Category Archives: News
Christmas greeting from WAMES 2020
Wishing you all a relaxed and enjoyable Christmas, with working phone lines and good broadband access, to make contact with family and friends possible! Thank you for all the support you have given WAMES during a challenging year. … Continue reading
WAMES holiday helpline hours 2020-21
WAMES helpline hours The WAMES helpline is run by volunteers and will be closed for part of the festive period. helpline@wames.org.uk 0290 2051 5061 closed 1pm 24 – 29 December closed 31 Dec – 10am 3 Jan 2021 … Continue reading
WAMES response to draft NICE ME/CFS guideline
WAMES response to draft NICE ME/CFS guideline This week WAMES sent in our response to the ME/CFS guideline consultation. Thanks to all who sent us their comments on the guideline and to those who have shared their stories and … Continue reading
Measuring improvement & deterioration in ME/CFS: the pitfalls of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire
Measuring improvement and deterioration in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome: the pitfalls of the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire, by Karen D Kirke in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Vol 114, Issue 2, 2021 December 15, 2020 [DOI: 10.1177/0141076820977843] Adamson … Continue reading
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise & systematic scoping review of factors researched
Potential causal factors of CFS/ME: a concise and systematic scoping review of factors researched, by in Journal of Translional Medicine vol 18, no: 484 (2020) 14 December 2020 Review abstract: Background Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is understood as … Continue reading
Raise money for WAMES at Christmas through Amazon Smile
You shop. Amazon gives, with a smile. Choose WAMES! AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Shop at smile.amazon.co.uk and they will donate to your favourite charitable organisation, at no cost to you. Go to … Continue reading
Cardiac dimensions & function are not altered among females with the ME/CFS
Cardiac dimensions and function are not altered among females with the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, by Per Ole Iversen, Thomas Gero von Lueder, Kristin Reimers Kardel and Katarina Lien in Healthcare 2020, 8(4), 406 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040406] Research abstract: Background: Myalgic … Continue reading
Long covid & ME/CFS: doctors must assess, investigate & diagnose patients properly
BMJ: Long covid: doctors must assess and investigate patients properly, by Dr Nina Muirhead, 9 December 2020 Dr Nina Muirhead, a dermatology surgeon in Buckinghamshire & lecturer at Cardiff Medical School responds to an article in the British Medical Journal. … Continue reading
ME/CFS symptoms – videos of patients’ experiences
Dialogues for ME/CFS videos – Symptoms The latest videos in the ‘Dialogues for a neglected illness’ series gives patients’ accounts of a variety of key symptoms experienced in ME/CFS. Reduced Function – 20 mins How does the disease … Continue reading
