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  1. PeterW
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    A Picture of_ME: media images of ME

    Hi All, Thank-you to those who completed a trial survey regarding images portraying ME in the media. Following yesterday's feedback, we have made...
    Thread by: PeterW, Feb 16, 2022, 7 replies, in forum: Advocacy Projects and Campaigns
  2. Sly Saint
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    Article Express: ‘I lost half my blood’: Woman recalls diagnosis of ‘mystery illness’ - it affects millions

    Pamela had to be hospitalised after she started regularly feeling under the weather. It wasn’t until later that Pamela was diagnosed with Chronic...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 14, 2021, 10 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  3. Sly Saint
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    Misrepresentation of ME/CFS in Media Images: A Picture Tells a 1,000 Words. What Story Are We Telling?, 2021, McMillan et al

    August 2021 DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.30505.72806 Conference: 2021 IACFS/ME Virtual Conference Authors Penelope McMillan, Penelope Del Fante,...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 18, 2021, 36 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  4. Dolphin
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    “It’s not all nice and fun”: Narrating contested illness on YouTube and Instagram, 2021, Groenevelt

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13634593211017187 Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and...
    Thread by: Dolphin, May 29, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  5. Robert 1973
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    George Monbiot on ME/CFS, PACE, BPS and Long Covid

    Links to posts linking to articles/videos: Jan 2021 article in the Guardian Apr 2021 article in the Guardian Jul 2021 interview video...
    Thread by: Robert 1973, Jan 8, 2021, 343 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  6. Sly Saint
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    “That's why they don't believe you, you don't look sick!”: Creating Medical Credibility and patient visibility for ME/CFS through Television

    by Giada Da Ros Abstract: Since the end of the 20th century, the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome community tried to create...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jul 4, 2020, 8 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  7. Andy
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    The Times view on taking myalgic encephalomyelitis seriously: Chronic Condition

    It has taken a long time for myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), or chronic fatigue syndrome as it is also known, to be treated with the seriousness...
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 24, 2020, 24 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  8. Sly Saint
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    Article: Wrexham woman's tribute to "brilliant" police officers who rushed to her aid amid medical emergency

    A WREXHAM woman has praised "brilliant" police officers who rushed to her aid in a medical emergency. Donna Vicary, from Rhos, has myalgic...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 28, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  9. MEMarge
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    Functional Neurological Disorders (FNDs) in the media

    Hospital, BBC 1, 19 March 2020 FND not ME On now, this is covering FND
    Thread by: MEMarge, Mar 19, 2020, 38 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  10. Sly Saint
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    UK media articles about Esther Rantzen (TV journalist) self-isolating with daughter who has ME

    Daily Mail article She's a broadcasting legend and a doting mother of three. And, Esther Rantzen, 79, has revealed she is self-isolating at her...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Mar 16, 2020, 11 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19, not Long Covid)
  11. Eagles
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    Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Barely able to leave the house, told they are exaggerating and even that their ailment does not exist: Three ME patients reveal

    Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Barely able to leave the house, told they are exaggerating and even that their ailment does not exist: Three ME patients...
    Thread by: Eagles, Feb 29, 2020, 74 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  12. Cinders66
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    Lancet photo competition for “original photographs that bring a fresh focus to a health story” -potential opportunity for awareness?

    https://hubs.ly/H0lhw1C0 given that using the media to change perceptions about our illness has been the focus of quite a lot of campaigning, i...
    Thread by: Cinders66, Oct 22, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Advocacy Projects and Campaigns
  13. Sly Saint
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    Psychologists financially ruined after joining failed counselling franchise - July 2019 ABC Australia

    As a psychologist, Nihal Kucuk has spent the last 16 years helping clients overcome stress, but now the Gold Coast practitioner is the one under...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jul 24, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  14. Sly Saint
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    Guardian - "Why smelling good could come with a cost to health" May 2019

    About 4,000 chemicals are currently used to scent products, but you won’t find any of them listed on a label. Fragrance formulations are...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, May 29, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  15. Sly Saint
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    Guardian - Mental health services in crisis are abandoning patients to meet targets May 2019

    Off-rolling has recently become a buzzword in the world of education. It refers to the removal, by various means, of students from schools’...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, May 17, 2019, 8 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  16. Hutan
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    NZ Listener - Ills thought out - Wilson 2019

    @Ravn brought this article in a NZ magazine to our attention in the New Zealand thread. Marc Wilson is a regular columnist in the Listener, a...
    Thread by: Hutan, May 7, 2019, 34 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  17. Kalliope
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    Mirror: Woman, 28, goes from keen runner to year in dark room because of severe disorder

    Woman, 28, goes from keen runner to year in dark room because of severe disorder Jonathan admits he has seen his beloved fiancée’s character...
    Thread by: Kalliope, May 1, 2019, 28 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  18. Sly Saint
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    United Kingdom: reMEmber news

    Merged threads "The charity, reMEmber, for people with ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), has been awarded the grant by the Sussex Community...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 24, 2019, 27 replies, in forum: News from organisations
  19. Andy
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    Duvet woman versus action man: the gendered aetiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome according to English newspapers, 2019, Tobbell et al

    ABSTRACT Media portrayals of conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) demand exploration as the media is a...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 17, 2019, 21 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  20. Sly Saint
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    Article in 'Philly voice' - This 'invisible illness' doesn't have a known cause or effective treatment

    Not a particularly bad article that quotes #MEAction a lot (The Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Action Network). However, I question the bit at the end...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 12, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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