Month: December 2011

From the Daily Telegraph, 21 December 2011 A doctor’s career …

‘Deluded quack’ jibe nearly ruined doctor’s career, Daily Telegraph, 21 December 2011 Read More »

From a UK Medical Research Council press release: embargoed until …

Medical Research Council announces ME/CFS research projects worth £1.6m Read More »

Andrew Quinn’s mother Geraldine was diagnosed with ME when he …

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 …

Elene Naeverlid’s rituximab story in Chat magazine, 15 December 2011 Read More »

From the BBC News website, 20 December 2011 (story by …

‘Is the new disability benefit working?’, BBC Radio 4, 20 December 2011 at 8pm Read More »

From ‘News 4′, KRNV, Reno, 19 December 2011 (story by …

‘Whittemore-Peterson Institute prevails in lawsuit’, KRNV, Reno, 19 December 2011 Read More »

From the Reno Gazette Journal, 17 December 2011. (Story by …

‘Whittemore Peterson Institute vows to get past setbacks’, Reno Gazette, 17 December 2011 Read More »

Our weekly summary of research paper abstracts that have not …

TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of research abstracts, 16 December 2011 Read More »

News release issued by the North Bristol NHS Trust, 13 …

Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, to lead £250,000 study into the effects of early intervention in CFS Read More »

The Chronic Illness Research Team (CIRT), based at the University …

London study into cognitive functioning in adult ME/CFS to take on new volunteers in the New Year Read More »

M.E. was discussed on Channel 5’s ‘The Wright Stuff’ on …

M.E. discussion on ‘The Wright Stuff’, Channel 5, 15 December 2011 Read More »

From Nature News blog, 15 December 2011 (story by Ewen …

‘Mikovits finds a temporary home’, Nature News blog, 15 December 2011 Read More »

Joint All Party Parliamentary Group Meeting on Fluctuating Conditions Grand …

Joint All Party Parliamentary Group meeting on Fluctuating Conditions: minutes of the meeting on 21 November 2011 Read More »

Tony Baldrey (Conservative MP for Banbury) tabled a written question …

Parliamentary Question: fit notes, phased returns to work and how M.E. fits in the scheme of things, 13 December 2011 Read More »

Dr Ian Gibson speaks about M.E. research to Helen McDermott …

Dr Ian Gibson talks to BBC Radio Norfolk, 13 December 2011 Read More »

Thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas Appeal last …

Thank you to all who took part in our successful Christmas Appeal Read More »

The Disability Alliance have now published the UK benefits rates …

Proposed new UK benefits rates from April 2012 Read More »

According to research published today in BMJ Open, chronic fatigue …

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 …

‘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, …

Chronic fatigue syndrome ‘affects one in 100 pupils’, BBC News, 13 December 2011 Read More »