Category Archives: Newyddion
Lynn’s London Marathon fundraising effort
Message from Rob & Menna Messenger: Our son Cerith and daughter Eleri have been severely ill with ME for 8 and 6 Years respectively. Eleri (now 21) has been unable to stand / walk since the age of 15, and … Continue reading
MRC funded research projects
Summaries of the current research projects funded by the MRC aimed at ‘Understanding the Mechanisms of CFS/ME’ have been added to the the section ‘MRC-funded research projects’ of the Medical Research Council’s CFS/ME page.
Presentation about life with ME
A presentation about life with ME which draws on the personal experience of Richmond and Kingston ME Group member Heather is now available for other people to use. Heather is happy for it to be downloaded as an electronic-presentation or … Continue reading
Benefits medical assessors have to sign Official Secrets Act
The Guardian reports that Atos Healthcare, the private healthcare company that performs controversial sickness benefit assessments has confirmed that it makes all its medical staff sign the Official Secrets Act. Two doctors who work for Atos raised their concerns with … Continue reading
Cognition & CFS Webinar 11/4/12
Impaired cognition in CFS is one of the most disabling and frustrating symptoms patients experience. Deficits in short-term memory, information processing and processing speed have been documented by several groups. How closely does the medical literature reflect patients’ experiences and … Continue reading
Medical students influenced by name of condition
Researchers in Australia and Belgium surveyed medical students to discover how medical students classify a range of conditions they might encounter in their professional lives and whether a different name for a condition would influence their decision in the categorisation … Continue reading
Functional consequences of repeated OP exposure
The class of chemicals known as the “organophosphates” (OPs) comprises many of the most common agricultural and commercial pesticides that are used worldwide as well as the highly toxic chemical warfare agents. The mechanism of the acute toxicity of OPs … Continue reading
Is overall genome instability cause of ME/CFS?
Henry Heng, an American researcher has been funded by the National CFIDS Foundation and Nancy Taylor Foundation for Chronic Diseases to discover whether overall genome instability rather than a specific molecular mechanism may cause chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome … Continue reading
Are you losing ESA and live in Merthyr Tydfil?
Would you be willing to do an interview for Channel 4? Do you live in Merthyr Tydfil? Have you been told that you are losing your Employment and Support Allowance due to the government changes coming in on 30th April … Continue reading
South Wales Echo on Post-viral fatigue syndrome
Dr Joanna Longstaffe describes Post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS) and advises: the most important thing for you to do is to rest up, maintain a healthy diet and general lifestyle and try to remain as stress free as possible to give … Continue reading
