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.
£1.2 million for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome research | University of Bristol press release | 16 September 2013
Dr Esther Crawley to lead 3-year National Institute for Health Research study.
‘Lipkin finds biomarkers not bug’ | Phoenix Rising website | 12 September 2013
‘Lipkin finds biomarkers not bug’ | Phoenix Rising website | 12 September 2013 Read More »
Simon McGrath and Russell Fleming report a major presentation in the States by Professor Ian Lipkin.
PACE Trial | CBT and GET have a small or no effect on pain | commentary, 2 Sept 2013
PACE Trial | CBT and GET have a small or no effect on pain | commentary, 2 Sept 2013 Read More »
Science writer Simon McGrath on new pain study using data from the £5m PACE Trial
Research | Pain in chronic fatigue syndrome: response to rehabilitative treatments in the PACE trial | 23 August 2013
Pain in chronic fatigue syndrome: more results from the PACE Trial.
‘Academic freedom’ overrides individual concerns in PACE Trial tribunal | 24 August 2013
‘Academic freedom’ overrides individual concerns in PACE Trial tribunal | 24 August 2013 Read More »
Academic freedom overrides individual concerns: judicial tribunal ruling on FoI request in respect of the PAC Trial.
MEA pledge £50,000 for UK Rituximab trial and invite others to donate | money ‘ring-fenced’ for 2 years | 29 July 2013
The MEA have pledged £50,000 to support a UK clinical
CFS : inherited virus can cause cognitive dysfunction and fatigue | Science Daily | 16 July 2013
From Science Daily, 26 July 2013. Many experts believe that
PACE Trial: letters and reply | Journal of Psychological Medicine | August 2013
PACE Trial: letters and reply | Journal of Psychological Medicine | August 2013 Read More »
From the Journal of Psychological Medicine, August 2013. CORRESPONDENCE Editorial
MEA Ramsay Research Fund to pay for new study into post-exertional malaise | 18 July 2013
ME Association trustees have agreed funding of £31,000 for a
Brief encounter in the Lords on ME/CFS and eating disorders | 11 July 2013
Brief encounter in the Lords on ME/CFS and eating disorders | 11 July 2013 Read More »
Brief exchange during health questions in the House of Lords
What is the ME Association doing about Rituximab? | 8 July 2013
What is the ME Association doing about Rituximab? | 8 July 2013 Read More »
STATEMENT FROM THE ME ASSOCIATION Unlike the situation with XMRV,
Bury patients help with research into difficult-to-spot disease | Prestwich and Whitefield Guide | 5 July 2013
From the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide, 5 July 2013. Story
Why the National Institutes of Health in the US are funding the UK ME/CFS Biobank | 1 July 2013
More information from the National Institutes of Health on the
‘ME: medical or mystery?’ | Dr Charles Shepherd writes for ‘Public Services Europe’ journal | June 2013
Dr Charles Shepherd, medical adviser to The ME Association, has
MEA welcomes £1m grant awarded to the UK ME/CFS Biobank | 28 June 2013
MEA welcomes £1m grant awarded to the UK ME/CFS Biobank | 28 June 2013 Read More »
A £1million grant has been awarded to the UK ME/CFS
Press Complaints Commission ruling | The Countess of Mar v The Lancet | 2 May 2013
Press Complaints Commission ruling | The Countess of Mar v The Lancet | 2 May 2013 Read More »
This ruling can be accessed at the PCC website HERE.
Emily didn’t ‘only’ have ME | Daily Telegraph Online | 23 June 2013
Emily didn’t ‘only’ have ME | Daily Telegraph Online | 23 June 2013 Read More »
From the Daily Telegraph Online, 23 June 2013. Story by