Tag Archives: Dr Charles Shepherd
Long COVID – we’ve been here before
British Medical Association news: Long COVID – we’ve been here before by Jennifer Trueland, 12 February 2021 Long COVID is a new condition, but those who have endured years of ME/CFS can share their common experience – and a … Continue reading
Demystifying ME/CFS: talk by Dr Shepherd, Dr Muirhead & Caroline Kingdon RN
UK Cambridge University GP Society: Demystifying ME/CFS On 14 January an online event about ME/CFS was held by the CUGPS for healthcare professionals, students and patients. Speakers: Dr Charles Shepherd (starts 3 mins) – Dispelling common misconceptions about ME/CFS … Continue reading
Video: Activity & energy management – Pacing
Dialogues for a neglected illness: Activity and energy management – Pacing The Dialogues for ME/CFS project (also known as Dialogues for a neglected illness) has produced a new video explaining pacing for health professionals. “Pacing is an individualized approach … Continue reading
Coronavirus & ME
A new Virus and ME, a blog post in Occupy ME, by Jennie Spotila, 28 Feb 2020 Extract from blog post: What Do I Do? As of today, there are no special recommendations for immune compromised people on how to … Continue reading
The All-Party Parliamentary Group on ME to re-convene – Please invite your MP to attend!
ME Association blog post: The All-Party Parliamentary Group on ME to Re-Convene – Please Invite Your MP to Attend! by Dr Charles Shepherd, 9 January 2020 Carol Monaghan MP has decided that the time is right to re-establish the … Continue reading
ME in Wales in the media, 24 Oct 2018
Catch up with the media coverage of the ME and the #TimeForUnrestWales campaign. Wales today at 6.30pm – the item on ME starts at 15:30, and is little changed from the earlier news bulletin. In the broadcast Owen Hughes says … Continue reading
ME healthcare in Wales is in the news – ‘scandalous’, ‘a health & social care crisis’!
ME healthcare in Wales is in the news! As, people with ME prepare to meet AMs at the Senedd today, 24th October 2018, to watch an excerpt of the award winning film Unrest, the BBC is featuring ME on the … Continue reading
Dry eye syndrome & the subsequent risk of CFS
Dry eye syndrome and the subsequent risk of chronic fatigue syndrome—a prospective population-based study in Taiwan, by Chih-Sheng Chen, Hui-Man Cheng, Hsuan-Ju Chen, Shin-Yi Tsai, Chia-Hung Kao, Hui-Ju Lin, Lei Wan, and Tse-Yen Yang in Oncotarget 2018 Jul 17; 9(55): 30694–30703 [Published online 2018 … Continue reading
CFS treatment ‘should be withdrawn’
BBC newsbeat report, 8 May 2019: Chronic fatigue syndrome treatment ‘should be withdrawn’ A common treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome should be scrapped immediately, according to one of the UK’s leading experts in the illness. Dr Charles Shepherd says graded … Continue reading
ME Awareness – interviews on BBC Radio Scotland
Stephen Jardine programme, BBC Radio Scotland 12 May 2017 Dr Charles Shepherd of the ME Association and Emma Shorter, organiser of #MillionsMissing in Scotland were interviewed on ME Awareness day. Listen online until 10 June 2017 … Continue reading
