Twenty members came together to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Sheffield Yoga for ME/CFS last Friday (January 27). Most of the 264 members practise their therapeutic yoga at home as …
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NMR Biomed. 2012 Jan 27. doi: 10.1002/nbm.2772. [Epub ahead of print] Increased ventricular lactate in chronic fatigue syndrome. III. Relationships to cortical glutathione and clinical symptoms implicate oxidative stress in …
Research: increased ventricular lactate in CFS. NMR in Biomedicine, 27 January 2012 Read More »
Our weekly roundup of research paper abstracts that have not already appeared on the website Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2011 Dec;25(4):851-63. Epub 2011 Sep 9. The common immunogenic etiology …
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The ME Association is attempting to get the following letter published in ‘The Sun’ in response to Rod Liddle’s column yesterday: INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION Dear Editor Re: ‘Pretend Disabled’ really …
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From ‘Physiological Measurement’,33 231 doi:10.1088/0967-3334/33/2/231 Received 22 August 2011, accepted for publication 8 December 2011, in final form 5 December 2011 Published 25 January 2012 Chronic fatigue syndrome and impaired …
DVDs of the ‘Voices from the Shadows’ film – the M.E. film that won an American film festival award after its premiere in October last year – are now available for …
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From ‘The Sun’, 26 January 2012 (words by Rod Liddle). ‘Pretend disabled’ really ARE sick My New Year’s resolution for 2012 was to become disabled. Nothing too serious, maybe just …
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Our Ramsay Research Fund – and ME Research UK – both benefit from regular donations from the Vegepa for ME Scheme, which has raised £40,000 for ME research over the past …
Another donation to our research fund from the Vegepa for ME Scheme Read More »
A total of 357,828 ‘unique visitors’ visited this website in 2011 and they read a total of 1,372,388 pages. This month so far, we have had 31,712 ‘unique visitors’ who …
From the Irish Times, 24 January 2012 (words by Roisin Wilson). BEFORE MY sister Sophia got Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), I had subconsciously developed a disparaging view of the disease. The …
Invest in ME has just announced the line-up of speakers for its 7th international ME/CFS Conference which will be held in Westminster on Friday, 1 June 2011. One of the …
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Our weekly roundup of research paper abstracts that have not already appeared on the website Virol J. 2011 Sep 6;8:423. XMRV: usage of receptors and potential co-receptors. Setty MK, Devadas …
TGI Friday! Our regular round-up of research abstracts, 20 January 2012 Read More »
Sir John Savill, the recently appointed chief executive and deputy chair of the Medical Research Council, will be the main speaker at next week’s meeting of the All Party Parliamentary …
Sir John Savill at next week’s APPG on ME meeting – 24 January 2012 Read More »
After spending about a year working on the subject, BBC Alba – the sub-titled Gaelic channel in Scotland – will present the results of their research into M.E. on Monday, January …
From BBC News, 16 January 2012. Ministers are set to make further concessions over controversial proposed changes to disability benefits. The government have agreed to halve the time seriously ill …
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From the BBC ‘Ouch!’ blog, 12 January 2012 (words by Scott Jordan Harris). Writer and editor, 29-year-old, Scott Jordan Harris, spends the majority of his time in bed due to …
Scott Jordan Harris: keeping a diary keeps me sane, BBC ‘Ouch!’ blog, 12 January 2012 Read More »
A new yoga class for people with ME/CFS will open at Great Notley, near Braintree in Essex, on Thursday, January 26. It will concentrate on correct breathing, relaxation techniques and …
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From the ‘Comment is Free’ section, Guardian.co.uk, 12 January 2012. (Words by Rachel Graham). This week has seen a crucial fight to stop draconian changes to welfare that could have …
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine short report, 2012 Jan;3(1):4. Epub 2012 Jan 12. Alternative diagnoses to chronic fatigue syndrome in referrals to a specialist service: service evaluation survey. …
From ‘The Guardian’, 10 January 2012 (story by Amelia Gentleman) A detailed year-long study into the coalition government’s controversial work capability assessments (WCAs) has revealed new evidence of widespread inaccuracies …
Inaccuracies dog ‘fit to work’ test, The Guardian, 10 January 2012 Read More »
