Acknowledge those suffering from Chronic Illnesses.
July 9, 2015
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I have started a petition as I feel the general public need to be more educated on chronic illnesses.
Category: Awareness
Meet Marathon Mike: Running 28 Marathons for Invest in ME
July 7, 2015
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Meet Mike, the man behind Mike’s EU Marathon Challenge Mike has pledged to run 28 marathons for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis awareness and Invest in ME Recently I interviewed Mike from Mike’s EU Marathon Challenge to get to know the man behind the impressive goal. If you don’t remember, Mike recently pledged to run 28 marathons for
Real sufferers vs. models (portrayal of FM, CFS and CSM in the media)
July 6, 2015
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Compare real sufferers of FM, CFS and MCS to models who ‘portray’ these illnesses for magazines and articles on the net is very easy (and sad)
#myMEstory
July 2, 2015
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As part of the #chilliMEchallenge we are encouraging people to tell us their #myMEstory and create awareness by putting a voice and a face to this illness.
UPDATE: Marathon for ME BBC Interview with Tom and Naomi Whittingham
July 1, 2015
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BBC Interview about ME Awareness and Fundraising! We have been overwhelmed by the response to Tom’s Marathon for ME awareness and fundraising campaign. As Tom says: “I am so proud to have completed my first marathon, but I am even more proud to have been able to raise so much money and awareness for ME,
#MEawarenesshour Special Post Exertional Malaise Hour
June 18, 2015
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#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
Live Webcast – Dr Lipkin and Dr Hornig take the #ChilliMEchallenge
June 17, 2015
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Tune in to the LIVE webcast on July 1st, 1:00PM EST and watch Dr Ian Lipkin and Dr Mady Hornig take the #ChilliMEchallenge!
Ian Lipkin and Mady Hornig respond to the #ChilliMEchallenge
June 17, 2015
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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
The Well Made Project – A Sense of Unexpected Events
June 9, 2015
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Online art and health exhibition featuring extracts from “The State of ME” As part of London Creativity and Wellbeing week 4-12 June, The Well Made Project is hosting an online exhibition called A Series of Unexpected Events. ‘Over the course of a week, this online exhibition on art and health will publish an artwork by
Help 6000 ME/CFS sufferers in New Zealand get a field worker
June 7, 2015
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We humbly ask for the community’s help to fundraise for a field worker in Auckland, New Zealand. We hope to set a precedent for the international community, providing a platform for other countries to campaign for their own field workers