From BBC News, 29 December 2012. A leading researcher into the mental health of military personnel has been knighted in the New Year’s Honours. Prof Simon Wessely, said he was …
Knighthood for Professor Simon Wessely | BBC News | 29 December 2012 Read More »
From Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 19 December 2012 (e-published ahead of print) Chronic fatigue syndrome following infections in adolescents Katz, Ben Z.; Jason, Leonard A. Abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW To …
Forward ME Minutes of the Meeting held in the Television Interview Room House of Lords Tuesday 13 November 2012, 2pm Present: Countess of Mar (Chairman) Dr Charles Shepherd (MEA) Tristana …
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ADDED ON 31 December 2012: We have been asked to post a link to an epetition called FDA should give CFS patients access to Ampligen! The target is to obtain …
From Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12 December 2012. Amitriptyline for neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia in adults. Moore RA, Derry S, Aldington D, Cole P, Wiffen PJ. Pain Research and Nuffield …
This is a summary of research priorities identified at the Open Medicine Institute (OMI) research meeting that was held at the Harvard Club in New York from 19th to 21st …
Well, apparently, no one! The Countess of Mar tabled a written question that asked the Government: “What person or organisation is legally liable for the wellbeing of benefits claimants who …
Sylvia Penny, from the Wales Association of M.E. and CFS, talks to ITV Wales about what it’s like to be a full-time carer (two minute video): www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2012-12-18/itvs-text-santa-appeal-speaks-to-the-carers/
From the December 2012 newsletter of the International Association of CFS/ME (words by Linda Paulson). Two new ME/CFS research biobanks have been established this year. One is run by Linda …
Two new ME/CFS biobanks open – in London and Oslo | IACFS/ME newsletter | December 2012 Read More »
From StamfordAdvocate.com, 15 December 2012. Words by Llewellyn King, executive producer and host of ‘White House Chronicle’ on the US-based Public Broadcast Service. WASHINGTON – For about a million Americans, Thursday …
FDA to rule on ‘Lazarus’ drug | comment by Llewellyn King | 15 December 2012 Read More »
The Countess of Mar tabled a question about the Lighting Process. She asked the Government whether, in the light of the finding by the Advertising Standards Authority that claims about …
The Countess of Mar, the cross-bencher who chairs the Forward ME group of charities that includes The ME Association, has used a series of written questions to advance her campaign …
The Countess of Mar intervened in a short debate prompted by a question about the funding of NHS clinical networks from Labour peer Baroness Thornton in the Lords on 12 …
Parliamentary Question | NHS clinical networks | 12 December 2012 Read More »
The Countess of Mar tabled a written question that asked the Government whether, in the light of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance that “people with severe …
Parliamentary Question | Recording of Atos assessments | 6 December 2012 Read More »
MAY BE REPOSTED This is a summary of key points to emerge from two routine meetings of The ME Association (MEA) Board of Trustees. The meetings took place in Buckingham …
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From ‘Bedford Today’, 7 January 2012. “I hope the legacy that she has left does not go unnoticed or forgotten,” is the message from the family of an ME sufferer …
‘ME sufferer dies after overdose’ | Bedford Today | 7 December 2012 Read More »
From Brain Informatics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 7670, 2012, pp 107-118. An Agent Model for Temporal Dynamics Analysis of a Person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Azizi Ab Aziz(1,2), …
Our Christmas Appeal reopens today for its second day at 10am We’ll be using the proceeds to buy thousands of copies of the MEA Purple Booklet – ‘ME/CFS/PVFS: an Exploration …
10am today – our Big Give Christmas Appeal reopens | 7 December 2012 Read More »
James Dornan, SMP for Glasgow Cathcart (Scottish National Party), tabled a question asking whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on the implementation of the Canadian guidelines on the …
