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Swedish columnist Kjöller is back again, speculating about "cultural illnesses", social contagion and mass hysteria. Lots of people in the comments are praising her for being "so brave", "for having the courage" to write about this :grumpy: (ME is not mentioned, this time.) Hanne Kjöller: Samma...

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Moved from the News from Scandinavia thread (This isn't news, but I wasn't sure where else to put it. Sorry. Felt important to document.) This is from a post by Dr Björn Bragée of Bragée ME-center in Stockholm, Sweden. It was published in March 2021, in a public Facebook group on precision...

Sounds like milk (substitute) powder? Powdered, dried milk like for example Nido by Nestlé. ETA: Nido has 36,5g carbohydrates/sugars per 100g. 130g milk powder + 900ml water = 1 liter reconstituted milk.

I use a walking cane sometimes, and I do find that it helps :) Mine is a HurryCane: tri-foot, foldable, freestanding, all-terrain, pivoting, with a shock absorbing handle. I'm very happy with it, but I haven't tried any other canes or a rollator so I have nothing to compare it to. I think it...

Robin Söderling tar timeout: ”Hälsoskäl” https://www.dn.se/sport/robin-soderling-tar-timeout-halsoskal/

News article, Sweden: Barn med postcovid blir friska snabbare än vuxna https://www.dn.se/sverige/barn-med-postcovid-blir-friska-snabbare-an-vuxna/

(Not ME) This thesis and the studies it is based on are getting headlines in Sweden today: Cancerpatienter smyger med alternativbehandling https://tt.omni.se/cancerpatienter-smyger-med-alternativbehandling/a/9KPz0d Cam = complementary and alternative medicine. An interview with the...

The long covid specialist clinic in Uppsala, Sweden, is likely to be closed down. Uppsalas postcovid-mottagning kan läggas ned – trots långa väntetider https://amp.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/framtiden-ar-osaker-for-uppsalas-postcovid-mottagning Cilia lider av postcovid – oroad inför...

Funding announcement by the Swedish Cancer Society: Infections and autoimmunity: risk factors for chronic fatigue syndrome and subsequent B cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia development Anders Rosén Linköping University, Sweden 2022 SEK 1 600 000 Diagnosis: lymphoma Research...

Tre frågor om: ME/CFS https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/tre-fragor-om-me-cfs

Anns dotter är svårt sjuk i ME/CFS: ”En riktigt dålig dag kan hon inte prata” https://amp.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vastmanland/anns-dotter-ar-svart-sjuk-i-me-en-dalig-dag-kan-hon-inte-prata

Thank you so much for sharing your excellent notes, @Hutan! Much appreciated :hug::heart:

So many red flags... :( One thing (of many) that I find very off-putting about this is how DwME seem to be distancing themselves from other pwME by referring to everyone else as a group of "patients". They could have chosen to relate to Cassava7 as a fellow pwME or fellow activist/advocate, a...

"Swedish court finds Italian star surgeon guilty of ‘causing bodily harm’ A court in Sweden has found the scandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini guilty of a serious crime causing bodily harm for one of three experimental operations implanting synthetic windpipes in patients."...

Australian researchers find parallels between Alzheimer’s and long-COVID ‘brain fog’ https://www.smh.com.au/national/australian-researchers-find-parallels-between-alzheimer-s-and-long-covid-brain-fog-20220614-p5atnp.html

The motion states: The report (betänkandet) by the Social Affairs Committee (Socialutskottet) states: The decision states: The same report recommended that the Parliament should say 'no' to a centre of excellence for post-covid (motion 2021/22:3697 and motion 2021/22:3809), and the...

Excellent, as always! Thank you so much :hug::thumbup:

Repeatedly rejected benefit claims is such a massive problem for pwME in Sweden, I cannot stress this enough. So many of us, myself included, have had our lives completely destroyed by them, including severe permanent deterioration from having to over-exert ourselves by appealing to the...

More news on Radio Sweden (2 minutes, in Swedish) Ny rapport: Oftare avslag för fibromyalgi och kroniskt trötthetssyndrom https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/ny-rapport-oftare-avslag-for-fibromyalgi-och-kroniskt-trotthetssyndrom