From The Guardian, 30 September 2016. Comment piece by Professor Peter White. Chronic fatigue syndrome – sometimes called ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) – is a sad tale for everyone involved. It …
A top South Coast community centre – the Brighthelm Centre in North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YD – will host Sussex and Kent ME/CFS Society’s medical and scientific conference next Thursday …
Update on Brighton conference to be held next Thursday (October 6) | 30 September 2016 Read More »
Volunteers have come forward to save Worcestershire ME Support Group from sinking – but organisers are still looking round for a few more so that informal groups scattered round the …
Volunteers bale out the Worcestershire ME Support Group | 30 September 2016 Read More »
Just one item this week – what patients think of the primary names for this illness.
From The Times, 28 September 2016. Story by Tom Whipple, Science Editor. A landmark study suggesting that ME could be treated with exercise and psychological intervention is seriously flawed, scientists …
Exercise and therapy cure for ME is ‘seriously flawed’ | The Times | 28 September 2016 Read More »
Yesterday was #MillionsMissing – round 2, the day of protest about the invisibility of the illness played out in 26 cities round the world. The ME Association helped publicise the …
From The Guardian ‘Comment is free’ section, 27 September 2016. Words by Nathalie Wright (pictured). Today friends and families of people with myalgic encephalopathy (ME) are taking to the streets …
BBC interviews about the #MillionsMissing demonstrations were recorded at our office in Buckingham yesterday for BBC Oxford Radio and for BBC TV South and that they should be broadcast today. …
From The Oxford Mail, 26 September 2016. Story by Pete Hughes. MORE than a hundred pairs of shoes will be lined up outside the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford tomorrow to …
Eighteen-year-old Tom Hunt, who is running all the way from Land’s End to John O’Groats – the equivalent of running 38 marathons back-to-back in 30 days – will complete his …
From BMJ blogs, 2 September 2016. Words by Simon McGrath. Like all patients, what I want most from clinical research is treatments that work, not ones that merely look good …
Some interesting new research is being reported on how progesterone – a hormone that forms part of the contraceptive pill – plays a role in the response to infection, as …
From Vincent Rancaniello’s Virology blog, 21 September 2016. No ‘Recovery’ in PACE Trial, New Analysis Finds Last October, Virology Blog posted David Tuller’s 14,000-word investigation of the many flaws of …
A guide to all six events taking place in the UK.
Our medical adviser Dr Charles Shepherd will be appearing on BBC Radio Nottingham’s Mark Dennison Show this morning (Monday, September 19). Also on the show will be Hannah Grundy – …
We’re out and about on BBC Radio Nottingham this morning | 19 September 2016 Read More »
From The Irish Times, 14 September 2016. Story by Aodhan O’Faolain. A former secondary school teacher and her children were “spied on” after she brought a legal action against insurance …
Just the one study this week – on cognitive behaviour therapy.
Alex Chalk, Conservative MP for Cheltenham, asked the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy what steps he has taken to encourage research into myalgic encephalomyelitis? In a …
Kevin Foster, Conservative MP for Torbay, asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: “What forms of medical evidence his Department accepts for personal independence payments claims from a …
The ME Association has today welcomed the publication of a new report that supports the wider use of cannabis for medicinal reasons. Our medical adviser, Dr Charles Shepherd, said that …
