ME Association Review: GETSET fails to demonstrate GET can significantly improve physical function | 28 June 2017
Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care versus specialist […]
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UK Biobank: Prevalence of and risk factors for severe cognitive and sleep symptoms in ME/CFS and MS | 25 June 2017
Published in BMC Neurology, 20 June 2017. Dr Charles Shepherd
Mixed response to GETSET from Science Media Centre experts | 23 June 2017
Mixed response to GETSET from Science Media Centre experts | 23 June 2017 Read More »
From science media centre, 22 June 2017. Expert reaction to
Research: Adult patients’ experiences of NHS specialist services for CFS/ME: a qualitative study in England | 05 June 2017
BMC Health Services Research, 02 June 2017. Jessica Broughton, Sarah Harris, Lucy Beasant, Esther Crawley and Simon M Collin.
MEA Ramsay Research Fund | Further results from study into the role of the autonomic nervous system and the cause of pain in ME/CFS | 29 March 2017
One of the most consistent neurological abnormalities to be reported
The cloud that has a silver lining for Britain’s only ME/CFS Biobank | 6 March 2017
The cloud that has a silver lining for Britain’s only ME/CFS Biobank | 6 March 2017 Read More »
Every cloud has a silver lining and staff at Britain’s
‘Gold Coast researchers make chronic fatigue breakthrough’ | Queensland Government statement | 21 February 2017
The NCNED team – led by Professors Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik and Don Staines
UK ME/CFS Biobank team contribute editorial on dangers of conflicting case definitions | Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior | 8 January 2017
From Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior, 8 January 2017. EDITORIAL
MEA to fund new research into biomarkers and markers of disease activity in people with severe ME/CFS | 20 December 2016
Professor Elisa Oltra, who has landed a £50,000 MEA research grant for this exciting study.
Parliamentary ME/CFS Questions | Luton North MP piles pressure on government over PACE, NICE, treatment strategy and direction of research | 25 November 2016
In some of the fiercest parliamentary questioning about ME/CFS ever,
NICE takes a dim view of foreign research into ME/CFS | Robin Ellis Freedom of Information request | 24 October 2016
Story by Tony Britton The main supplier of England’s drugs
‘If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer’| Prof Peter White, The Guardian | 30 September 2016
From The Guardian, 30 September 2016. Comment piece by Professor
Parliamentary Question | what steps are being taken to encourage research into ME? | 13 September 2016
Alex Chalk, Conservative MP for Cheltenham, asked the Secretary of
MEA research assistant Sophie Loup discusses the latest major microbiome study | 1 July 2016
From Microbiome, 23 June 2016. Reduced diversity and altered composition
IiME conference – another important day for sharing ideas on research | 20 June 2016
IiME conference – another important day for sharing ideas on research | 20 June 2016 Read More »
Dr Charles Shepherd reports on the 2016 Invest in ME
ME Association’s contributions towards mitochondrial muscle research in ME/CFS | 17 May 2016
The ME Association is heavily involved in medical research that
UK ME/CFS Biobank opens for business | 13 May 2016
UK ME/CFS Biobank opens for business | 13 May 2016 Read More »
Dr Charles Shepherd reports on the ME Awareness Day meeting
‘Misleading medical research underpins disability cuts’ | Centre for Welfare Reform | 14 April 2016
The Centre for Welfare Reform press release | 14 April