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European Commission funding opportunities for ME/CFS

EC invites ME/CFS researchers to compete for grants   The European ME Coalition reports: “More than 2 years after the adoption of the ME/CFS resolution, the European Commission has finally taken an initiative to support research on ME/CFS. The Horizon … Continue reading

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Research: Investigating undergraduate medical education on ME/CFS

Investigating undergraduate medical education on myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome   Cardiff University medical student Victoria Alice Reid & Dr Nina Muirhead surveyed 94 students from more than 16 medical schools across the UK. 35% of the students did not … Continue reading

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WAMES Fundraising – donate with PayPal & eBAY

When shopping – pay by PayPal, Donate to WAMES   Do you shop on eBay or pay by PayPal? Why not name WAMES as your favourite charity, so whenever you shop you can give a donation to the PayPal Giving … Continue reading

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Send a Christmas e-card & donate to WAMES

Send an e-card this Christmas   There are many reasons to replace paper greetings cards with e-cards: it takes less energy for people with ME and carers it side-steps some disruptions i.e. train and Royal Mail strikes it reduces our … Continue reading

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#WAMES_800 Fundraising Journey – 3rd £100 target reached

#WAMES_800 Fundraising Journey climbs another step towards our goal   We have climbed another step towards reaching our target of £800 to fund next year’s WAMES activities. The £300 milestone has been reached, but still £500 to go. We need … Continue reading

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Long COVID review: links with ME/CFS

Long COVID & ME/CFS   A Physiological Society virtual meeting in February 2022 brought clinicians and researchers together to discuss the current understanding of long COVID mechanisms, risk factors and recovery. An international group of researchers have published a review … Continue reading

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Visible: the app designed to make the invisible, visible

‘Visible’ The app designed to track the different symptoms of ME and the effects of Long Covid, with the Beta version now being open to the general public.   Created by Harry Lemming, the app is aimed for those with … Continue reading

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Research: Are there differences in symptoms among black & white patients with ME/CFS

Differences in symptoms among black and white patients with ME/CFS   American researchers Prof Leonard Jason and Chelsea Torres found comparable ME/CFS symptoms in a small study comparing Black and White patients, although in the control groups (i.e. people who … Continue reading

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Research: fMRI reveals differences between ME/CFS diagnostic criteria

fMRI distinguishes between two classes of ME/CFS   Australian researchers have discovered that patients diagnosed using 2 different criteria, International Consensus Criteria (ICC) and the Fukuda criteria, have different brain activity. The main difference between the 2 criteria is that … Continue reading

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Research review: Mindfulness meditation interventions for long COVID & ME/CFS

Mindfulness meditation – a useful intervention for long COVID & ME/CFS   Prof Leonard Jason and Dr Nicole Porter have explored the research into mindfulness meditation to find out if it can help people with post viral conditions like long … Continue reading

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