Summary of proceedings: international ME/CFS conference in Italy
British News
Tuesday 30th September 2008
This is a brief summary on a very successful international ME/CFS conference that was held in Pavia, Italy on Friday 26 September 2008.
Your MP, Welfare Reform and the APPG on M.E.
British News
Friday 26th September 2008
As you may know from the Action for ME and MEA websites, James Purnell MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, has agreed to address the next APPG on M.E., about the Welfare Reform Green Paper, ‘No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility.’
Recent studies by Dr. Maes
Belgium News
Friday 26th September 2008
Recent studies by Dr. Maes, a Belgium researcher, suggest that ME/CFS patients’ immune systems are not functioning properly. Dr. Maes, a well-known researcher specializing in depression is a relative newcomer to the chronic fatigue syndrome research field, but he’s made up ground fast; he’s quickly become one of our most active researchers.
Unofficial wesite for the NICE Guideline Judicial Review
British News
Saturday 20th September 2008
Experiences from people with ME/CFS who have been offered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and/or Graded Exercise Therapy since the NICE Guideline on ME/CFS was published in August 2007 are wanted by a new website launched today to support the the Judicial Review – which is expected to take place over three days in October or November.
Things People with Invisible Illness DON'T Want to Hear
American News
Wednesday 10th September 2008
Certain phrases really annoy a lot of us with chronic illnesses such as fibromyalgia (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS or ME/CFS).
ME needs research
British News
Tuesday 9th September 2008
It is impossible to recover from ME and the Government has not spent a single penny on biomedical research
Calls for more ME investment
British News
Thursday 4th September 2008
The Chairman of the Worcestershire ME support group Ian Logan has called for more funding for research into the debilitating illness.
Time to wake up to fact that ME is not just a state of mind
British News
Tuesday 2nd September 2008
IT came as no surprise that a leaked health service report revealed that ME is a condition that has been neglected for years and the treatment of it is in radical need of a shake-up.
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