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Former GP explains why he became an Atos whistleblower | British Medical Journal | 20 August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
From the British Medical Journal, 20 August 2013. Greg Wood went to the media with concerns about the ethics surrounding tests for fitness to work—and eligibility for benefits — that the UK governmen...
‘Poor air quality makes chronic fatigue worse’ | Cornish Guardian | 21 August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 02:14 pm
A SUFFERER of chronic fatigue has said the poor air quality in St Austell is making her condition harder to live with, as a consultation is launched by Cornwall Council on pollution levels. Cornwall ...
GPs charge disabled up to £140 to appeal fitness-to-work decisions | The Independent | 27 August 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 11:52 am
From The Independent, 27 August 2013 (Story by Emily Dugan). Doctors are charging sick and disabled people up to £130 for medical evidence to appeal decisions about their fitness to work, The Indepen...
Walk your way through our ME Essential quarterly magazine | 24 August 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
We give thanks to the wonderful walkers of Wallingford School in Oxfordshire in the latest edition of our quarterly ME Essential magazine, which has been posted out to members. The whole school and a...
Research | Pain in chronic fatigue syndrome: response to rehabilitative treatments in the PACE trial | 23 August 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
From Psychological Medicine, 23 August 2013. Pain in chronic fatigue syndrome: response to rehabilitative treatments in the PACE trial. Bourke JH, Johnson AL, Sharpe M, Chalder T, White PD. Centre ...
‘Academic freedom’ overrides individual concerns in PACE Trial tribunal | 24 August 2013 24 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
A judicial tribunal this week backed the rights of universities not to publish the detailed discussions of their research committees when it ruled that both the Information Commissioner and Queen Mary...
TGI Friday! Our weekly round-up of recently published research abstracts | 23 August 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 04:04 am
From the Journal of Affective Disorders, 5 September 2013. In myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, increased autoimmune activity against 5-HT is associated with immuno-inflammatory pat...
Archive now available for the NHS Choices online clinic on ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia | 14-20 August 2013 22 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
This online clinic for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia, which was organised by TalkHealth for NHS Choices, closed to all new questions on Tuesday (20 August 2013). But the archive of all the questions and ans...
‘Teenage ME sufferer takes everything in her stride’ | Kidderminster Shuttle | 20 August 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
From The Shuttle, Kidderminster, 20 August 2013. A TEENAGE ME sufferer bravely put her illness aside and took part in a sponsored walk to help raise awareness of the condition. Chloe Mogg walked 3.2...
Our ‘Telling GPs the Truth about ME’ campaign pushed all the right buttons | 20 August 2013 20 Aug 2013 | 06:34 pm
The MEA purple booklet campaign – ‘Telling GPS the Truth about ME’ – pushed all the right buttons. Three thousand copies of the booklet were mailed out to GPs and other medical and healthcare profess...
