Vote Daily To Help Win Research Money For ME!
July 21, 2015
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Please vote DAILY to help the National ME/FM Action Network win $2,000 in research money in the Karma Wellness Water contest!
Category: Research
Llewellyn King: Virus Hunters Turn to Chilli Peppers
July 17, 2015
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Excerpts from Llewellyn King’s article Virus Hunters Turn to Social Media — and Chili Peppers posted on Huffington Post, The Blog at 07/15/2015 3:33 pm EDT Why were two of the world’s most eminent scientific researchers sitting down to munch their way through a plate of chili peppers, flavored with Tabasco sauce, setting their mouths
Norway Combats the "Stress Theory" for ME/CFS
July 15, 2015
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This article by Ola Didrik Saugstad was originally published 14 July 2015, at. 8:00 in leading Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.no. Excerpts from the online English translation below. Undocumented treatments have led to some of the worst disasters in the history of medicine. Many ME patients feel today that the public health system is exacerbating their condition.
UPDATE: New Details from Open Medicine Foundation's End ME/CFS Project
July 13, 2015
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) End ME/CFS Project This is a game-changing initiative to find a cure for ME/CFS, a devastating and life-altering disease that affects more than 2.5 million people in the U.S. alone — Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. This is the first time ever that leading world-class scientists will be putting their minds together
Trio of Articles from Palo Alto Online Highlight ME/CFS Patients
July 12, 2015
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Palo Alto Online recently published a series of three articles highlighting the struggles faced by Mylagic Encephalomyelitis (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) patients and their caregivers. The series centers around Whitney Dafoe and his father’s research work. All three articles are excerpted and briefly summarized below. Chronic fatigue syndrome saps its victims, but new research may find
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!
UPDATE: OMF's END ME/CFS Severely Ill Big Data study nearly 1/3 to target!
June 17, 2015
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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 NIH talks ME/CFS: The P2P Workshop Report
June 17, 2015
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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
Virscan: 1 Test for every virus that has ever infected you
June 4, 2015
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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
Mike's EU Marathons – #3 Helsinki (Finland)
June 3, 2015
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Episode 3 of my 28 European Marathon challenge takes me to Finland! I’m running a marathon in every country in the European Union to help raise awareness and funds for biomedical research into ME.