Tag Archives: Dr Charles Shepherd

MRI shows brainstem/midbrain nerve conduction deficit in CFS

Posted on 04/07/2016 by wames

Research highlights: • For the first time in CFS, we performed MRI regressions with steady state BP and HR. • Vasomotor centre, midbrain and hypothalamus correlations were abnormal in CFS. • MRI group comparisons between CFS and controls detected no … Continue reading →

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3 more UK doctors join request for independent inquiry into PACE Trial

Posted on 02/12/2016 by wames

Dr Charles Shepherd, Dr Nigel Speight, and infectious diseases consultant Dr William Weir have joined 39 other signatories to the open letter to the Lancet which first appeared on Prof Vincent Rancaniello’s ‘Virology’ blog on November 13 2015. The letter was … Continue reading →

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Tuller discusses the nature of bias in the PACE trial

Posted on 01/21/2016 by wames

Virology blog: Trial By Error, Continued: More Nonsense from The Lancet Psychiatry by David Tuller, 19 January 2016 The PACE authors have long demonstrated great facility in evading questions they don’t want to answer. They did this in their response … Continue reading →

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Dr Shepherd gives patient reaction to the PACE trial follow-up study

Posted on 01/19/2016 by wames

Lancet psychiatry Correspondence, 18 January 2016 by Dr Charles Shepherd: Patient reaction to the PACE trial The long-term follow-up of the PACE trial,[1] which originally reported that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy (GET) produced a significant and … Continue reading →

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Shepherd says doctors should apologise to ME patients

Posted on 12/08/2015 by wames

It’s time for doctors to apologise to their ME patients, by Dr Charles Shepherd in Telegraph online, 7 december 2015 For too long the medical community has dismissed ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ as a mental illness which can be cured with therapy … Continue reading →

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Police recruiters told that CFS is psychological condition

Posted on 04/02/2015 by wames

Dr Shepherd of the ME Association wrote to the Home Office in March to challenge the advice to Chief Police Officers that, when assessing recruits for the service, they should regard Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as akin to somatoform, factitious and … Continue reading →

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Fear avoidance beliefs as cause of fatigue and disability in CFS challenged

Posted on 01/14/2015 by wames

A paper published in the online journal Lancet Psychiatry claims that analysis of the PACE trial shows that fear avoidance of exercise plays a strong role in perpetuating fatigue and disability in CFS, and that the best treatment for this is CBT and GET. … Continue reading →

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NICE admits CFS/ME guideline does not meet the need

Posted on 07/12/2014 by wames

On June 25th 2014  the Forward ME Group met with Prof Mark Baker, Director of the Centre for Clinical Practice at the  National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). From  the minutes: Professor Mark Baker, NICE 2.1 The Chairman … Continue reading →

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UK ME research criteria 2014

Posted on 06/10/2014 by wames

Abstract Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a disabling condition characterised by profound fatigue following minimal exertion and a delay in recovery after exertion ends. In 1988, when specialists introduced the concept of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), it was assumed that the … Continue reading →

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Videos by ME experts online

Posted on 03/03/2014 by wames

Dutch patient group ME/cvs Vereniging has hosted 30+ 3-10 minute talks about various aspects of ME on their Youtube page. Speakers include: Dr Nigel Speight (WAMES advisor); Prof Dr Kenny Meirleir; Prof Dr FC Visser; Dr Meinte Vollema, Dr Charles … Continue reading →

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