From British Journal of Radiology 2011, doi:10.1259/bjr/93889091, 29 November 2011 (e-published before print). Regional grey and white matter volumetric changes in myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome): a voxel-based morphometry 3-T …
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From Nature News, 29 November 2011 (story by Ewen Callaway). Controversy has dogged Judy Mikovits ever since she and her colleagues published evidence in Science (1) in 2009 suggesting that …
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The Countess of Mar tabled the following written question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 14 November (WA 104), on what scientific …
Parliamentary Question: scientific basis for Minister’s claim, 28 November 2011 Read More »
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has rejected a complaint from the ME Association about an article by Dr Max Pemberton which appeared in the Daily Telegraph on August 29 at …
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From ‘Herald Woman’, published by the Glasgow Herald on 24 November 2011 WE’RE SURROUNDED BY NETWORKS OF FRIENDS, YET WE’VE NEVER BEEN LONELIER, writes Marisa Duffy. A typical teenager spends …
The Norwegian Minister of Health has allocated two million Norwegian kroner – that’s just short of £219,000 – to further research into the use of the cancer drug rituximab in the …
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Press release from the Department for Work and Pensions, 24 November 2011 Disabled people are to benefit from further changes to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) following an independent review …
The Countess of Mar received answers to two written questions – both very relevant to ME/CFS – in the House of Lords on 21 November 2011. In the first question, …
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From ‘Transfusion’, the journal of the American Association of Blood Banks, 21 November 2011, doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03450.x. [Epub ahead of print] Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus does not pose a risk …
‘XMRV does not pose a risk to blood supply’, Transfusion, 21 November 2011 Read More »
APPG on ME: Monday 21 November Members of the APPG on ME (Countess of Mar, Annette Brooke, Ian Swales) formed part of a joint meeting of all the medical APPGs …
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The Countess of Mar this week published an exchange of correspondence she has had with Lord Freud, the Minister for Welfare Reform at the Department for Work and Pensions. In …
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MAY BE REPOSTED This is a summary of key points to emerge from two routine meetings of The ME Association Board of Trustees – on Monday 14 November and Tuesday 15 …
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From the Research1st website maintained by the CFIDS Association of America, 18 November 2011. PFL Testing for Post-Exertional Malaise and Disability RESEARCH NEWS, UNDERSTANDING CFS | 18. NOV, 2011 BY …
From the International Journal of Cardiology, 10 November 2011. Large and small artery endothelial dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome David J Newton, Gwen Kennedy, Kenneth KF Chan, Chim C Lang, …
From BBC News, 20 November 2011. Eighteen Church of England bishops have signed an open letter, criticising the government’s proposed welfare changes. In the letter, in The Observer, the bishops …
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From BBC News, 19 November 2011. People should be signed off for long-term sickness by an independent assessment service and not GPs, a government-backed review says. The review also suggests …
GPs should not ‘sign off long-term sick’, BBC News, 19 November 2011 Read More »
