BMJ: NICE backtracks on graded exercise therapy and CBT in draft revision to CFS guidance
Graded exercise therapy should no longer be offered for the treatment of ME/CFS, says NICE in its draft clinical guidelines.
Controversy
ME, Myself and I: Caution and Controversy
“Too often we see fractures within the ME/CFS Community that are causing incredible damage to the very people who are on our ‘team’.”
ME Awareness: Why Chronic Fatigue is not M.E. by Joanne Hunt | 15 May 2020
“What I am suggesting is that, however people refer to M.E., however people experience it, chronic fatigue is not the same thing.”
Letter of Concern sent to Oxford Psychosocial Group re: Coronavirus and Fatigue | 20 April 2020
A controversial leaflet from Oxford Health Foundation Trust has been widely criticised – and now appears to have been removed.
Telegraph: Most people complaining of Lyme disease are actually suffering from chronic fatigue, say experts | 12 October 2019
Following a SMC briefing, many news-media outlets report on the claim that chronic lyme disease is likely to be CFS.
The Guardian: ME and the perils of internet activism | 29 July 2019
This latest article continues to shine an uncritical spotlight on an issue that we really don’t think stands up to scrutiny…