ANS dysfunction can cause dizziness, light-headedness, blurred vision, mental confusion, nausea and feeling faint, or even fainting.
Tag: Dr Charles Shepherd
ME Essential Magazine: Spring Issue now available!
The members magazine is packed full of content relating to ME/CFS – news, research, interviews, medical information, Ask the Doctor, letters, tips, Real Lives, Relationships, Covid-19 and the new NICE clinical guideline!
Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, on ME/CFS & Covid Vaccine Priority
“I want to assure you that we are committed to vaccinating according to need, and you will not be left out or forgotten in this process.”
Vaccine priority list – latest on our actions in England, Wales and Scotland
Our medical adviser sums up what’s happening with respect to Covid-19 vaccine priority in England, Wales and Scotland.
BMA Journal: Long COVID – we’ve been here before
Dr Charles Shepherd says he believes the medical world is now taking post viral fatigue very seriously.
Covid vaccine priority for people with ME/CFS and the JCVI list – latest on our discussions
We call on the JCVI to give people with ME/CFS a Group 6 priority listing
What drugs are being developed for the treatment of ME/CFS?
There’s a review of possible new drug therapies for ME/CFS in the journal, ‘Pharmcological Research’.
We chase Chief Medical Officer and JCVI for answers to our urgent vaccine priority email
We want answers from the UK authorities to some of the key questions of our times.
BBC Radio Cornwall to host live discussion with our Dr Shepherd on Monday
45 minutes of lively discussion about the overlaps between ME/CFS and Long Covid
Guardian: The NHS must learn from its mistakes with other post-viral conditions such as ME/CFS – more research is vital
George Monbiot spoke with Dr Charles Shepherd before publishing a very good article about the lessons that should be learnt from ME/CFS for those now suffering from Post or Long-Covid.
Parliamentary debate on Long-Covid: What should be learned from ME/CFS?
Carol Monaghan raised awareness of the similarity in symptoms and management of Long-Covid and ME/CFS in the recent debate in parliament.
‘Full-up’ signs in place as medical students let us unpack the mysteries of ME/CFS
We were delighted to receive this invitation to speak to the Cambridge University General Practice Society.
MEA Monthly Poll: Will you have the COVID-19 vaccine?
We want to hear your views about having the Covid-19 vaccination and we’d welcome your feedback if you have already had the vaccine.
ME Association writes to chief medical officer about vaccine priority for ME/CFS
The ME Association has written to Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer, and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, to seek clarification on COVID-19 vaccine priority for people with ME/CFS Dear Professor Whitty and the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, The ME Association is starting to hear from people with ME/CFS who are […]
ME Association slams lack of recognition for ME/CFS in new guideline on Long Covid
ME Association slams the absence of ME/CFS references in NICE’s new emergency guideline on Long Covid
New Leaflet: Pensions – obtaining an ill-health pension, prognosis & permanency in ME/CFS
We have published a new leaflet to help people who want to claim early retirement on the grounds of ill-health because of ME/CFS.
The Lancet still doesn’t seem to recognise the surge in post-COVID ME/CFS illness
We take issue with an editorial about the long-term effects of Long COVID in this weekend’s edition of The Lancet.
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, safety and ME/CFS – what we know so far
by Dr Charles Shepherd, Medical Adviser, ME Association With the start of vaccination against COVID-19 occurring this week, we are receiving queries about where people with ME/CFS will be on the priority list. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has produced a list of different groups of people in the order that they […]
Forward-ME call for health warning to be put on existing NICE guideline for ME/CFS
Influential campaign group calls for graded exercise warning to be put on existing NICE guideline for ME/CFS.
Manx Radio turn up the volume for a specialist ME/CFS service on the Island
Manx Radio supported the campaign for a local ME/CFS service with this easy-to-listen-to podcast.