RCGP refuses to change their classification of CFS as a mental health disorder
British News
Thursday 29th May 2008
Esther Rantzen adds backing to plight of young ME sufferers
British News
Thursday 22nd May 2008
A 21-year-old woman who languished in bed for two and a half years before doctors diagnosed her with ME has called for greater awareness about the illness.
More help needed for those whose lives are devastated by ME
British News
Saturday 17th May 2008
IT is now six years since the UK's chief medical officer's report gave recognition to the illness ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as severe and disabling, but said that people with ME and their carers met a lack of understanding from healthcare professionals, and many patients had difficulty in obtaining a diagnosis.
HELP IMPROVE ME SERVICES
British News
Tuesday 13th May 2008
Despite being recognised as a serious and disabling condition by the Department of Health, many people experience difficulty when it comes to obtaining a diagnosis or help with management.
ME Association position on graded exercise therapy (GET)
British News
Monday 12th May 2008
The ME Association rejects calls being made this week for the number of graded exercise therapists to be increased because we have concerns about both the effectiveness and safety of this controversial approach to management.
The problem with ME
International News
Saturday 10th May 2008
Ever-continuing medical and political dissensions swirl around the illness Myalgic Encephalomyelitis,which is celebrated internationally this week. Carla Gatt learns more about it and the heaps of work carried out by ME Sufferers Malta during its short history.
Gene Expression Subtypes in Patients with ME/CFS
British News
Friday 9th May 2008
Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a multisystem disease, the pathogenesis of which remains undetermined.
Closure of the IMEGA electronic news group
British News
Thursday 8th May 2008
The IMEGA electronic news group, founded nine years ago to provide a means of contact and information between officers of local and national ME groups, was closed without warning at the weekend.
Researchers highlight distinct subtypes of myalgic encephalomyelitis
American News
Wednesday 7th May 2008
Researchers have identified distinct subtypes of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS - also referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome) and there is renewed hope that treatments are available for this debilitating neurological illness.
'Seven genetic types of ME' found
British News
Tuesday 6th May 2008
Geneticists have identified a biological basis for seven different subtypes of chronic fatigue syndrome.
What it really means to be healthy
British News
Tuesday 6th May 2008
After a bout of glandular fever at university, Keith Kahn-Harris developed chronic fatigue syndrome, from which he still suffers. He explains how this debilitating and misunderstood illness has changed his life for ever
Me and my unwelcome visitor: ME
British News
Saturday 3rd May 2008
It is hard to imagine that Sarah Morgan was once a wheelchair-bound invalid.
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