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 […]
ME Association reaction: BBC Radio 4 File on 4 – Children with M.E. | 27 June 2017
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Dr Charles Shepherd comments on the BBC ‘File on
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
‘Very helpful and constructive meeting’ with RCGP representatives at House of Lords | 24 June 2017
This is a brief update from MEA medical adviser, Dr
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
Cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabis use for medical purposes | 15 June 2017
Cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabis use for medical purposes | 15 June 2017 Read More »
We know that a small but significant minority of people with ME/CFS use cannabidoil (CBD) or cannabis to help with their ME/CFS symptoms – pain relief in particular.
Undiscovered – Sick and Tired: The PACE Trial | 30 May 2017
Undiscovered – Sick and Tired: The PACE Trial | 30 May 2017 Read More »
A new podcast from Science Friday When researchers publish a
Two more PACE Trial critiques have been published in the ‘Journal of Health Psychology’ series | 12 May 2017
A snap of the opening part of Karen D Kirke’s contribution,
Watch the video of the Scottish Parliament debate on M.E. this afternoon | 11 May 2017
Watch the video of the Scottish Parliament debate on M.E. this afternoon | 11 May 2017 Read More »
There was a 30-minute debate to mark International ME Awareness
Liaison psychiatrist says that Cochrane Review on exercise therapy in CFS was heavily influenced by controversial PACE Trial| 6 May 2017
From The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2 May 2017. Controversy
PLOSone issues ‘Expression of Concern’ about PACE Trial cost-effectiveness analysis | 2 May 2017
From PLOSone, 2 May 2017. Expression of Concern: Adaptive Pacing,
Forward-ME Group | ‘Vital that the new WHO classification continues to provide a bulwark against medical mismanagement of M.E.’ | 21 April 2017
The Forward ME-Group has responded to the latest proposals to
Scottish student’s short M.E. film to compete for Cannes festival prize | 14 April 2017
Scottish student’s short M.E. film to compete for Cannes festival prize | 14 April 2017 Read More »
Our medical adviser, Dr Charles Shepherd, has been interviewed for a Sky News report about this film later this evening.
‘It’s time for an independent review of the PACE Trial methods and results’ | Dr Charles Shepherd, Journal of Health Psychology | 10 April 2017
Publication of different perspectives about the PACE Trial
PACE trial commentaries in the ‘Journal of Health Psychology’ made open access – thanks to the MEA! | 29 March 2017
People wanting to read a new and wide-ranging collection of
Biological underpinnings of chronic fatigue syndrome begin to emerge | Nature | 28 March 2017
Dr Ronald Davis holds the printed circuit he and his team developed to test for chronic fatigue syndrome.
‘How a study about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was doctored, adding to pain and stigma’| The Conversation | 23 March 2017
From The Conversation, a blog which proclaims it is all
Thanks to the MEA, you can now read the whole independent re-analysis of the PACE Trial recovery paper | 22 March 2017
The independent re-analysis of the PACE Trial recovery paper emerged
‘Moving Toward Answers in ME/CFS’ | NIH Director’s Blog | 21 March 2017
‘Moving Toward Answers in ME/CFS’ | NIH Director’s Blog | 21 March 2017 Read More »
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