2017

This was pointed out in a post on another thread but I thought it'd be interesting to have it in it's own thread. To what extent has the very positive publicity surrounding 'Unrest' changed public recognition and understanding of ME/CFS in the UK? Major improvement Partial improvement Slight...

Free full text: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2018.1396021 Journal Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior Editorial Using a participatory approach to develop and implement the UK ME/CFS Biobank Eliana M. Lacerda,Caroline C. Kingdon,Erinna W. Bowman &Luis Nacul Pages...

http://go.solvecfs.org/webmail/192652/47628203/a0e396f30e624026a094c53cd974b2c0431bbec3aee7ebdea9f777a6ba844cd6 Congratulations to the research groups getting grants for further studies! Announcing the 2017 SMCI Ramsay Award Program Results October 31, 2017 The Solve ME/CFS Initiative is...

From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks Source: University of Oxford Date: September 22, 2017 URL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:60ff242e-2ccd-4f23-ac7d-16553d864e8b https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:60ff242e-2ccd-4f23-ac7d-16553d864e8b/datastreams/content01 Neurometabolites in...

Not new, but interesting and important: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11306-015-0816-5

James E. Clark, Sean L. Davidson, Laura Maclachlan, Julia L. Newton & Stuart Watson MEA just published a summary review of this article we previously discussed: http://www.meassociation.org.uk/2017/10/mea-summary-review-rethinking-childhood-adversity-in-mecfs-30-october-2017/ Reminder...

Anomalous microbiome and metabolic profiling in ME/CFS-patients Prof Maureen Hanson, Cornell University, USA From 1:10:47 ME/CFS and the immune system. Where are we now? Geraldine (Jo) Cambridge, PhD, Dep. Medicine, University College, London From 5:33

Haven't watched this but it seems to be Carol and Zaher presenting on ME/CFS to... someone. I don't know who/what the 'Gold Circle' is. Anyway! Carol and Zaher are always good value.

Seems to be an attempt to prove the worth of the Perrin technique? I've put this in the biomed forum for now but obviously it can be moved if need be. Restricted access at http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/20386/ ETA: Open access now available at http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/11/e017521

ME Association review of Unrest in Parliament: “I cannot recall a parliamentary meeting where we have had so much genuine interest in ME/CFS” As ME Association members will know, the Rt Hon John Bercow MP – Speaker of the House of Commons – is one of our Patrons and John has helped us in...

"The ME Association is Britain’s first charity dedicated to people with M.E. Our role is to help make the UK a better place for people with the disease by supporting patients and carers, providing education and information, and supporting and funding biomedical research. We are looking for a...

Cara Tomas, Audrey Brown, Victoria Strassheim, Joanna Elson, Julia Newton, Philip Manning Plos One 2017 oct Abstract Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a highly debilitating disease of unknown aetiology. Abnormalities in bioenergetic function have been cited as one possible cause for CFS...

Personally I don't know the researchers but it's been suggested to me that at least one has previously been firmly in the BPS camp, the fact that it is published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research is a red flag as well. But, until proven otherwise, I'm putting it in the Biomedical research...

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/better-science-through-better-data-2017-scidata17-tickets-32719974324 Oh lord ...