CFS/ME Research & News

 

Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to HHV-6 central nervous system infection

Japanese News

 

Thursday 26th June 2008

 

A new study suggests that a low-level central nervous system (CNS) infection could play a role in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) particularly in relation to cognitive and mood related symptoms.

 

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Agenda for the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME, July 2

British News

 

Thursday 26th June 2008

 

Meeting of the APPG on M.E. to be held on Wednesday 2nd July, 1.00-3.00pm Committee Room 19, House of Commons AGENDA

 

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Norwich ME sufferer wins court ruling

British News

 

Thursday 19th June 2008

 

An ME sufferer from Norfolk has won a significant legal victory after a leading judge declared it “in the public interest” for the High Court to rule on claims that treatments being offered on the NHS are “potentially fatal”

 

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NICE Guideline on ME/CFS; High Court rules that a Judicial Review can go ahead

British News

 

Thursday 19th June 2008

 

The case against the NICE guideline on ME/CFS moved to Court 7 in the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday 17 June.

 

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NEXT MEETING OF THE APPG ON ME

British News

 

Friday 6th June 2008

 

The next meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ME will take place on Wednesday, July 2, when there will be a presentation on child protection issues affecting families where there is a young person with ME.

 

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Learning Firsthand About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

American News

 

Wednesday 4th June 2008

 

Leonard Jason is a professor of psychology at DePaul University in Chicago and the director of the university’s Center for Community Research. He is on the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee to the federal Department of Health and Human Services and is a board member of the International Association for CFS/ME, an advocacy group

 

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Messages of hope to ill kids

British News

 

Tuesday 3rd June 2008

 

BRAVE Vikki George has been bed-bound with ME for the past six years. But instead of wallowing in self-pity, the pretty 23-year-old has devoted her life to writing to other sick youngsters to offer them hope and support.

 

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