New web forum to discuss human retroviruses and XMRV
A new UK-based web forum to discuss human retroviruses and XMRV has opened at http://www.hgrv.org.uk/phpBB3
Month: December 2010
NICE Guideline review: new information from NICE, dated 23 December 2010.
During the public consultation on NICE’s review proposal for clinical guideline 53 on the diagnosis and management of CFS/ME, a number of stakeholders advised that the results of the PACE Trial …
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Annette Whittemore and Judy Mikovits interviewed on ‘Nevada Newsmakers’ programme
Annette Whittemore and Judy Mikovits of the Whittemore Peterson Institute being interviewed on Nevada Newsmakers discussing recent events in the field of XMRV research. Recordings here: http://www.nevadanewsmakers.com/ Nevada Newsmakers Wednesday, December 22, 2010 …
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‘Retrovirology’ summary of the first international workshop on XMRV
The open access journal ‘Retrovirology’ has published a 23-page summary of the first international workshop on XMRV which was held at Bethesda, Maryland , in September. The authors of the …
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‘Studies cloud chronic fatigue research’ – Los Angeles Times
From the Los Angeles Times, 2o December 2010 (Story by Trine Tsouderous, whose work also appears in the Chicago Tribune and other papers in the US). Contamination is a likely …
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‘Chronic fatigue syndrome is not caused by XMRV virus, study shows’ – British Medical Journal
From the British Medical Journal, 22 December 2010 (Story by Jo Carlowe). The XMRV virus, which has been implicated as a possible cause of chronic fatigue syndrome, is not the …
‘XMRV and CFS – it’s not the end’, says virologist Vincent Racaniello
From Vincent Rancaniello’s ‘Virology blog’, 22 December 2010 (Racaniello is professor of microbiology at Columbia University Medical Center, City of New York). Yesterday the Chicago Tribune published my reaction to …
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ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, ‘not caused by virus’, say researchers – BBC News
From BBC News Online (story by Helen Briggs, health reporter). Updated version of story first published on 20 December,2010. A new study has cast further doubt on the idea that …
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XMRV update: comment from Professor Tony Pinching
Since the original study suggesting a possible link between CFS/ME and the XMRV retrovirus, there have been six published reports from reputable groups in three continents that have failed to …
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New UK study casts doubts on the link between XMRV and ME/CFS
Press release issued by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, 20 December 2010 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not caused by XMRV New research shows XMRV virus is a lab contaminant A …
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‘Left to collapse at the checkout’ at St Albans supermarket – Herts Advertiser
From The Herts Advertiser’, 17 December 2010 (Story by Caroline Thain). A DISABLED shopper collapsed and was taken to hospital by ambulance after claiming four separate staff at a St …
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Still some copies left for sale of the Worcester Zombie Walk calendar
A 2011 calendar celebrating the horror flick movie genre – with lashings of fake blood and gore – is on sale in Worcester. It’s been created by Andy and Tracey …
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A lovely Christmas cracker from the Newtownards and District Charity Committee
The hugely successful Newtownards and District Charity Committee – which has distributed £181,000 to charities which serve Northern Ireland since it was founded in 1982 – has pulled a lovely …
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Professor Stephen Holgate at next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME
The next meeting of the All Party Group on M.E. will be held at 1.30pm on 16th February – in room W1, Westminster Hall. The Group will be addressed by …
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Derbyshire timber merchants swing their wood for the ME Association
Derbyshire timber merchant S V Timber Ltd picked up a different kind of wood when, with housebuilders Fairgrove Homes, they invited customers to join them for a Charity Golf Day …
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Americans with CFS should be barred from donating blood, says FDA advisory comittee
From the Wall Street Journal, 15 December 2010. (Story by Amy Dockser Marcus) An advisory committee to the federal Food and Drug Administration is recommending that people with chronic fatigue …
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Parliamentary Question, Scotland: evaluation of a Wellness Enhancement Learning programme for ME/CFS
Scotland’s minister for health and wellbeing, Nicola Sturgeon, mentioned the evaluation of what she called a “Wellness Enhancement Learning Programme” for people with ME/CFS when she provided a written answer …
Scottish Parliament: written answers, 6 December 2010
Scottish health minister Nicola Sturgeon replied to three written questions from Labour MSP Cathy Jamieson on Monday, 6 December. 1. Cathy Jamieson asked the Scottish Executive how many people have …
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Please vote for Ed Stafford as National Geographic’s ‘Adventurer of the Year’
One good turn deserves another! Ed Stafford raised thousands of pounds for ME research this year when he chose the MEA’s tissue bank appeal as one of his five good …
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Parliamentary Question: action to support biomedical research into ME in Scotland
Scottish Parliament Official Record citation The subject of biomedical research into ME/CFS came up in a question that was answered in the Scottish Parliament on 2 December 2010. Cathy Jamieson, …
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