A brief, comprehensive measure of post-exertional malaise

Aim: Post-exertional malaise (PEM) has been a challenging construct to measure, particularly with self-report instruments, which have the benefits of being less expensive and less invasive than c

Exploration of Neuroprotective Therapy

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Introducing “Energy Limiting Conditions”: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Impairment Concept

https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/intljofdissocjus.5.2.0001

Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update

#EnergyLimitingConditions #Spoonie #chronicillness #Spoonies #ELCI #MEcfs #LongCovid #ChronicFatigue @mecfs @longcovid @pots

“Nidos Lingüísticos”, iniciativa para niños y niñas busca fortalecer la identidad cultural mapuche en la zona central

El proyecto, impulsado por Conadi y ALMaCU, se desarrolló durante el segundo semestre de este año en diez Salas Cunas y Jardines Infantiles. Es

The Coroner of the #MaeveInquest has issued a REGULATION 28: REPORT TO PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS sent to inter alia the representative of #UKgov & #NHSEngland. The link is to the three-page document, which is succinct and clear.

#SevereME #pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #PostViralFatigueSyndrome #PVFS #PostViralDisorder #ELCI

Link to #Virology blog:

https://virology.ws/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Maeve-Boothby-ONeill-regulation-28-report.pdf

Building an NHS that truly supports people living with long COVID and ME: government action needed now

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed our understanding of healthcare challenges, with long COVID emerging as a significant current and ongoing public health issue.1 For governments across the four UK nations, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity to build a National Health Service (NHS) that truly responds to the needs of all its patients, particularly, those with long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). A recent policy brief draws on the results of an online survey carried out in June–July 2024, which asked patients with long COVID and ME to evaluate parts of Labour’s mission plan for the NHS against their experiences of care.2 The report uses data from over 300 responses from patients and carers to identify the issues being faced. It also highlights challenges for the new Labour government in the UK to take clear steps to ensure the NHS provides for the needs of people living with long COVID and ME. While the brief focuses on the UK, there are lessons for governments across the world. The policy brief is part of #ThereForME, a patient-led and carer-led campaign, supported by 18 organisations and smaller initiatives, calling for an NHS that is there for people with long COVID and ME. In August the campaign shared the policy brief’s findings with the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, through an open letter signed by over 2600 patients and …

Evidence-Based Nursing

Please consider signing this petition to force #Cochrane to fulfil their promises and to stop delaying & obfuscating.

#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #PostViralFatigueSyndrome #PVFS #PostViralDisorder #ELCI

https://chng.it/bNj7W9bhst

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Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

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New US research:
Defining fatigue from the experiences of patients living with chronic fatigue

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1429275/full

From what I can see, this does not refer to CFS specifically but CFS wasn't an exclusion either

#chronicfatigue #Spoonies #Spoonie #Spoonielife #ELCI
#chronicillness @chronicillness
@spoonies
@mecfs
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #PwME

Frontiers | Defining fatigue from the experiences of patients living with chronic fatigue

IntroductionFatigue is a multidimensional, highly individualized symptom experience perceived by people, regardless of health status. It is the most common c...

Frontiers

#LadyShambles’ take on the #MaeveInquest result, per her worthy comment to @DavidTuller1 & @ValeriEliotSmit’s overview & commentary:

1. M.E. Is a ‘physical’ (as opposed to psychological) disease;

2. M.E. can cause death;

3. #MEKills

Link to #Virology blog:

https://virology.ws/2024/08/12/trial-by-error-valerie-eliot-smith-on-the-inquest-findings/?sfnsn=scwspwa

#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #PostViralFatigueSyndrome #PVFS #PostViralDisorder #ELCI

Trial By Error: Valerie Eliot Smith on the Inquest Findings | Virology Blog

By David Tuller, DrPH On Friday, Deborah Archer, the coroner in the inquest into the death of Maeve Boothby O’Neill, issued her factual findings. The bottom ...

Pink Triangles, Blue Triangles

Pink Triangles, Blue Triangles May is #InternationalMEAwarenessMonth &/or #MEAwarenessMonth. The 12th May is #InternationalMEAwarenessD...