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ME Awareness – interviews on BBC Radio Scotland

Stephen Jardine programme, BBC Radio Scotland 12 May 2017 Dr Charles Shepherd of the ME Association and Emma Shorter, organiser of #MillionsMissing in Scotland were interviewed on ME Awareness day. Listen online until 10 June 2017           … Continue reading

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ME awareness – the MEA revisits the toxic legacy of McEvedy & Beard

ME Association blog post, 10 May 2017: During ME Awareness Week, we revisit the toxic legacy of McEvedy and Beard   A paper written by two psychiatrists in 1970 has influenced medical, public and media perceptions of ME as an illness for … Continue reading

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ME awareness – help WAMES spread the word all year round – become a digital volunteer!

ME awareness – become a digital volunteer with WAMES!   Help keep the WAMES news blog and social media online all year round. Roles: A range of activities are available working as part of a team maintaining the WAMES news blog, … Continue reading

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ME Awareness day today, 12 May 2017

ME Awareness day 12 May 2017 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) – what is behind the illness with the hard to pronounce name? #HelpNHSbeMEaware

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Free leaflets from the ME Association – for ME Awareness Week only

ME Association blog post, 8 may 2017: Free leaflets from the ME Association – for ME Awareness Week only  In addition to our ME Awareness BLUE poster  The ME Association is releasing FREE downloads of TWO invaluable leaflets. Explaining M.E. … Continue reading

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A Miracle Drug for ME-CFS?, a Welsh Pharmacy Review article

A Miracle Drug for ME-CFS?, an article in the Welsh Pharmacy Review by Jan Russell, Chair of WAMES. For years, confusion and disagreement have permeated the nature and treatment of ME-CFS. Now, Jan Russell, Chair of WAMES, shares the latest … Continue reading

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ME Awareness – Join the WAMES ‘Help NHS be ME aware’ campaign

ME Awareness – Join the WAMES #HelpNHSbeMEaware campaign   During ME Awareness week 2017 WAMES is launching a challenge to the Welsh Government and NHS Wales to help NHS staff become ‘ME aware’ by developing awareness and training programmes. Read … Continue reading

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Access to medical care for ME & CFS: a call for centres of excellence in the USA

Research abstract: Access to Medical Care for Individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Call for Centers of Excellence, by Madison Sunnquist, Laura Nicholson, Leonard A Jason, and Kenneth J Friedman in Modern Clinical Medicine Research, Vol. 1, … Continue reading

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ME Awareness – BeMEaware! 2

Download poster #BeMEaware

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ME Awareness – Be ME Aware!

Download poster #BeMEaware    

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