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Professor Tate has had a busy day... https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/otago-researchers-prove-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-is-not-psychosomatic.html

TV1 Breakfast show this morning interviewed Prof Warren Tate and Richie Barnett about ME/CFS. Maybe the clip will be available on it's own. But at this stage can be seen on https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakfast/live Segment starts at 59:48 ends at 1:09:00 Update: Link to video of the segment...

Seems like it.. https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/about/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/about/international-science-media-centre-network/

I found some useful guidelines for journalists to assess 'scientific evidence' here... https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/coveringscience/ https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/coveringscience/types-of-scientific-evidence/...

Some good news... The Massey University Foundation has set up an option on their donations page to allow people to donate to Dr Lynette Hodges research into ME, PEM and exercise. Go to https://foundation.massey.ac.nz/donate-online To donate to Dr Hodges work – in the drop down for 'Select...

https://www.bio21.unimelb.edu.au/nhmrc-funds-bio21-research Edit: OMF article on the involvement of Chris Armstrong https://www.omf.ngo/2020/10/08/omf-scientist-receives-grant-in-australia/

Apologies for the late notice... All are welcome to ME Auckland's online AGM tomorrow (Sat, 10th Oct 1:30pm), that will include a presentation by guest speaker Dr Lynette Hodges. Dr Hodges is a Senior Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, at Massey University, NZ and undertakes...

Just an update on this. The first module has been pulled offline while Module 2 is in development. I understand that the plan by Emerge Australia is to publish both Modules together in early November 2020.

I haven't found a link in the forum to the 'New Free Leaflet: The ME Association Guide to Post-Covid Fatigue Syndromes and Post-Covid ME/CFS' so thought I would share here. Published 22nd Sep 2020. 24 page article. Introduction and link to the pdf here...

Item available here (with some additional info in the accompanying article). https://www.tvnz.co.nz/content/tvnz/onenews/story/2020/09/20/long-term-fatigue-dubbed-the-hidden-toll-of-covid-19.html

Louise Thornley has written another article for RNZ on Covid-19 and relates this to PEM in ME. "Gez Medinger used to run 90kms every week. Now he's exhausted by everyday tasks: taking out the rubbish, browsing the Internet, sometimes even just texting." "While it's still early in the...

Louise Thornley has written a comment piece for Radio NZ on Covid-19 long haulers, the possible explanations of post-viral syndrome or ME, and the need to manage fatigue. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/426123/sick-and-tired-of-covid-19-the-recovered-patients-who-aren-t-getting-better

Just a heads up that this course has moved. URL is now https://neusha.org/index.php/online-course-overview/?exam_id=1409

From a member of M.E. Awareness NZ... "There's a story about Covid long haulers in NZ coming up on Radio New Zealand's Afternoons show (Jesse Mulligan) tomorrow / Tues 11th Aug. Will be an opportunity to text comments or Qs about ME (txt 2101). Not sure of the timing but it'll be on the...

M.E. Awareness NZ has been in touch with Prof Tate to congratulate him on his 'retirement', and enquire about the future of the research into ME/CFS at Otago Uni. A summary of his reply... His research programme has been approved till the end of 2021. He hopes to continue with research after...

The Herald also picked up this story. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12353082

A NZer has reached out for advice on challenging their Insurance company's request that they use GET and CBT for a period. Are there any threads here in s4me of how people have challenged that? What evidence /research would this forum recommend is provided to argue that these treatments are not...

The New Zealand Human Rights Commission is reviewing the Health and Disability System Review final report released today. "Disabled people have not been well served by the existing health and disability system. Their health outcomes are worse and the way the disability support system operates...

M.E. Awareness NZ has announced that the team at NZ Doctor have given them permission to share the pdf for the article on their website. You don't need to scroll thru the flipbook anymore. Refer https://m.e.awareness.nz/how-to-treat-mecfs Some commentary on this article is in posts above...

Actually I haven't read the book. I was just reporting that another member of M.E. Awareness NZ had, and had organised the interview on the RNZ. With the forward notice of the interview we have a chance to prepare questions that might direct the interview - I understand that questions can be...