Civil servants deployed to help Capita clear PIP assessments backlog| The Guardian | 7 April 2014
Ian Duncan Smith: “We have now actually asked them [Atos] to go, to leave…”
In depth coverage of the IACFS/ME Conference in San Francisco | 20 – 23 March 2014
In depth coverage of the IACFS/ME Conference in San Francisco | 20 – 23 March 2014 Read More »
An excellent audio summary of the IACFS/ME San Francisco conference
‘Misdiagnosing the unexplained’ | Letter to ‘The Psychologist’ | April 2014
‘Misdiagnosing the unexplained’ | Letter to ‘The Psychologist’ | April 2014 Read More »
Letter by Joan Crawford, chairperson of Chester ME Self-Help Group.
The ‘CFS Patient Advocate’ muses on the future of ME/CFS research conferences | 25 March 2014
Christopher Cairns describes his feelings about the four-day IACFS/ME conference in San Francisco.
Parliamentary Question | appropriate treatment and guidance in cases of maladministration | 24 March 2014
Jeremy Browne (Liberal Democrat MP for Taunton Deane) tabled a
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Swine Flu Vaccination | BMJ, Rapid Responses | 21 March 2014
From Rapid Responses, the British Medical Journal, published online on
John Rutter composes a reply to that awfully nice Mr Liddle | The Spectator | 22 March 2014
John Rutter – M.E. is real. I know, I had it for seven years.
Llewellyn King on the Institute of Medicine controversy | 3 March 2014
Llewellyn King on the Institute of Medicine controversy | 3 March 2014 Read More »
Llewellyn King, veteran Washington reporter and TV current affairs show anchorman, who in the past few years has espoused the cause of ME/CFS.
MEA chairman Neil Riley unpicks a central thread in the PACE Trial | 26 February 2014
MEA chairman Neil Riley unpicks a central thread in the PACE Trial | 26 February 2014 Read More »
The first results from the £5m PACE Trial were published in ‘The Lancet’ in March 2011.
Case definitions for ME/CFS: systematic review | BMJ Open | 7 February 2014
Case definitions for ME/CFS: systematic review | BMJ Open | 7 February 2014 Read More »
From BMJ Open, 7 February 2014. Full text available. Diagnostics
Scientists and doctors unite to defeat tick bite disease | The Herald, Scotland | 6 January 2014
From The Herald, Scotland, 6 January 2014 DOCTORS and scientists
Jessica Taylor, a ‘shining star’ in the world of ME | BBC South East News | 18 December 2013
Report on Jessica Taylor and her plans for ‘Share a Star’. Dr Charles Shepherd also appears.
Researchers prepare for launch of paediatric SMILE Trial involving the Lightning Process and/or specialist medical care | 5 December 2013
From BMC Trials, 5 December 2013. (open access)
Research | more statistics from the PACE Trial | 13 November 2013
Research | more statistics from the PACE Trial | 13 November 2013 Read More »
From Trials journal, 13 November 2013 (Full text available). A
Countess of Mar group condemn NICE plan to do nothing with ME/CFS Guideline review | 28 October 2013
The Countess: leading fight against NICE plan to put ME/CFS Guideline review on static list
‘At last: recognition for ME’ | Choice magazine | November 2013
‘At last: recognition for ME’ | Choice magazine | November 2013 Read More »
Contains interviews with MEA medical adviser Dr Charles Shepherd and ME sufferer Julia Glenn
MEA opposes plan to put review of NICE ME/CFS Guideline on hold | 23 October 2013
MEA opposes plan to put review of NICE ME/CFS Guideline on hold | 23 October 2013 Read More »
We say NICE is wrong to put review on its static list.
US urged to adopt Canadian Criteria as the only case definition for ME/CFS | 23 September 2013
MEA medical adviser co-signs open letter to US Health Secretary Kathleen Sibelius (pictured)
‘Martine reveals ME battle’ | BT Family & Home website | 23 September 2013
‘Martine reveals ME battle’ | BT Family & Home website | 23 September 2013 Read More »
There was huge coverage of Martine’s story sparked by interviews with her in The Sun on Sunday and Monday.