Claudia Carrera, 35, was halfway through her graduate program in musicology at New York University when her mild symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) became severe. She tried pushing through, but eventually had to return home to be cared for by her parents. Nowadays, she oscillates between accepting she may never accomplish her life goals––finish her
This holiday season, the #MEAction community plans to flood the mailbox of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) with holiday cards calling for NIH NINDS Director, Dr. Walter Koroshetz, to take immediate ACTIONS to end the crisis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). We need your help! Take action with us: Send Dr Koroshetz a holiday
NINDS Institute director, Dr. Walter Koroshetz, has made it clear that neither he nor the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are ready to take the immediate actions needed to address the crisis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). In response to #MEAction’s recent letter calling on the NIH to ACTION now for ME, Dr. Koroshetz responded with bureaucratic excuses
NINDS director, Dr. Walter Koroshetz, sent the following response to #MEAction’s Oct. 21st letter calling on the NIH to take immediate actions to address the crisis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). We analyze Dr. Koroshetz letter in blue text below to put his statements into context with the reality of what is happening with the ME crisis. JOIN
Yesterday, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) published a report of the NANDS Council Working Group for ME/CFS research. #MEAction’s NIH Committee (comprised of staff and volunteers) will take time to thoroughly review this report’s recommendations and issue a full response to the NIH. Read the NANDS report. In the meantime, we want to share a
The story so far NINDS, the National Institute for Neurological Disorder and Stroke at the NIH has solicited an RFI, or a Request for Information, from the ME community on how to advance research for myalgic encephalomyelitis. With only a few weeks’ turn-around, the #MEAction NIH working group produced a compelling response based on information conveyed in
Who: Researchers at Stony Brook University– funded by the National Institue of Health What: The goal of this study is to use data obtained from participants to compare the relationships between fatigue, physical activities and autonomic function (heart rate variability). Individuals with ME/CFS as well as healthy controls are needed. Those who participate over the entire
NINDS, the National Institute for Neurological Disorder and Stroke at the NIH has solicited an RFI, or a Request for Information, from the ME community on how to advance research for myalgic encephalomyelitis. With only a few weeks’ turn-around, the #MEAction NIH working group met and was able to produce a compelling response based
#MEAction Medical Travel Scholarship Because of the generous donation from a private family foundation, #MEAction has been able to provide travel scholarships to medical practitioners and medical students to attend the National Institutes of Health conference on ME this Thursday and Friday. The goal of the meeting is to showcase high-quality studies to
The National Institutes of Health conference on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) research is fast approaching on April 4th-5th in Bethesda, MD, and #MEAction will be hosting a table to represent our community at the conference. We are looking for volunteers attending the conference who can help staff the table, which involves answering questions about #MEAction and
