Two years ago, #MEAction embarked on an ambitious project, the Chronic Illness Survey Adventure! The Adventure is a survey to deeply examine the symptoms experienced by people with diseases that are triggered or unmasked by infection, including ME, POTS, hEDS, MCAS, and Long COVID. At the end of this year, we will close the Adventure
Together, we built a new ME/CFS diagnostic & treatment algorithm for Mayo Clinic– including info on severe ME.
Who: Ron Davis’s lab at Stanford University is conducting a functional microbiome study in collaboration with Harvard University and Vassar College. They are looking for severely Ill, primarily bed-bound patients within the United States to participate. What: Participants will be asked to provide a one-time fecal swab which can be collected at home and sent
Get caught up! Start with Cochrane Analysis: What’s Here, What’s Missing, Conclusions What has gone on before Cochrane Reviews are well-known systematic reviews of studies in healthcare, and are internationally recognized — enough to be considered the last word in healthcare as far as some medical publications are concerned. In 2019, Larun et al. wrote
Outreach to BIPOC communities has always been a challenge in ME/CFS. In a disease where diagnosis is so hard to come by, who gets a diagnosis is not a matter of prevalence but a matter of privilege. While community-based studies show just as many Black people get ME as white people, if not more, white
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of our postcard design contest for our second annual Postcards to Doctors campaign! We received over 100 submissions from 40 people by the October 5th deadline. We were so impressed by the beauty, cleverness, and skill on display in these wonderful pieces. It was no small feat to choose just
We’re excited to announce that we are taking submissions for our second annual Postcards to Doctors initiative! Read how to submit.
This article references the 2019 Postcards to Doctors initiative. Find the page for Postcards to Doctors 2020 here. We’re incredibly pleased to announce that we not only met but exceeded our initial goal of sending 6,000 postcards out into the world! And we could not have done it without you. As always, I am bowled over
The holidays are a stressful time. Between gift-giving (and buying), travel, cooking, decorating, and guests in the home – not to mention winter colds, increased heating bills, and challenges in local travel like snow and icy roads – it’s no wonder that many people emerge from the hazy shade of winter completely exhausted. That goes
Note: if you prefer to download this list as a pdf you can download it by clicking here. Make a list of whatever you can do in advance and a schedule for completing your tasks with plenty of wiggle-room. The holidays are often jam-packed with tasks. Sit down nowish and make a list of everything
