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MRC invites ME/CFS research applications
Researching ME/CFS: highlight notice The Medical Research Council (MRC) invites applications from researchers that address 1 or more of the research areas identified by the ME/CFS Priority Setting Partnership for ME/CFS research: post-exertional malaise use of existing drugs for … Continue reading
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Research: Impact of misdiagnosis in studies of ME/CFS
Researchers need to increase study sizes and apply strict diagnostic criteria Polish researchers report that the difficulties with diagnosing ME/CFS and ensuring all research participants have the same condition, can lead to inaccurate research results. Misdiagnosis can skew results … Continue reading
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Petition: Fund research into any relationship between microclots & long Covid & ME
Petition: Fund research into any relationship between microclots & long Covid & ME A private petition to the UK Government highlights apparent similarities between long COVID and ME/CFS, and requests research, not just support, into diagnosis, treatment and protocols … Continue reading
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UK House of Commons Q&A-funding for research into mitochondria cells & ME/CFS?
UK House of Commons Written Questions and Answers: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research Asked by Hywel Williams MP (Arfon, Gwynedd) 26 November 2021 To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to fund … Continue reading
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Hidden from sight: why the complexity of ME/CFS needs to be recognised by policy makers
Hidden from Sight: Why the complexity of ME/CFS needs to be recognised by policy makers, by Tomruk Ustunkaya and Richard Machin, by People, Place and Policy Vol 15, #2, pp. 91-99, November 2021 Background: An estimated 260,000 people in the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged biomedical research, Department of Health and Social Care, DWP, politics, Richard Machin, Tomruk Ustunkaya, UK government, welfare benefits
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mapMECFS: new opportunities for discovery for ME/CFS researchers
mapMECFS – an interactive data portal … providing access to research results across many biological disciplines from studies that are focused on advancing our understanding of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS). The mapMECFS website serves as the … Continue reading
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Viewpoint: ME/CFS: when suffering is multiplied
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: when suffering is multiplied, by Anthony L Komaroff in Healthcare 2021, 9(7), 919 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070919] 20 July 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected) Article abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue … Continue reading
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All in your head? Brain research in ME/CFS
ME Research UK blog post: All in your head? Brain research in ME/CFS, 8 February 2021 Following last week’s introduction to the brain, here is an overview of some of the brain research conducted in ME/CFS in recent years, … Continue reading
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Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise & systematic scoping review of factors researched
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise and systematic scoping review of factors researched, by in Journal of Translional Medicine vol 18, no: 484 (2020) 14 December 2020 Review abstract: Background Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is understood as … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashley Elizabeth Muller, biomedical research, cause, Inger Johanne Bakken, Kari Tveito, Lillebeth Larun, Signe A Flottorp, Siri Mjaaland
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UK parliament ME biomedical research Q&A July 2020
UK House of Commons Written Questions and Answers: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: research: Written question – 70282, 23 July 2020 Question: Asked by Sir Paul Beresford (MP, Mole Valley) July 7, 2020 To ask the Secretary of State for Health … Continue reading
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