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QMUL spent £250,000 on PACE data tribunal

Posted on 07/14/2016 by wames

MEAction blog post by Alex Anderssen, 9 July 2016: QMUL spend £250,000 on PACE data tribunal Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have revealed that they spent £250,000 on legal fees in the recent tribunal concerning the release of anonymised data … Continue reading →

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Woman from Wales is an MEAction’s Poetry competition winner

Posted on 06/23/2016 by wames

Eleanor Dent, from South Wales, has been placed 6th place in an international poetry competition with her poem Music soars aloft, which describes memories of a past life playing the flute. MEAction launched the competition in April to honour those … Continue reading →

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Medline Plus removes PACE paper

Posted on 12/07/2015 by wames

Solve ME/CFS Initiative announces on 5 Dec 2015 that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has removed an article on the UK PACE study from Medline Plus, its website for patients. The PACE study reported that ‘cognitive behavioral therapy and graded exercise therapy are among … Continue reading →

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Why MEAction are critical of the PACE trial

Posted on 12/02/2015 by wames

ME Action staement: Why ME patients are critical of the PACE trial What is the PACE trial? The PACE trial is a £5 million study that promotes the view that ME/CFS patients can recover if they gradually increase their physical … Continue reading →

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10,500+ sign petition asking editors & researchers to retract PACE claims

Posted on 11/20/2015 by wames

MEAction petition: Misleading PACE claims should be retracted To:  THE LANCET, PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, AND THE AUTHORS OF THE PACE TRIAL Given the weak and flawed methodologies of the PACE trial, which claims that CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and GET (graded exercise) … Continue reading →

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ME Action launches petition to retract the PACE trial

Posted on 11/02/2015 by wames

Petition: Misleading PACE claims should be retracted TO: THE LANCET, PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, AND THE AUTHORS OF THE PACE TRIAL Given the weak and flawed methodologies of the PACE trial, which claims that CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and GET (graded exercise) led … Continue reading →

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