Category Archives: News
To future GPs – psychosomatic should not be the default suspicion re ME/CFS
Time to swot up on chronic fatigue – Future general practitioners need to be made aware that “psychosomatic” should not be the default suspicion, by Michael Brooks in the New Statesman, Nov 12 2015 Around 250,000 people in the UK suffer from … Continue reading
Cancer doctor Dagfinn Øgreid has treated ME patients with rituximab
Blog article: Offers private ME treatment with cancer drugs – scientists react, by Anne Grete Storvik, Nov 23 2015 in Dagensmedicin [ translated by Google translate] A private clinic in Sandnes offers treatment for ME with the cancer drug rituximab. Patients pay … Continue reading
250 donations to ‘Solve ME/CFS’ needed by 1 Dec 2015
Giving Tuesday: Help Solve ME/CFS initiative to meet their challenge and receive $50,000 by making a Giving Tuesday donation. An anonymous donor has put up a $50,000 challenge donation that they will receive, if they get 250 gifts of any amount by Tuesday 1 … Continue reading
Norwegian professors question GET & CBT as interventions for ME
Article extracts: The assessment and treatment of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis in Norway is, according to a SINTEF study from 2011 highly inadequate: There is a lack of expertise within the social, welfare and healthcare … Continue reading
Invitation to take part in a large gene study of ME/CFS
Are you currently diagnosed with ME/CFS (SEID)? Are you interested in your genetic makeup? If so, help the INIM create a one of a kind genetic database for patients with ME/CFS. Participation for this study requires you to have a … Continue reading
Borderline intracranial hypertension manifesting as CFS
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome and cases of idiopathic intracranial hypertension without signs of raised intracranial pressure can be impossible to distinguish without direct measurement of intracranial pressure. Moreover, lumbar puncture, the usual method of measuring intracranial pressure, can produce a similar respite … Continue reading
Management of chronic pain in children
Review abstract: Chronic pain in children and adolescents can be difficult for a single provider to manage in a busy clinical setting. Part of this difficulty is that pediatric chronic pain not only impacts the child but also the families … Continue reading
Close to collapse – Shocking report exposes failings in ME social care
Shocking’ report exposes failings in ME social care, By Raya Al Jadir in Disability News Service, November 13, 2015 A tiny proportion of disabled people with the neurological condition ME are receiving the social care they could be entitled to, according to … Continue reading
Deciphering PEM video lecture
Post-Exertion Malaise: The Intersection of Biology and Behavior A video lecture from SolveCFS, Published on Nov 21, 2015 Dr. Dane B. Cook is the Co-Director of the Exercise Psychology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Director of the Marsh … Continue reading
Is ME/CFS an infectious disease?
Article abstract: The etiology of myalgic encephalomyelitis also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS has not been established. Controversies exist over whether it is an organic disease or a psychological disorder and even the existence of ME/CFS as a … Continue reading
