Note: This is the final part of our series on education in ME/CFS. To start reading at the first article in this series, Top Medical Schools Teach Little About ME/CFS, click here. Finding a physician with knowledge of ME can be challenging, but practitioners of three branches of alternative medicine may have learned about this
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The NIH announced that it would fund ME research by publishing two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) by Dec. 2016, but it is about to miss its first deadline. On Oct. 21st, the NIH released two Notices of Intent to publish two FOAs for ME/CFS by Dec. 2016. As of today, they have not been released.
#MEAction Network UK’s statement denouncing CBT as a form of treatment for ME has been published in the January edition of Positive Health Online today. The letter was sent in response to FITNET, a controversial study that purported children and young people with ME could be successfully treated through CBT conducted over the internet. Esther
Australia’s UNSW is trialling an education module treating chronic fatigue syndrome patients with graded exercise therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy (GET/CBT), despite the evidence showing these therapies have no benefit and may cause permanent harm. Sign the petition!
After years of work and hundreds of hours of footage, Jen Brea’s documentary, now entitled Unrest, is ready for its debut. The film will be shown at the Sundance Resort as part of the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017; Brea’s Unrest was selected to premier as one of the Festival’s narrative documentaries. The Sundance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 CONTACT: L.A. Cooper |[email protected] and [email protected] #MEAction Denounces Use of CBT in Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients with ME/CFS Urge NHS to Adopt Scientifically-Sound Approaches to Treatment Study Finds No Difference in Treatment for ME/CFS Patients At Long-Term Follow-Up According to reports in The Guardian and
Have you ever noticed how so many of us beat ourselves up for having this chronic illness, almost as if it is invisible even to us, even as we feel the pain and exhaustion? While we feel the need to not give up and keep a hold of all we can of our lives, I’m becoming aware that I for one often get this fight tangled up with a lot of damaging self-judgement.
FROM THE FRONT LINES OF #MILLIONSMISSING ROUND 2: SPEECHES BY TASHA AND HER DAUGHTER ZARA (AT NYC PROTEST)
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, 27 September, 2016 TUESDAY: Protests Across the UK Highlight the Lack of Support for Patients Suffering from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Thousands Worldwide Take Part In International Day of Action Urging Government Officials to Ramp Up Funding for ME/CFS Research, Clinical Trials and Education On Tuesday, September 27th, hundreds
