There’s something in the air
International News
Friday 25th April 2008
Catching the flu on an airplane could be the least of your worries if an investigation by the BBC’s Panorama programme holds any weight. From pilots almost passing out at the controls to passengers who claim that they have been made ill by toxic fumes, polluted air on board planes is fast becoming a health topic of much concern.
Young ME sufferer Anna thanks her 'cool' headteacher
British News
Tuesday 15th April 2008
A LEWES pupil who suffers from ME has thanked her headteacher for being 'cool' and helping to make her life easier.
Biological Link Between Pain And Fatigue Discovered
American News
Tuesday 8th April 2008
A recent University of Iowa study reveals a biological link between pain and fatigue and may help explain why more women than men are diagnosed with chronic pain and fatigue conditions like fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.
More on the Canadian Consensus Document
American News
Sunday 6th April 2008
The bibliography from the Canadian Consensus Document makes it clear that the barrier to treatment and care for patients in the U.S. is not scientific: it is political. So must the remedy be.
'Unhelpful therapies anger ME sufferers', letter in the Financial Times
British News
Friday 4th April 2008
Sir, Imagine developing a severe disabling neurological illness that may be dismissed by your doctor as being “all in the mind” or even non-existent (“If it’s in the mind, it’s still the real thing”, Life & Arts, March 22/23); then discovering that no government research funding is being directed at finding the underlying physical cause of this illness.
Lingering bacteria don't indicate chronic lyme disease
American News
Wednesday 2nd April 2008
The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne illness in the United States, can linger in mouse tissues long after a full round of antibiotic treatment is completed, report researchers from the University of California, Davis.
ME, the crippling illness you can catch just by going for a walk
British News
Tuesday 1st April 2008
After a marathon weekend of biking and running in the summer of 2005, the superfit primary school teacher assumed she'd overdone it.
©2005-2009 Lincoln MESH Group. All rights reserved