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Top 7 Tips for Claiming Disability Benefits with M.E.
By: Ann Innes This article originally appeared in ME Association I’m Ann Innes, consultant welfare rights adviser to the ME Association and formerly to Stockport ME Group. I run a private service to support people throughout the claims process, from benefit entitlement checks, application, preparing for the face-to-face assessment and attending as an advocate, all the […]
Learn How ME/CFS Keeps Youth from Attending School
“Why Can’t This Child Get to Class?” Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Classroom Northeastern University School Health Academy with joint provider, Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association, are conducting an online continuing nursing education program for School Nurses and colleagues. Learn about this debilitating disease which the CDC calls America’s hidden health crisis. […]
Using A Heart Rate Monitor to Prevent Post-Exertional Malaise in ME/CFS
One of the identifying characteristics and key symptoms of ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome) is an intolerance to even mild exertion, known as Post-Exertional Malaise or PEM. In simple terms, this means that when people with ME/CFS engage in activity – even just walking to the bathroom or making a simple meal – […]
July 10 is Chronic Disease Day
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) is one of many chronic diseases that are widely misunderstood and frequently misrepresented in mainstream media and medical literature. That’s why it’s so important for members of the M.E. community to control the narrative by sharing our own experiences with this disease. Our Humans of M.E. (HoME) campaign, a takeoff of the […]
IN REMEMBRANCE OF SOPHIA MIRZA ON SEVERE M.E. AWARENESS DAY
Sophia Mirza (1973 – 2005) On Aug 8, we remember Sophia Mirza, whose death was the first ever to be directly attributed to M.E. in a formal medical inquest. After battling malaria in her 20s while traveling, Sophia became ill with the flu and was unable to recover. She developed extreme light and sound sensitivity and intolerance […]
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Dr. Jarred Younger to Complete Brain Image Study with Increased Funding
Jarred Younger (PhD), Director of the Neuroinflammation, Pain and Fatigue Lab at University of Birmingham at Alabama, received $2.9 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to complete a brain imaging study over the next five years. In a pilot project funded by Solve M.E.’s Ramsay Grant Program, Dr. Younger’s Ramsay study brought […]
The IDO Metabolic Trap Hypothesis For ME/CFS
By Christopher Armstrong, PhD This article originally appeared in ProHealth Dr. Robert Phair has recently published a paper detailing his “metabolic trap” hypothesis underlying ME/CFS, a theory that combines engineering and physiology put together by a man adept in both fields. Dr. Phair is co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Integrative Bioinformatics, Inc, a small company […]
Straight Talk From Carol Head As She Steps Down From Solve ME
By Cort Johnson This article originally appeared in Health Rising ME/CFS Rears Its Head Again A commitment to social justice runs in Carol Head’s blood. She founded a non-profit which has given away millions to support entrepreneurs who work on global poverty, and was a founding board member of another non-profit that tells the stories of marginalized women’s lives. Her […]