Since we joined Lynne Kersh’s ‘Vegepa for ME Scheme’ in September, donations from the scheme to our dedicated Ramsay Research Fund have totalled £645.26. The scheme has over 5,300 members …
Vegepa for ME Scheme is working wonders for our Ramsay Research Fund Read More »
From the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, published online on 18 January 2011. A pilot study of cognitive behavioral stress management effects on stress, quality of life, and symptoms in persons …
Press statement issued this afternoon by the Medical Research Council: MRC invests £1.5m to encourage further CFS/ME research Thursday 27 January, 2010 The Medical Research Council (MRC) is committing £1.5m …
MRC £1.5m research announcement + ME Association statement Read More »
It’s an brutal, unpleasant business carried out in squalid junk yards. As your car ends up as a little cube of tangled metal, sentimental attachments can go with it. But …
Unpleasant business – but make money for the MEA out of your old banger Read More »
The need for more biomedical research into ME will be the subject of an Adjournment Debate on the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 February. Ian Swales, the Liberal Democrat …
Ian Swales MP wins right to debate ME research in the House of Commons Read More »
From BBC Online, 18 January 2011 (story by Fiona Walker, Social Affairs Reporter, BBC Scotland. A BBC investigation has heard claims of seriously ill patients being told they are fit …
Seriously ill patients ‘ told to work’ – BBC Online, 18 January 2011 Read More »
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print] Cognitive deficits in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome compared to those with major depressive disorder and healthy controls. Constant EL, Adam …
Research abstract: cognitive deficits in patients with CFS compared to others Read More »
Registration opened this week for the 6th international Invest in ME conference at One Birdcage Walk, home of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, in central London, on Friday, 20 May …
The Countess of Mar has asked Her Majesty’s Government whether they will release the public records, reference BN 141/1, relating to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, from 1 January …
It took Ed Stafford 859 days to walk the entire length of the Amazon. In the process, he raised almost £9000 for the MEA’s Tissue Bank Appeal. It took the …
Amazon adventurer lands a series on the Discovery Channel. Read More »
From Newsnet Scotland, 20 January 2011 (story by Jolene Cargill, Social Affairs Editor). Watching a child suffer every day at the hands of a chronic, disabling illness is heartbreaking for …
‘Parents of sick children living in fear’ – Newsnet Scotland, 20 January 2011 Read More »
Elaine Murray, Labour MSP for Dumfries, tabled two questions about the recently published Scottish Good Practice Statement for ME/CFS, which were answered by Nicola Sturgeon, Cabinet Secretary for Health and …
From ‘Frontline’ magazine, journal of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, 19 January 2011 Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome vary with each individual, and warrant a particularly gentle approach to prescribed …
Mike Weatherley, Conservative MP for Hove, tabled a question which asked the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the City of Brighton and Hove were diagnosed with …
Parliamentary Question: ME diagnosis in Brighton and Hove Read More »
From the Wall Street Journal health blogger, Amy Dockser Marcus, 20 January 2011 The controversy over whether XMRV is associated with chronic fatigue syndrome or other diseases continues, but a …
‘XMRV: testing the blood supply’ – Wall Street Journal health blog, 20 January 2011 Read More »
MAY BE REPOSTED This is a summary of key points to emerge from two routine meetings of The ME Association Board of Trustees. These meetings took place at our Head …
Summary of MEA Board of Trustees meetings in January 2011 Read More »
Two MPs tabled separate questions about ME research and received almost identical replies from the Minister concerned on Tuesday, 18 January 2010. Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, asked …
Parliamentary Questions: Research into ME, 18 January 2011 Read More »
From The Mail on Sunday, 16 January 2011 (Story by Michael Crawford as told to Daphne Lockyer) In a long interview with a Daily Mail reporter, the actor Michael Crawford …
Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: group cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise versus usual treatment. A randomised controlled trial with 1 year of follow-up. Clin Rheumatol. …
Research abstract: Group CBT and Graded Exercise versus “usual treatment” Read More »
From The Press, York, 14 January 2011 (story by Richard Catton). A SERIOUSLY ill York woman has asked the Government to fund more research in to conditions which cause chronic …
