From the Daily Telegraph, 21 December 2011 A doctor’s career was nearly destroyed after a scientist falsely described her as a ‘deluded, pill-peddling quack’ on an online forum, a hearing …
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From a UK Medical Research Council press release: embargoed until 00:01am, 21 December 2011 The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded more than £1.6m for research into the causes of …
Medical Research Council announces ME/CFS research projects worth £1.6m Read More »
Andrew Quinn’s mother Geraldine was diagnosed with ME when he was six years old; he’s now 29. “I know all too well what it’s like to watch someone close to …
If you hear a grown man screaming, it’ll be Andrew… doing his Christmas Day swim! Read More »
From ‘Chat’ magazine: Patient Casebook, 15 December 2011 ‘I got my life back at last – Now I can’t sleep, knowing I’ll be able to celebrate for the first time …
Elene Naeverlid’s rituximab story in Chat magazine, 15 December 2011 Read More »
From the BBC News website, 20 December 2011 (story by Helen Grady, producer, BBC Radio 4’s ‘Can You Touch Your Toes?’ programme. Employment minister Chris Grayling says he is confident …
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From ‘News 4′, KRNV, Reno, 19 December 2011 (story by Victoria Campbell) Reno, NV– (KRNV and www.mynews4.com)– Attorneys for Whittemore-Peterson Institute, who filed suit against a former researcher, have prevailed …
‘Whittemore-Peterson Institute prevails in lawsuit’, KRNV, Reno, 19 December 2011 Read More »
From the Reno Gazette Journal, 17 December 2011. (Story by Lenita Powers) The Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Disease in Reno made headlines around the world in 2009 when news …
Our weekly summary of research paper abstracts that have not already appeared on the MEA website. From Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Nov;92(11):1820-6. Symptom fluctuations and daily physical activity …
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of research abstracts, 16 December 2011 Read More »
News release issued by the North Bristol NHS Trust, 13 December 2011 The UK’s biggest research study into whether early intervention could lessen the effects of chronic fatigue syndrome is …
The Chronic Illness Research Team (CIRT), based at the University of East London, is conducting a study into cognitive functioning in adults with ME/CFS. The team plans to resume testing …
M.E. was discussed on Channel 5’s ‘The Wright Stuff’ on 15 December 2011. To watch this brief item, please click on the following link: http://cms.five.tv/shows/the-wright-stuff/episodes/episode-239-15 Once the adverts have finishing …
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From Nature News blog, 15 December 2011 (story by Ewen Callaway) Judy Mikovits is taking her work on the road. The embattled chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) researcher will conduct her …
‘Mikovits finds a temporary home’, Nature News blog, 15 December 2011 Read More »
Joint All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting on Fluctuating Conditions Grand Committee Room, Westminster Monday 21st November 2011, 5-6pm Parliamentarians attending Catherine McKinnell MP; John Hemming MP; Julie Hilling MP; the …
Tony Baldrey (Conservative MP for Banbury) tabled a written question that asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment had been made of the effectiveness of fit …
Dr Ian Gibson speaks about M.E. research to Helen McDermott of BBC Radio Norfolk on 13 December, 2011. Dr Gibson, former MP for North Norwich, chaired an inquiry into the …
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Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Appeal last week. Subject to final audit, the appeal raised a total of £5,535.35 which will be spent on providing additional training …
Thank you to all who took part in our successful Christmas Appeal Read More »
The Disability Alliance have now published the UK benefits rates that the Department for Work and Pensions propose to introduce at beginning of April 2012. They can be viewed online …
According to research published today in BMJ Open, chronic fatigue syndrome, or ME, might account for thousands of unexplained cases of children missing school. Dr Esther Crawley, consultant paediatrician and …
Dr Esther Crawley on the BBC R4 Today programme this morning, 13 December 2011 Read More »
From The Guardian, 13 December 2011 (story by health correspondent Denis Campbell). Far more children than previously thought miss a lot of schooling because of chronic fatigue syndrome which has …
‘Study warns of higher ME rates among pupils’, The Guardian, 13 December 2011 Read More »
From BBC News, 13 December 2011 (story by James Gallagher, health reporter). One in 100 secondary school pupils could be missing classes because of chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as …
Chronic fatigue syndrome ‘affects one in 100 pupils’, BBC News, 13 December 2011 Read More »
