From BBC News online, 30 May 2012 (Story by Alison Potts). Chronic fatigue dominates the lives of people with multiple sclerosis – and other long-term conditions. Here Alison Potts, who …
From Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 30 May 2012 Co-morbid conditions in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) – a retrospective case note review of a large cohort LM …
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CHICAGO, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME), the largest group of physicians and researchers dedicatedto chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic …
From Disability and Rehabilitation, May 2012 Pacing as a strategy to improve energy management in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a consensus document Ellen M. Goudsmit(1), Jo Nijs(2,3,4), Leonard A. Jason(5), …
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From ‘Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports‘ May 2012 Comparison of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy with other disorders: an observational study AK Knudsen(1,2), LV Lervik(1), SB Harvey(3,4), …
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Researchers are carrying out clinical trials to find out if women with a range of autoimmune diseases could be helped by hormones found in pregnancy. Women with a range of …
MS symptoms ‘eased’ by pregnancy | BBC Scotland | 25 May 2012 Read More »
The Minutes of the last two meetings of the ‘Forward ME’ Group, which were both held in March, are now available on the group’s website. ‘Forward ME’ – founded and …
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From Guardian.co.uk, 23 May 2012, story by Amelia Gentleman. GPs have voted unanimously in favour of scrapping the controversial work capability assessment (WCA), the test that determines who is eligible …
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Kerry McCarthy (Labour MP for Bristol East) tabled a question that asked the Secretary of State for Health what steps he was taking to increase the support available to people …
Parliamentary Question | support to people newly diagnosed with M.E. | 22 May 2012 Read More »
The Countess of Mar tabled a stream of written questions about public policy on randomised controlled trials – in particular, on the PACE study, the first results of which were published …
Parliamentary Questions | Controlled trials, in particular the PACE trial | 22 May 2012 Read More »
From the Journal of Metabolic Brain Disease, 22 May 2012 IgM-mediated autoimmune responses directed against anchorage epitopes are greater in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) than in major depression. Maes …
Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, tabled a question to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions asking what recent discussions his Department has had with Atos about …
Annette Brooke MP, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME, had put down a written question that asked Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith what steps he …
Parliamentary Question | Personal Independence Payments | 17 May 2012 Read More »
As part of ME Awareness Week, from the 6th to 12th May 2012, the Cross-Party Group on ME at the Scottish Parliament hosted a reception attended by MSPs, ME charities …
Parliamentary reception in Edinburgh | 8 May 2012 | report by ME Research UK Read More »
From PLoSOne, 21 May 2012. Sensitivity of PCR Assays for Murine Gammaretroviruses and Mouse Contamination in Human Blood Samples Li Ling Lee(1), Lin Lin(1), David S. Bell(2), Susan Levine(3), Maureen …
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There will be a free seminar at Bristol University on Thursday, May 24, when Dr Brian Angus – director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine in Oxford …
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The Countess of Mar tabled a written question that asked the Government to ensure that children with M.E. get effective access to diagnosis and treatment and are supported in their …
Parliamentary Question | unidentified M.E. a major cause of school absence | 17 May 2012 Read More »
‘Dolly and ME’ by Maureen Coleman WHEN Donna Fleming steps out onto the stage as her effervescent alter-ego, the Queen of Country Dolly Parton, she comes to life. wearing a …
Letter to the Western Daily Press, 16 May 2012. I’m replying to the article about ME (Living the dream – until ME struck, May 14), as I also suffer from …
Stephen Hepburn, Labour MP for Jarrow, tabled a question that asked the excretory of State for work and Pensions whether he had considered exempting people diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome …
Parliamentary Question | exemption from the work capability assessment | 16 May 2012 Read More »
