Author Archives: wames
Research: An alternative model of CBT for CFS/ME
‘A life I can cope with’. An alternative model of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for CFS/ME, by Catherine Clark, Sue Holttum in Health Expectations 2021 [DOI: 10.1111/h ex.13326] Research abstract: Objectives This study aimed to explore the experience of cognitive behavioural … Continue reading
WAMES responds to NICE ’roundtable’ announcement
WAMES writes to NICE re ‘Roundtable event’ On 27th August, 10 days after publication of the ME/CFS guideline was ‘paused’, NICE made another announcement. Yet again this gave the bare minimum of information – their plan to invite stakeholders … Continue reading
Research: An audit of UK hospital doctors’ knowledge & experience of ME
An audit of UK hospital doctors’ knowledge and experience of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, by Keng Ngee Hng, Keith Geraghty and Derek FH Pheby in Medicina 2021, 57(9), 885; [doi.org/10.3390/medicina57090885] 27 August 2021 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS: Causes, Clinical … Continue reading
ME/CFS guideline (US): ME/CFS Essentials of diagnosis & management
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: essentials of diagnosis and management (see authors below) in Mayo Proceedings, Aug 25 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2021.07.004] Consensus recommendations – introduction abstract: Despite myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) affecting millions of people worldwide, many clinicians lack the … Continue reading
Research: Feeling like ‘a damaged battery’: …lived experiences of UK university students with ME/CFS
Feeling like ‘a damaged battery’: Exploring the lived experiences of UK university students with ME/CFS, by Frances Waite, Dely Lazarte Elliot in Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, 23 Aug 2021 [doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2021.1969800] Research abstract: Introduction: Research regarding students with myalgic … Continue reading
WAMES ponders the NICE guideline shockwave
WAMES ponders the NICE guideline shockwave How far will it extend? People with ME/CFS have been looking forward to the publication of the revised NICE guideline on 18th August 2021, since the review process began in early 2018. Frustratingly … Continue reading
WAMES writes to NICE
WAMES writes to NICE about publication delays The shock of yesterday’s announcement from NICE, ‘pausing’ publication of the ME/CFS guideline, was followed up this morning when there was still no announcement about what was to happen next. Are they … Continue reading
Research review: Redox imbalance links COVID-19 & ME/CFS
Redox imbalance links COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, by Bindu D Paul, Marian D Lemle, Anthony L Komaroff, Solomon H Snyder in PNAS August 24, 2021 118 (34); [doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024358118] Review abstract: Although most patients recover from acute COVID-19, … Continue reading
