New Minister for Disabled People sets out his priorities | Access magazine | September 2014
Mark Harper MP, the recently appointed Minister for Disabled People.
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts | 19 September 2014
From Neuroendocrinology Letters, 30 June 2014 [Epub ahead of print].
Calls for medicinal cannabis to be legalised for pain relief | features man with ME | ITV Central News, 16 September 2014.
Also contains brief interview with Norman Baker MP, Home Office minister for crime prevention
Invictus medallist: “To anyone with ME, I’d encourage them to try archery…” | Bath Chronicle | 16 September
From The Bath Chronicle, 16 September 2014. Sam Livy (pictured)
‘Cuts forcing English councils to limit social care’ | BBC News | 15 September 2014
‘Cuts forcing English councils to limit social care’ | BBC News | 15 September 2014 Read More »
95-year-old Cyril Gillam no longer gets home help visits
TGI Friday! Our weekly summary of recently published research abstracts | 12 September 2014
From The Journal of Pain, 14 February 2014. E-published 11
Ending the stigma of ME/CFS | new Professor Leonard Jason video | 10 September 2014
Ending the stigma of ME/CFS | new Professor Leonard Jason video | 10 September 2014 Read More »
The Dutch ME/CFS group, ME/CVS Vereniging, continue to astound with
‘The state may threaten but a parent knows when a child is sick’ | Sunday Times, News Review | 7 September 2014
Words by Camilla Cavendish, Associate Editor. Contains ME/CFS content.
Parliamentary Question | fibromyalgia statistics and Department of Health guidance | 5 September 2014
Andrew Bingham MP – he asked for the fibromyalgia stats and for details of NHS support for sufferers.
Welcome to John Rutter CBE, a new patron for The ME Association | 8 September 2014
Welcome to John Rutter CBE, a new patron for The ME Association | 8 September 2014 Read More »
We are delighted to announce that the eminent British composer
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts | 5 September 2014
From Behaviour Research and Therapy, 26 August 2014. Prevalence and
Sue Luscombe joins our medical panel as diet and nutrition adviser | 4 September 2014
Sue Luscombe joins our medical panel as diet and nutrition adviser | 4 September 2014 Read More »
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Mrs Sue
UK ME/CFS Research Collaborative conference and Lipkin seminar | our first impressions | 3 September 2014
CATCH UP FROM OUR MEDICAL ADVISER DR CHARLES SHEPHERD I
Young people’s charity brands council survey a ‘Big Brother invasion of privacy’ | Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald | 28 August 2014
From the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 28 August 2014. A
Teenage artist passes GCSEs despite missing five years of schooling through illness | Gloucester Citizen | 27 August 2014
From The Gloucester Citizen, 27 August 2014 (Story by Laura
This Christmas, we shall be trying to raise £100,000 for the UK ME/CFS Biobank | could you be a sponsor of our appeal?
For our Big Give Christmas Challenge this year, the ME
Invitation to Stockholm seminar on paediatric ME/CFS | 12 November 2014
Invitation to Stockholm seminar on paediatric ME/CFS | 12 November 2014 Read More »
Drs Nigel Speight, Peter Rowe and Amolak Bansal scheduled to speak, and there will be a child’s perspective. Most of the lectures will be in English.
‘Boot camp instructor Alan puts his ME struggle to good use’ | Inverness Courier | 23 August 2014
From The Inverness Courier, 23 August 2014. HEALTHY food and
‘New Lord Lieutenant of Belfast Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle is a force to be reckoned with’ | Belfast Telegraph | 26 August 2014
From The Belfast Telegraph, 26 August 2014. When a devastating