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ME Awareness – Wear blue for awareness week 2017
ME Awareness week 8-14 May 2017 This is the week we tell people about ME. Wearing blue to match our blue ribbons is one of the ways we can attract attention and invite conversations about the debilitating illness that affects … Continue reading
Vitamin and mineral status in CFS & FM
Review abstract: Vitamin and mineral status in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis, by Monica L Joustra, Isidor Minovic, Karin A M Janssens, Stephan JL Bakker, Judith GM Rosmalen in PLoS ONE 12(4): e0176631 [Published: April … Continue reading
ME Awareness – Light the sky blue!
ME Awareness – light the sky blue on International ME Awareness day 12th May 2017 In recent years a number of public buildings in towns and cities, which are always lit up at night, have switched to blue lights to mark ME Awareness … Continue reading
The role of cytokine IP-10 in CFS
Research Abstract: The role of IP-10 in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Anne McArdle, Arief Gusnanto, Kate Ear, George Sakellariou, Clare Lawton, Daniel Owens, Graeme Close, Michael Beadsworth, Louise Dye in FASEB Journal Vol. 31:1 Supplement, lb789 April 2017 Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a … Continue reading
ME awareness – wear, post or tweet a blue ribbon
Wear a blue ribbon on May 12th, International ME Awareness Day, whenever you go out, post or tweet The charity BRAME (Blue Ribbon Awareness for ME) sells blue ribbons as a triple symbol of hope for all those affected by … Continue reading
PLOSone journal ‘expression of concern’ about PACE authors’ unwillingness to share data
Expression of Concern: Adaptive Pacing, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Graded Exercise, and Specialist Medical Care for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, by the PLOS ONE Editors in PLoS ONE 12(5)e0177037 [Published: May 2, 2017] Several readers have raised concerns about … Continue reading
Differences in ME & CFS symptomology in patients with normal and abnormal exercise test results
Differences in ME and CFS symptomology in patients with normal and abnormal exercise test results, by Stephanie L McManimen and Leonard A Jason in International Journal of Neurology and Neurotherapy 2017, vol 4 issue 1, 4:066 [Published: March 21, 2017] Research … Continue reading
WAMES supports proposal to continue classifying ME as neurological
WAMES supports proposal to classify ME as neurological WAMES has submitted our comment on a proposal for the revision of the World Health Organisation’s International Classification of Diseases (ICD): The Welsh Association of ME & CFS Support (WAMES) supports the proposal … Continue reading
ME Awareness – Missing years
Missing years – ME/CFS Awareness These squares have been lovingly crafted in a bid to raise awareness of the little understood but devastating diseases known as ME (Myalgic), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia. They show the number of years that … Continue reading
Regular use of saline may reduce symptoms, boost energy in POTS (& ME/CFS?)
Health rising blog post by Cort Johnson, 15 April 2017: Regular use of saline may reduce symptoms, boost energy in POTS (& ME/CFS?) ME/CFS and POTS patients have used saline for years to feel better and recover from relapses. That’s … Continue reading