THE OUTSIDE CLINIC – OPTICIANS We’ve just had this very helpful bit of feedback about The Outside Clinic, who advertise occasionally in our ME Essential magazine. They’re opticians who visit …
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This is a shortened Express.co.uk version of an anti-BBC lead story in the print edition of the ‘The Sunday Express’, 31 July 2011. There is also comment on page 38. …
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From The Sunday Times, 31 July 2011 (comment piece by Rod Little) Shoot the medical messenger – see if that’ll cure you Medical experts who put forward controversial ideas should …
J Intern Med. 2011 Jul 27. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02429.x. [Epub ahead of print] Impaired Cardiac Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome measured using Magnetic Resonance Cardiac Tagging. Hollingsworth KG, Hodgson T, Macgowan …
From PublicService.Co.Uk, 29 July 2011 (story by David Allaby) No one should have to endure threats of violence and malicious abuse for their professional commitment to the advance of medical …
‘The real victims of ME are those with the disease’, Public Service, 29 July 2011 Read More »
From the Daily Mail, 29 July 2011 Scientists investigating ME get ‘death threats’ for investigating psychological causes Scientists researching the causes of chronic fatigue claim to have received violent threats …
Daily Mail on today’s big ME story, 29 July 2011 Read More »
From website of the Commons Work and Pensions Select Committee, 27 July 2011 The Chair of the Commons Work and Pensions has today written to the Minister for Employment Chris …
Dame Anne Begg MP on media misrepresentation of benefits claimants, 27 July 2011 Read More »
From Vaccines, Blood & Biologics, published by the US Food and Drug Administration, 24 July 2011 Investigating Viruses in Cells Used to Make Vaccines; and Evaluating the Potential Threat Posed …
Virus investigation update, US Food and Drug Administration, 24 July 2011 Read More »
Dr Charles Shepherd was given top slot on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme to explain our position on the ME ‘death threats’ story. Sarah Montague: ‘Scientists researching chronic fatigue …
From the Daily Telegraph, 29 July 2011. Many ME patients believe that research into possible psychological causes for their condition represents an attempt to downplay their symptoms. The illness, also …
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The ME Association has been offered the top slot on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme tomorrow morning (Friday) to discuss the present state of ME research in the UK. …
From BMC Medicine, 28 July 2011 (open access journal) Prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in three regions of England: a repeated cross-sectional study in primary care Luis C …
Viruses 2011, 3, 1312-1319; doi:10.3390/v3081312 OPEN ACCESS (full paper can be downloaded) viruses ISSN 1999-4915 www.mdpi.com/journal/viruses Commentary Origin of XMRV and its Demise as a Human Pathogen Associated with Chronic …
From the Daily Mail, 27 July 2011 (story by Kirsty Walker) – comments to the paper still being accepted. (Headline) The shirking classes: Just 1 in 14 incapacity claimants is …
‘The shirking classes’: Daily Mail has excelled itself today!, 27 July 2011 Read More »
For one moment, put aside the mind-crunching names they give to these things and remember that Dr Andy Beaumont is spending a year doing something wonderful for his health, his …
Andy Beaumont – taking on the challenge of 190 peaks in Wales for the ME Association Read More »
David Torrance (Kirkcaldy) (Scottish National Party): To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made on (a) offering day-to-day assistance to people with myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and (b) providing …
From the BBC News website, 26 July 2011 Only 7% of people claiming sickness benefits were unable to do any sort of work, new figures have shown. New claimants of …
Tests claim few benefit claimants ‘unfit for work’, BBC News, 26 July 2011 Read More »
The latest book by Dr Who spin-off author Jacqueline Rayner will be treated to a massive print-run following the announcement that it is one of eight titles selected for next …
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From the CFIDS Association of America’s Research1st website (comment by Kim McLeary). On July 20, 2011, the Journal of Internal Medicine e-published ahead of print, “Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria.” …
From The Guardian, 26 July 2011 (story by Amelia Gentleman). Report into welfare reform says retesting sickness benefits claimants has subject vulnerable people to ‘fear and anxiety’ The government accepts …
“Fit-to-work tests a ‘flawed process’, MPs say”, The Guardian, 26 July 2011 Read More »
