From the ‘Daily Telegraph’, Lifestyle section, 30 January 2016. Dear Graham Norton: I have M.E. and can’t stop being jealous of friends I’m in my mid-30s, and I have M.E. …
While the village of Gargunnock may be small, its residents have proved to be big-hearted when it comes to charity. Over the festive season, locals helped raise the sum of …
We have places for this year’s London 10,000 run on May 30. Of course it’s NOT the London Marathon but, if you think of all the famous places you know in …
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This week – that controversial study in ‘Pediatrics’, microgenderome game-changer, dental amalgams.
From Pulse, 26 January 2016. Story by Caroline Price. The prescription drugs gabapentin and pregabalin could soon be more tightly regulated in the UK, after Government advisors called for them …
Lord Low: “…things can encourage disabled people into work but cutting their benefits is not one of them.”
From The Times, 26 January 2016. New research suggesting that chronic fatigue syndrome is more common in teenagers than previously thought is bound to move the condition up the NHS …
Charities hail major victory as it emerges that those who spend more than 35 hours a week caring will be exempt from the cap.
Our M.E. Question Time – when it was held at Wolfson College, Cambridge, in 2014.
From BBC News, 25 January 2016. Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than previously thought, particularly among girls at the age of 16, research by the University of Bristol suggests. …
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BT.com carried this item from the Press Association on 8 January 2016. A woman who has battled a string of debilitating illnesses for more than a decade has discovered it …
SIGN THE DISABILITY RIGHTS UK PETITION HERE From BBC News, 23 January 2016. Disability groups have written an open letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, urging him …
An online awareness course in ME/CFS, with a diploma offered on completion, is being offered by an organisation called The Centre of Excellence Online. Details can be found here: www.coe-onlinetrainingcourses.com/a-z-of-courses-c4/me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-awareness-course-p173 …
Topics covered included a 10,000-person “Grand Challenge’, this year’s conference and a Code of Conduct for Communications.
This week – case definition (Jason & Newton), cytokine analysis (Hornig & Lipkin), mitochondria (Hanson).
The Disability Benefits Consortium is running a survey to record the experiences of people who have applied for Personal Independence Payment (PIP). It should take about 20 minutes to complete …
Harriet Hall – writing frankly about some of the applications of this drug so far.
St Albans Market on a quiet day – Maxine Ellis, who wants to set up the group, lives in the town.
Letters published in The Lancet Psychiatry today. FROM DR CHARLES SHEPHERD, MEDICAL ADVISER TO THE ME ASSOCIATION PATIENT REACTION TO THE PACE TRIAL The long-term follow-up of the PACE trial(1), …
This week – walking test in women, CFS and EBV case study, heart rate in response to orthostatic challenge
