From July 2017 with brief background, bullet points and references: http://www.investinme.org/Documents/Fact%20Sheets/Invest%20in%20ME%20Research%20-%20Flaws%20in%20BPS%20Theory%20for%20ME%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
Ugh, as i checked the headlines this morning i was greeted by a large photo of Prof Sir Simon smiling with Kate.... right above an article declaring that "Gps too soft on back pain", bemoaning the painkillers & surgery given out, when really pwback pain need psychosocial treatments of therapy &...
If any journalists would like a copy of this press release and the embargoed paper, just send me an email at tomkindlon at irishmecfs dot org or private message me (but I will need your full name)
Please share widely on social media, by email, et cetera
The new paper mentioned later on in this thread, authored by Frank Comhaire, @ME/CFS, has been published,
http://www.medical-hypotheses.com/article/S0306-9877(18)30105-1/fulltext
This thread has been split from here
There is a thread elsewhere discussing my Radical Care Pathway for ME/CFS, (now only available via Positive Health e journal). Because in my work as a psychotherapist, I have used NLP, I have come under the suspicion which NLP seems to arouse generally. I...
raised on another thread by @MEMarge.
The CQC only deals with services in England but from briefly looking at their website the only ME/CFS service they seem to have inspected is Leeds which currently has
an amber 'Requires Improvement' warning having been inspected in 2016.
The various checks...
The claim that met my eye, on Cortene's website, was, 'We believe that a short course of treatment with CT38 may be curative.' OTOH, this seems to be some sort of commercial enterprise, being (I think) a drug company, or at least one that looks for uses for drugs (?), so maybe a bit of a pinch...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12035-018-0928-9
Picked up from Twitter Paper by Dr Monro and Prof Puri (Breakspear). I have only skimmed through seems to be a summary setting out their take on ME with references. Not sure how good/useful it is.
Taken from the Grace Charity for ME (updated 2017)
"This document was originally written in response to the Chief Medical Officer’s report in 2002 which triggered the current NHS Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis clinics, set up across the country. These clinics consist mainly...
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
Fatigue is a prevalent and debilitating symptom, preceded by an acute infectious episode in some patients. This systematic review aimed to identify risk factors for the development of persistent fatigue after an acute infection, to develop an evidence-based working model of...
A recent randomized study reports that pain patients in emergency room setting taking Advil and Tylenol together got the same relief as those taking a narcotic pain reliever.
News:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/well/live/alternatives-to-opioids-for-pain-relief.html
Study...
I thought I'd start a thread where folks can post links to documents, videos or websites that have treatment suggestions for Orthostatic Intolerance.
I hope this is not duplicating any existing thread that is in one of the library sections. I looked but did not see one.
Also, by having this...
30 Nov 2017 | BBC: Migraine therapy that cut attacks hailed as 'huge deal' [antibody treatment]
Interesting to those of us who get migraines:
Read the rest: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42154668
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