MAY BE REPOSTED This is a summary of key points from two meetings of The ME Association (MEA) Board of Trustees. The meetings took place in Buckingham on Monday 18th and …
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Programme description: The Disability Living Allowance helps more than three million people lead useful lives. It pays for transport and carers, meaning that disabled people can work and lead independent …
The Long Gallery at Stormont, Northern ireland’s premier setting for political occasions, resounded with discussion about ME/CFS – when ME Support Northern Ireland put on a special event for Members …
From Clinical Infectious Diseases, 13 February 2013 [Epub ahead of print]. Human Endogenous Retrovirus-K18 Superantigen Expression and Human Herpesvirus-6 and Human Herpesvirus-7 Viral Loads in Chronic Fatigue Patients. Oakes B, …
The following letter has been sent to Psychological Medicine in response to the paper they published on January 31 on Recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome after treatments given in the …
ME Association response to PACE trial recovery paper | 15 February 2013 Read More »
From Arthritis and Rheumatism, 28 January 2013. Low-dose naltrexone for the treatment of fibromyalgia: Findings of a small, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, counterbalanced, crossover trial assessing daily pain levels† Jarred Younger*, …
Crispin Blunt (Conservative MP for Reigate) asked the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the World Health Organisation’s classification of chronic fatigue syndrome as a …
Parliamentary Question | WHO classification of CFS | 11 February 2013 Read More »
From The Guardian, 8 February 2013 (story by Rajeev Syal and agencies). Public accounts committee lambasts 38% overturn rate on decisions, resulting in ‘considerable cost to taxpayer and claimant’ The …
DWP to blame for fitness-to-work tests fiasco, MPs say | The Guardian | 8 February 2013 Read More »
PACE Trial: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Question for Short Debate 5.25 pm Tabled By The Countess of Mar To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of …
House of Lords debates the PACE Trial | verbatim report and YouTube | 6 February 2013 Read More »
From the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, short reports, January 2013. Open access article. Views on the nature of chronic fatigue syndrome: content analysis Zahra Hossenbaccus(1) and Peter …
Literature review | Nature of chronic fatigue syndrome | January 2013 Read More »
Further to the recent meeting of the APPG on ME held on Tuesday 15 January 2013, which focused on Welfare, Chair Annette Brooke MP has invited officers of the APPG …
Upcoming APPG on ME meetings – 26 February and 13 March 2013 Read More »
It’s time to add your GP surgery details to our ‘Telling GPs the Truth about ME’ campaign, which will be ready to roll out during ME Awareness Week in May. …
Following intense pressure from the Countess of Mar and members of Professor Malcolm Harrington’s Fluctuating Conditions Group, the Department of Work and Pensions have changed their mind on the way …
From the European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 24 January 2013. Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Older Patients a different disease? – a clinical cohort study Ieuan Lewis(1), Jessie Pairman(2), Gavin …
