#MEawarenesshour: first symptom-themed hour, 24th June Next Wednesday (24th june) we’ve decided to try something a little different for #MEawarenesshour. Instead of talking in general about ME we would like to focus on one of its major symptoms, PEM – Post Exertional Malaise. Why? Because PEM is one of the most misunderstood symptoms of ME
Researchers at Columbia CII have taken on the #chilliMEchallenge – and they just made it a whole lot spicier! The #chilliMEchallenge hit ME/CFS social media by storm. Four young women with ME/CFS got together and issued a fun challenge — to eat a hot chilli or donate to ME/CFS research at Columbia — throughout our
We have our next update on END ME/CFS’s Big Data study of severely ill patients and the sum raised so far is an amazing $103,840, from 235 donations.
The National Institutes of Health have released the results of their 1.5 day workshop on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The full P2P workshop abstract is available online but some of the most interesting and important points are excerpted below. Leave a comment and tell us, what do you like about the report? What don’t you
#MEAwarenesshour uses Twitter to reach beyond the ME/CFS patient community From the organizer, Amanda Carroll: The 10th of June #MEawarenesshour: only our second ME awareness hour and what a success! There was a great response, hundreds of tweets and it turns out that doctors, pharmacist and health workers around the world tuned in to read
Radio Interview about living with ME on RTE – The Irish National Radio station After the article about living with ME/CFS was posted in the journal.ie I was invited to do a radio interview along with Sarah Meehan who is also living with ME [button_color url=”http://www.rte.ie/radio/radioplayer/rteradiowebpage.html#!rii=9%3A20794540%3A15036%3A10%2D06%2D2015%3A” content=”Listen to the full interview” target=””] Best wishes to all.
Excerpted from Science and Popular Science A new test called VirScan would allow a patient to be tested for hundreds of viral infections at the same time. “To see if a patient has ever been infected by a particular virus, researchers expose antibodies in the patient’s blood to molecules with the virus’ molecular signature. In
I have learned to cope with M.E., a serious and potentially disabling chronic disorder, through art and creativity. Excerpted from The Journal.ie I remember reading articles on M.E. Awareness Day within the first year of being diagnosed with this debilitating illness. It was a story about somebody who had this condition for five years. I
The demonstration has kicked off yesterday June 1st, with a great start, at the Justice Department in Washington DC. The aim of this demonstration is to “occupy” as long as possible. Their permit is valid till July 4. Some demonstrators plan to stay a week. Others will try to stay till the end. The objective
Tom Whittingham, running for his sister and ME Research UK Tom ran the Edinburgh marathon on May 31st as a personal challenge and a way to raise awareness and funds for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis research. Why did he do this? In his own words, “My sister Naomi has suffered from ME for over 25 years, since
