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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
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
ME Awareness – BeMEaware! 2
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ME Awareness – Be ME Aware!
Download poster #BeMEaware
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
