From the Eastern Daily Press, Norwich, 30 August 2010 (story by Sarah Hall) Plans to establish a world class research and treatment centre for people with ME have moved a …
ME centre plans a step closer’ – Eastern Daily Press, 30 August 2010 Read More »
From The Times of Malta, 29 August 2010 (Story by Nikki Abela Mercieca). Nicola Reiss woke up one Boxing Day feeling extremely unwell. She had pain all over, her ribs …
When doctors cannot diagnose disorders’ – The Times of Malta, 29 August 2010 Read More »
From the health pages of the Edinburgh Evening News, 27 August 2010 (Story by Sandra Dick) BABY Sophia snuggles close to her mum, tiny fingers tightly clenched into a mini …
Baby Sophia is a natural little wonder’ – Edinburgh Evening News, 27 August 2010 Read More »
The Department of Health has decided to ban blood donation permanently from all prospective donors in the UK who report they have had ME/CFS from 1 November this year. The …
From Guardian.co.uk, Comment is free section, 27 August 2010 (Comment by ‘Jayne Austin’, a pseudonym for a member of the ME Association). The DWP’s Orwellian-style work capability assessment forces people …
Evidence of mouse-related virus gene sequences in the blood of people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has been found by a team led by Harvey J Alter at the Center for …
Lo/Alter MLV paper – list of major press and blog stories Read More »
From the irish Independent, 22 August 2010 (Story by Joy Orpen) Imagine being struck down with an illness so invisible it produces no obvious signs or scars, but yet is …
Hidden enemy: ME’ – Irish Independent, 22 August 2010 Read More »
Amy Scroggie has learnt to look for the positives in life. They may be small things – like lying in her summerhouse and watching the birds – but for her even …
Carlisle woman’s battle with ME – Carlisle News and Star, 21 August 2010 Read More »
From the Daily Mail, 15 August 2010. (Story by Andrew Williams) Former Olympian Roger Black now runs a successful motivational speaking and consultancy company from his base in Guildford, Surrey.
From the Cambridge Evening News, 15 August 2010 (Story by Jack Grove) The number of youngsters diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome in Cambridgeshire has almost doubled in five years, new …
Cambridgeshire – big rise in number of youngsters treated for chronic fatigue syndrome Read More »
On Thursday 12 August we became aware of some very unusual voting activity on the MEA website poll – which is asking about the top priority issue for the new APPG on …
Manipulation of voting activity on MEA website poll Read More »
From Community Care magazine, 9 August 2010 (story by Mithran Samuel) People with moderate care needs would be excluded from support under plans to increase the eligibility threshold for care …
Derbyshire set to cut support for adults with moderate needs Read More »
Ed Stafford, who this week became the first man to walk the whole length of the Amazon, is pictured jumping into the sea at the end of his two-and-a-half year …
Splash down in the sea for our Amazon adventurer – video footage Read More »
A PENARTH student who has lived with the impact of ME for the past 11 years has used her experience of the debilitating condition to create artwork for her …
Abi’s art in just the tonic’ – Penarth Times, 7 August 2010 Read More »
Ed was pushing himself so hard to the finish line that he collapsed and had to rest – missing the planned link up with GMTV. But he did manage to …
On GMTV on Monday morning (August 9) – the end of Amazon Ed’s huge adventure Read More »
From the Wrexham Leader, 4 August 2010 (story by Matt Jones) FACTORY bosses did not take a disabled man’s condition into account before sacking him, an employment tribunal has heard.
Our quarterly membership magazine, ME Essential, has been mailed out today. Unfortunately, the position statement issued yesterday by the ME Association and the Young ME Sufferers Trust on the proposed …
Our membership magazine, ME Essential, is mailed out today Read More »
A plan to recruit children with ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to a scientific trial comparing the efficacy of an unproven psychologically-based training programme with specialist medical care is “unethical”, say two …
From the Eastern Daily Press, 3 August 2010 (Story by Sarah Hall) Hope was last night offered to thousands of people with ME after it emerged crucial talks were under …
Norwich centre for ME sufferers planned’ – Eastern Daily Press, 3 August 2010 Read More »
From the Wrexham Leader, 3 August 2010 A MAN was sacked from his factory job after he refused an eight-week back to work plan, an employment tribunal has heard.
