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  1. mango

    Sweden: Webinar 'Half-time control' Bragee December 2020

    Bragée said in his talk that this work of his (the thesis, this series of research projects, I think he meant?) was only about pain and fatigue from the beginning. ME was only added much later. Mona Esbjörnsson suggested to him that maybe he should skip the pain bit and focus his thesis only on...
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    Sweden: Webinar 'Half-time control' Bragee December 2020

    Each patient have answered about 1000 questions.
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    Sweden: Webinar 'Half-time control' Bragee December 2020

    The intro is in Swedish apparently, but they will switch to English for the presentation, they say.
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    Sweden: Webinar 'Half-time control' Bragee December 2020

    New link to the zoom meeting: https://ki-se.zoom.us/j/66458405593 ...according to this Facebook post by Bragée: There's still time to join, they haven't started yet.
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    Sweden: Webinar 'Half-time control' Bragee December 2020

    The following zoom seminar is open to the public, in English, and starts in less then 10 minutes at time of posting this: Half-time control: Björn Bragée Welcome to attend the half-time control for Björn Bragée, December 11 at 12.30 pm. Due to the current situation, the meeting will be held...
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    ‘Help Holger now’ video about a Swedish man with very severe ME

    From the paywalled news article mentioned above: :cry::cry::cry:
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    News from Scandinavia

    Holger, a man in Sweden with very severe ME, is about to get sectioned :cry: Is there anything we can do to help? Theread here: https://www.s4me.info/threads/%E2%80%98help-holger-now%E2%80%99-video-about-a-swedish-man-with-very-severe-me.15874/#post-308197
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    ‘Help Holger now’ video about a Swedish man with very severe ME

    They are now threatening to section Holger, if he doesn't go volontarily :cry: Apparently the psychiatrists at Ryhov hospital believe they can cure Holger with a few weeks of inpatient psychiatric treatment :mad::cry: Holger's family is being totally ignored and steamrollered by the...
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    News from Scandinavia

    Radio interview with Swedish award-winning crime fiction author Karin Alvtegen. In Swedish, 16 minutes long. P4 Extra - Gästen: Karin Alvtegen lyckligare än förut – trots svåra sjukdomen https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/1634453
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    Opinion piece in the journal of the Swedish Medical Association. 70 physicians from the support group for physicians with covid-19 are demanding better medical care for people suffering from long covid, and share some of their personal experiences/symptoms. Sverige behöver en tydlig strategi...
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    News from Scandinavia

    The Norwegian ME Association has published the recording of a recent webinar of theirs: Prof Jonas Bergquist talking about his research and the metabolic trap hypothesis (44 minutes, in Swedish).
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    Sweden: Stora Skondal to close

    Again, I really believe that the points Clementine made in their post are at the core of the issue. According to the new/2018 contract, the ME clinics are expected to examine, investigate and assess (if those are the correct words in English? ”utreda” in Swedish) in order to diagnose, and then...
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    Sweden: Stora Skondal to close

    Yes, it's a general practice/primary care clinic that also offers clinical home healthcare, has pediatric nurses etc. The contract with Stockholm Regional Council is different than the ME/CFS one, so the financial viability will also be different... Here's a news article, saying the owners are...
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    Sweden: Stora Skondal to close

    In related news, Bragée ME-Center is hiring... https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1728&ProjectId=143590&DepartmentId=18960&MediaId=5
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    Sweden: Stora Skondal to close

    The very same day the Stora Sköndal Foundation announced that they are closing their ME/CFS center, they announced that they are acquiring a new healthcare clinic ("vårdcentral"). Some ME patients are, understandably, upset. ETA: "Interesting" that Stora Sköndal Foundation published a press...
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    Opinion piece in a Swedish newspaper: Expressen: Covid-effekterna som myndigheterna talar tyst om https://www.expressen.se/debatt/covid-effekterna-som-myndigheterna-talar-tyst-om/ Google Translate, English
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