long-distance sufferer, by Pat Mathewson
Winter 2006, pages 20-21
The DWP heartache goes on
Winter 2006, page 23
Understanding ME, poem by Daliany Kersh
Autumn 2005, page 18
Overcoming loneliness and making friends, by Marianna Csoti
Autumn 2005, page 20
Aloe Vera, by Carol Harris
Autumn 2005, pages 24-25
The Elephant and ME, personal story by Alex Barton
Autumn 2005, page 30
MEA lands £81,000 grant to develop ME Connect
Summer 2005, page 8
Yoga for people with ME/CFS
Summer 2005, pages 16-17
Job adverts row
Spring 2005, pages 8-9
Welsh Association review Wales Government policy
Summer 2005, page 18
Vitamins and the European Court
Summer 2005, page 21
Battle fatigue, Jacqui Footman reports from the teachers’ front-line
Spring 2005, page 14
Cowboys and Elephants, western thriller writer B J Holmes tells his personal story
Spring 2005, pages 18-20
ME advocacy service in Scotland
Spring 2005, page 21
Patient power – the Expert Patient Programme
Spring 2005, page 22
Incapacity Benefit – the end?, by Disabilty Alliance chief executive Lorna Reith
Spring 2005, pages 23-25
£15,000 compensation in college discrimination case
February 2005, page 3
Scottish service developments
February 2005, pages 6-7
The PACE trial – we debate with the organisers
October 2004, pages 7-9.
Professor Pinching and the regional clinical champions report on how £8.5m clinical plan is shaping up
October 2004, pages 18-21
New disability rights at work
October 2004, page 22
James Duffy: Man for All Seasons ((photography feature)
July 2004, page 5
Joe Kilmartin’s woodturning workshop
July 2004, page 6
Shrewsbury’s Inner Gardens’ scheme
July 2004, page 7
Retired law lord to lead Gulf War inquiry
July 2004, page 13
Department of Health announces £8.5m clinics initiative
March 2004, page 4-5
Carolyn Chase photography feature
March 2004, page 3
Obituaries
The Very Rev Michael Mayne KCVO, former MEA patron
December 2006, page 23
Sir Claud Hagart-Alexander, the Laird of Ballochmyle, MEA patron
July 2006, page 24
Dr Chris Moran, Dorset ME/CFS consultant
July 2006, page 24
Dr Colin McEvedy, controversial psychiatrist
Autumn 2005, page 4
Professor Wilhelmina Behan, pioneering research pathologist
Spring 2005, page 7
Violet Sime, Poetry Group founder
February 20-05, page 8
Georgina Peschiera, warm-hearted colleague
October 2004, page 7
Book Reviews
Mickel Therapy
October 2006, page 22
Gowrings Blue Badge atlas
October 2006, page 23
New guidance on claiming DLA
April 2006, page 8
Love Never Fails, by Adrian Rose
Winter 2006, page 22
Verity Red’s Book, by Maria Mann
Winter 2006, page 22
All About ME, artistic pocket book by Steve Craig
Winter 2006, page 22
Launch of The Beany’, graphic notebook by Michael Nobbs
Spring 2005, page 6
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