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    Osteoporosis - Is anyone taking meds?

    I reacted unexpectedly badly to K2, and stopped.
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    Osteoporosis - Is anyone taking meds?

    Vitamin D is a weird one - I don't think we understand it very well. Are you able to get a bit of sunshine during the summer?
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    David Tuller Crowdfunding starts May 1st 2024

    $38,073 raised, 58% of total. 9 days left. https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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    Osteoporosis - Is anyone taking meds?

    I'm sorry you've got endometriosis and osteoporosis. Re bones, do you take supplementary calcium? I do. Previously I was on an ACE inhibitor which led to a fracture - it reduces calcium levels.
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    Poll: What is your most disabling symptom?

    Indeed it is all of those things. You feel that people think you are an idiot, as you just can't find your way through the fog and understand what they are saying or what you were intending to do or say.
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    Poll: What is your most disabling symptom?

    Same here. I lost a few £thousand a few years ago because I could no longer fill in forms to claim benefit. 'Luckily' I then received my work pensions.
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    Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations

    Maybe I'm just too foggy, but I can't see the logic or connection...
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    United Kingdom News (including UK wide, England, NI and Wales - see separate thread for news from Scotland)

    There's a misprint near the beginning: Carol Monaghan, not Managhan.
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    David Tuller Crowdfunding starts May 1st 2024

    Now $18,306. 28% of total. https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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    David Tuller Crowdfunding starts May 1st 2024

    Now $13,445 raised, 20% of target. https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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    Remarkable researchers hunting for ‘something in the blood’ of people with ME

    Just a small correction needed: "won funding from Action from ME" - should be "Action for ME".
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    Remarkable researchers hunting for ‘something in the blood’ of people with ME

    I have stuck to my fridge an extract from Simon's earlier post (from 2018): https://www.s4me.info/threads/ronald-w-davis-phds-presentation-at-the-iimec13.5793/page-2#post-105495 specifically "Healthy cells with ME/CFS plasma behave like patient samples, while ME/CFS cells with healthy plasma...
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    UK House of Lords/ House of Commons - relevant people and questions

    "...awards being made based on the importance of the topic to patients..." I wonder how they assess this?
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    United Kingdom News (including UK wide, England, NI and Wales - see separate thread for news from Scotland)

    Here is the page for Woman's Hour for this epiosode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yys4 It says "The writer and content creator Pippa Stacey's perceptions of ageing have changed because of her experience of a chronic illness. Pippa was diagnosed with ME, also known as Chronic Fatigue...
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    APOE4 homozygozity represents a distinct genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease, 2024, Fortea et al

    There's a spelling error in the title: 'homozygozity' ahould be 'homozygosity'.
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    David Tuller Crowdfunding starts May 1st 2024

    I was wrong to say it had exceeded the target - I got to the wrong page for some reason. Have now deleted incorrect statement. $9,756 raised so far, 15% of target. https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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    Effects of Qiye Shen'an Pian Combined with Glutamate and Vitamin B1 on Fatigue State, Immune Function and [QoL] in Patients with [CFS] 2024 Liu et al

    Glutamate in title, but glutathione in text. I thought that glutamine was better than glutamate?
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    David Tuller Crowdfunding starts May 1st 2024

    Done. $4,322 donated, 6% of total. https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/42302
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    Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations

    I think that should be a mere £18.7 million. See here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/20/astrazeneca-ceo-pascal-soriot-17m-pay-makes-him-one-of-best-paid-ftse-100-bosses How on earth does he manage...?
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    United Kingdom News (including UK wide, England, NI and Wales - see separate thread for news from Scotland)

    Merged: UK BBC report: Lack of access to medical care for disabled people There are pieces on other conditions in the article, but this is the ME section: 'I was failed completely' Michelle Penny has never had a smear test due to lack of access and, like Ms Watkins, she feels failed by the...
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