Solve M.E. supports research into the underlying causes of ME/CFS and Long Covid through the Ramsay Research Grant Program, an open, peer-reviewed competition for grants to support pilot studies and data analysis. The Ramsay Program has been successful in attracting new scientists to the field of ME/CFS, providing much-needed funding…
Today, Action for M.E. has joined leading Neurological charities to write a letter to Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, about how the cost of living crisis is having a greater... This post appeared first on Action for M.E. Read more >>
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Taking BOLD ACTION with our press outreach has led to national media writing about ME. Nothing says BOLD ACTION like our press work. We are working daily to cultivate relationships with journalists and educate the press about ME, and we are seeing immense results. In the past few weeks alone,…
ANZMES President Fiona Charlton speaks to journalist Dewi Preece about the impact of ME/CFS in her life and the lives of many New Zealanders living with this debilitating illness, and why it is so important for ME/CFS to be recognised as a disability. Professor Warren Tate echos these sentiments, speaking…
Get Christmassy and creative however you like, whether it’s a drawing, painting, collage, photograph or even a cross-stitch. Your design can be of anything, as long as it fits within a Christmas theme. Check out last year’s winners for some inspiration! The winning designs will be turned into... This post…
In February 2022, a group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) headed by Pascal Arimont wrote several letters on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) to the European Commission. This article provides an overview of the Commission’s response to these letters. The MEPs, who form the parliamentary interest group for…
Doctors’ attitudes to medical conditions. On an online medical forum physicians were found to discuss ME/CFS, depression and Lyme disease with more negative language than 21 other diseases. The results for ME/CFS included over 4 times more negative words than the results for depression. Doctors’ attitudes toward specific medical…
#MillionsMissing France has been busy. This month, in tandem with Adapted Physical Activity Expert Gilles Thöni, the association addressed the French National Authority for Health (HAS) requesting, as they have since 2020, that the HAS focus of aspects of their diagnostics policy on Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM), a hallmark symptom for…
Last week, two standout members of our community — Dr. Peter Rowe and Cynthia Adinig — participated in a satellite media tour (SMT) with 27 different TV and radio stations broadcasting to local audiences all over the United States. To date, the interviews have aired to an audience of nearly…