Author Archives: wames
How me & my ME became worse… following an exercise programme
Rosa rainbows blog post: How me and my ME became worse, 17 September 2016 Extracts: I haven’t written a blog post for about two months, and the reason is that I have become very ill. For my friends who do … Continue reading
Dr Phil Hammond writes about the ME campaigners’ challenge to the science of CBT & GET
Private eye Medicine Balls column, 10 December 2016: ‘ME campaigners don’t ignore CBT and GET… but they do challenge the science’ Private eye Medicine Balls column, 25 November 2016: ‘ME cluster bomb’ [Written by ‘M.D.’, the nom de plume of Dr Phil … Continue reading
Make Welsh streets more walkable questionnaire for age 50+
Here is a chance to let people know about the additional challenges ME brings to walking in Welsh streets. Ageing well in Wales announcement: Help us make Welsh streets more walkable Many of us take walking for granted. However, for … Continue reading
Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you
PLOS blog post by James Coyne PhD, 7 December 2016: Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you I was asked by a Danish journalist to examine a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of cognitive behavior … Continue reading
Exercise exposes new types of POTS
Health rising blog post, by Cort Johnson, 6 December: Exercise Exposes New Types of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) Extracts: Exercise has been used in many studies to understand chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), but nobody until recently has used exercise … Continue reading
High-frequency rTMS for the treatment of CFS
Research abstract: Structural and functional abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex seem to correlate with fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). We consecutively applied facilitatory high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) of seven CFS … Continue reading
TV interview with Dr Nancy Klimas
US TV news report [NBVDFW Dallas], December 1, 2016 Dr Nancy Klimas of the Institute for Neuro Immune Medicine and ex marine Paula Bushman are interviewed. Researchers helping those tired of chronic fatigue [2 mins 4 sec] Now Dr. Klimas and … Continue reading
NICE investigates if there’s a need to update CFS/ME guideline
As a stakeholder WAMES has been informed about NICE plans regarding the 2007 CFS/ME guideline and will be participating fully: I am writing to advise you that NICE has commenced its formal check of the need to update the clinical … Continue reading
Epistemic injustice in healthcare encounters: evidence from CFS/ME
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) remains a controversial illness category. This paper surveys the state of knowledge and attitudes about this illness and proposes that epistemic concerns about the testimonial credibility of patients can be articulated … Continue reading
Newcastle University experts in hunt for “smoking gun” of CFS/ME
Northern echo news article, by Tony Kearney, 29 Nov 2016: Newcastle University experts in hunt for “smoking gun” of chronic fatigue syndrome ME UNIVERSITY scientists are leading research to develop a simple blood test for the chronic fatigue syndrome ME. … Continue reading
