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Science for ME
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Welcome to Science For ME
About the forum. Members can access our rules, guidance on using the forum and a section where members can introduce themselves.
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Welcome: About the Forum, Our Values
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Latest: Welcome Science For ME, Apr 20, 2024
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ME/CFS and Long Covid news
A place to discuss news about ME/CFS and Long Covid.
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ME/CFS and Long Covid news
A place to discuss news about ME/CFS and Long Covid.
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Latest: Webinar 2pm today (Friday 6 June 2025): Genetics Centre of Excellence (Edinburgh Ponting lab): update on recent research Wonko, Jun 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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ME/CFS and Long Covid research
A place to discuss specific research papers for ME/CFS and associated illnesses such as Long Covid. Each thread should be about a single research paper.
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ME/CFS and Long Covid research
A place to discuss specific research papers for ME/CFS and associated illnesses such as Long Covid. Each thread should be about a single research paper.
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Latest: A Non-Interventional Pilot Study to Explore the Role of Gut Flora in ME/CFS, 2020 - forestglip, Jun 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Other news and research
A place to post and discuss other news and research relevant to people with ME/CFS
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Other news and research
A place for other health-related news and research. 'Conditions related to ME/CFS' includes IBS, POTS, fibromyalgia, post-treatment lyme disease, Gulf War Illness. 'Other Psychosomatic Medicine' covers approaches to diseases other than ME/CFS and Long Covid based on a psychosomatic paradigm - these often refer to illness labels such as Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) and functional disorders (e.g. Functional Neurological Disease).
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Latest: Nature: "Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’" Utsikt, Jun 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Resources
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Latest: Collecting papers on Evidence Based Practice for ME (plus distinction from FND) Jonathan Edwards, Jun 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Advocacy and Fundraising
A place to discuss advocacy and fundraising related to the ME/CFS community
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Advocacy
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Latest: Pedantic Zebra Book Club - (disability & chronic illness based) Amw66, Jun 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Guidelines, reviews and disease coding
This section is for guidelines, reviews and coding with public consultation processes for ME/CFS and similar and related illnesses. Scientific papers about guidelines and reviews should be posted in the Research section.
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ME/CFS related guidelines, reviews, disease coding
'Guidelines, reviews and coding for ME/CFS and similar illnesses - development and discussion This section is for guidelines, reviews and coding with public processes for comment. Scientific papers about guidelines and reviews should be posted in the Research subforums.'
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Research quality and methodology discussions
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Causes, Epidemiology, Criteria, Naming discussions
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Symptoms and signs discussions
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Latest: Are gallbladder problems a common secondary symptom in ME/CFS ? MrMagoo, Jun 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM -
Treatment discussions
A place to discuss treatments for ME/CFS and related conditions, excluding psychosomatic treatments
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Psychosomatic theories and treatments discussions
A place to discuss theories and treatments based on the assumption that ME/CFS and other illnesses are psychosomatic, caused by false illness beliefs and deconditioning. Topics include PACE trial, CBT, GET, MUS, functional diseases, Lightning Process.
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Latest: How to talk about stress without implying psychosomatic illness Utsikt, Jun 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM -
Other specific illnesses discussions
A place to discuss alternative diagnoses and possible co-morbidities
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Latest: Lipomas, Dercums, Adiposa Dolorosa Kitty, May 23, 2025 -
Doctors, clinics and organisations discussions
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Latest: United Kingdom: ME Association governance issues Trish, Jun 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM -
Living with ME/CFS discussions
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Latest: UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2024 and 2025 PrairieLights, Jun 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM -
General ME/CFS discussions
For discussion topics that don't fit any of the named discussion forums.
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Latest: I'm able to exercise but am still disabled Snow Leopard, Jun 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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