A few months ago The ME Association started receiving queries about the medicinal claims being made for a product called Activive that was being sold over the internet.
News | The ME Association - Part 204
Steve Craig’s online art gallery
From the October issue of The ME Association’s quarterly magazine, ME Essential, published this weekend. An artist, poet and teacher who went down with ME has opened an online art gallery to show his work.
ME/CFS occupational health guidance under review
From the October issue of The ME Association’s quarter magazine, ME Essential, published this weekend. A total of 25 ME charities and groups have now signed up to a statement repudiating the NHS Pus occupational health guidance for ME/CFS as "insulting to many people with this illness who have fought tooth and nail to keep […]
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Berkshire ME/CFS services campaign – update
Reading area ME Support Group and West Berkshire ME/CFS and FM Group tell us: For some years, we have been pressing for improvements in the care available to patients.
ME research: two years to walk The Amazon
Photo by Jeremy James The longest-ever expedition to be mounted to raise funds for ME research is now likely to take up to two years to complete, say explorers Ed Stafford and Luke Collyer.
Research – The James Lind Alliance
The James Lind Alliance website now has information and reports relating to two research meetings held in September 2007 (with the AMRC) and June 2007 (with The Lancet).
Concern over sick notes overhaul
From ‘Pulse’ the weekly newsletter for GPs Further moves towards relieving GPs of duties for writing sick notes have sparked controversy, after a GPC negotiator said he feared the issue was being hijacked by politicians seeking to cut social benefits.
Budget boost for Medical Research Council
From The Times, 10 October 2007 Government funding of medical research will rise by a record amount over the next three years as part of efforts to turn basic discoveries into new treatments.
Chocolate and ME in ‘Pulse’ medical magazine
Eating a daily dose of dark chocolate can help ease symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, report the Daily Mail and BBC News online.
Recognition in Catalonia
From Clara Valverde The Promoting Commission (the patient leaders who do the organizing) of the Catalan CFS-FMS Popular Legislative Initiative (CFS-FMS PLI)has received the Alternativa Award last September 29, 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.
Critical appraisal of chronic Lyme Disease
The New England Journal of Medicine (4 October 2007) has just published: ‘A critical appraisal of "Chronic Lyme Disease"
New ME/CFS group in Northamptonshire
A new ME/CFS group is to be set up in Crick, Northamptonshire – at the home of Mrs Patricia Lake, who is the wife of the vicar the Rev David Lake.
Grants for powered wheelchairs?
This is an anonymised version of an inquiry we have just received at The ME Association. if anybody can help by pointing us towards the right organisation, please email us.
New chief executive for the Medical Research Council
The Medical Research Council has announced that Sir Leszec Borysiewicz will be replacing Professor Colin Blakemore as Chief Executive.
Dark chocolate – new treatment for ME/CFS?
The UK media are today reporting that eating dark chocolate, which has a high cocoa content, may be an effective treatment for ME/CFS.
Chocolate ‘aids fatigue syndrome’
BBC Online A daily dose of dark chocolate may help reduce the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, say UK researchers.
Disability Now appoints first disabled editor
From Third Sector magazine Disability Now, the magazine published by Scope, has appointed its first disabled editor. Ian Macrae has been recruited from the BBC, where he was executive producer and editor of the Disability Programmes Unit.
MEA looks for more trustees
We are looking for new trustees to join the board of The ME Association – in preparation for our AGM and trustee elections which will be held next year .
A score to settle – Reading Chronicle
From the Reading Chronicle, September 13 A singer-songwriter whose music has helped her cope with ME is celebrating success in a national competition. Sam Shearsmith, of west Reading, finished in the top 20 of The UK Songwriting Contest with "Life’s Like This".