Volunteer ME sufferer saves shop
British News
Thursday 31st July 2008
SHOPKEEPER whose business has survived thanks to the generosity of an ME sufferer is launching a charity to help him and people like him.
Tiredness that turned me into a total zombie
British News
Wednesday 30th July 2008
HOW do you go from a high-flyer to a bed-ridden zombie who finds even speech a soul-destroying struggle?
Identification of Marker Genes for Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Japanese News
Tuesday 22th July 2008
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a clinically defined condition characterized by long-lasting disabling fatigue. Because of the unknown mechanism underlying this syndrome, there is still no specific biomarker for objective assessment of the pathological fatigue.
Medical Research Council (MRC) and MEA meet to discuss biomedical research into ME/CFS
British News
Sunday 20th July 2008
Following the appointment of Sir Leszec Borysiewicz as the new Chief Executive at the Medical Research Council (MRC), the MEA wrote to the MRC to ask for a meeting to discuss the scandalous lack of government funded or commissioned research into both the underlying cause of this illness and approaches to management that are not simply behavioural (ie cognitive behaviour therapy/CBT and graded exercise therapy/GET).
National ME/CFS Genetic Risk Factor Study Needs 400 Participants
American News
Friday 11th July 2008
Researchers at Tufts University, Boston, and the University of Illinois at Chicago are issuing a national call for ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) patients in the U.S. to participate at no cost to them in a study to identify genetic risk factors that may be associated with the illness.
Activists Force Review of Lyme Disease Guidelines
American News
Friday 11th July 2008
Ardent proponents of the much-disputed notion of chronic Lyme disease, backed by this state's attorney general, have won a concession by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, which has agreed to reevaluate its guidelines that cover the issue.
Lyme disease risk swells as ticks fan out
Canadian News
Thursday 10th July 2008
The small, blacklegged ticks that cause Lyme disease are popping up in new regions across the country, prompting the Public Health Agency of Canada to develop new maps to educate the public about the spreading risk.
Protein in Virus Linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
American News
Monday 7th July 2008
We have yet another viral discovery linked to chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS) - and it’s a protein in a particular strain of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), a virus long suspected of playing a role in many cases of ME/CFS.
UAB study shows working through fatigue can have ill effects on health
American News
Monday 7th July 2008
Working hard while fatigued can throw the cardiovascular system into a kind of hyperdrive that, if overused, may contribute to high blood pressure, heart problems and even early dementia, says the author of a new study from UAB.
Summary of APPG on ME meeting held on Wednesday 2nd July 2008
British News
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
This is a summary of key points to emerge from a business meeting and the AGM of the ME All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The meeting was held in Committee Room 20 at the House of Commons on Wednesday 2 July 2008 from 1pm to 3pm.
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