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: News from the USA, United States of America Dakota15, Feb 14, 2025 at 7:44 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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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: Impacts of the 2024 change in US government on ME/CFS and Long Covid mango, Feb 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Resources
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Latest: NHS England Launches New E-learning Module on ME/CFS, 2024 Jonathan Edwards, Feb 4, 2025
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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: S4ME: 2023 Open Letter, complaints, petition updates regarding Cochrane and the CFS Exercise Therapy Review Science For ME, Feb 14, 2025 at 5:14 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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Latest: 2025: The 2019/24 Cochrane Larun review Exercise Therapy for CFS - including IAG, campaign, petition, comments and articles Kitty, Feb 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Research quality and methodology discussions
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Causes, Epidemiology, Criteria, Naming discussions
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Latest: Cytoplasmic stress granules: a cause of cellular dysfunction in ME/CFS? SNT Gatchaman, Feb 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM -
Symptoms and signs discussions
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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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Other specific illnesses discussions
A place to discuss alternative diagnoses and possible co-morbidities
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Latest: Glycogen Storage Diseases and ME/CFS Sly Saint, Feb 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM -
Doctors, clinics and organisations discussions
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Latest: BACME position paper on the management of ME/CFS, 2020, updated 2022 - discussion thread MrMagoo, Feb 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM -
Living with ME/CFS discussions
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Latest: Duvets - what fillings are worth a try, and which brands and retail are good (eg for being able to send back) bobbler, Feb 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM -
General ME/CFS discussions
For discussion topics that don't fit any of the named discussion forums.
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