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Article from a Danish news site about health. Sundhetspolitisk Tidsskrift: Afstemning i formiddags: Enigt folketing vil fjerne sygdomme fra gruppen av "funktionelle lidelser" google translation: Vote this morning: United Parliament will remove diseases from the group of "functional disorders"...

The initiator of the petition, Nina E. Steinkopf will be meeting the Minister of Health and Care Services on Monday. This is a dialogue meeting where also representatives from the Directorate of Health, South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and the National Competence Service for CFS/ME...

Yup. Unanimous.

MillionsMissing Denmark confirms the motion went through. This is a historical day!

Den syge på Fanø: Skal de kronisk trætte træne? google translation: The patient at Fanø: Should the chronically tired exercise? Please look beyond the dreadful title, as the article itself is rather good. Contains interview with David Tovey and the director of the National Board of Health...

Apparently the motion went through today in Parliament. :woot: Quite sure there will be some official confirmation very soon and more on what this means and what will happen next. Congratulations Denmark!

:woot::woot::woot: I was just about to leave something aside in hope for that!! Thank you once again for the important job you're doing, @dave30th I'm sorry to see this portrayal of you. It's very different from the impression given by your writing and speaking. After having seen several...

A rather frustrating letter to the editor in a Norwegian news site for medicine, Dagens Medisin. It is written by a GP and military doctor. She defends the biopsychosocial approach to ME and criticises the recent ME-motion from the British Parliament. She refers to China's government censoring...

Cochrane's Report on Courtney's Complaint I now have a copy of Cochrane’s report about Courtney’s complaint. It is clear from the analysis that Cochrane’s concerns involved the scientific accuracy and integrity of the exercise review. Contrary to the claims of the exercise review’s defenders...

New article tonight from Politiken: Folketinget styrker indsatsen for patienter som 29-årige Marie Lousie, der lever med konstant træthed google translation: The parliament strengthens its effort for patients like Marie Louise, 29, who lives with constant fatigue The politicians state in the...

If I've understood everything correct, all political parties agreed to this motion which will formally be voted for later in the week. (hastily translated and my bolding) Suggestion for motion: The Parliament takes note of: - that the effort for patients with ME-fatigue syndrome/CFS (G93.3)...

Here's Mats Reimer's goodbye blog post in full. Apparently he's been controversial in several matters. Sista bloggen - tack och adjö efter elva år google translate: Last blog - thank you and goodbye after eleven years

A very eager proponent in Sweden for the biosychosocial approach to ME and Lightning Process, paediatrician Mats Reimer, is now quitting as blogger for Dagens Medicin, a news site about medicine. Sten Helmfrid shared the news on twitter with a picture from Reimer's goodbye post where Reimer says...

Propatienter is a Danish news site for patients and their families. They have an article about today's debate where among others psychiatrist Per Fink is interviewed. Many of you will remember Per Fink from Unrest where he sectioned severe ME patient Karina Hansen. He is a leader of the...

Very true.

Altinget is a news site on Danish politics. They have an article about today's query Altinget: DF og ME-foreningen: ME-patienter skal anerkendes som i vores nabolande Google translation: DF and ME Association: ME patients must be recognised as in our neighbouring countries ... while in...

#MEAction: Denmark parliament holds query on ME In Denmark, the current official recommended treatment for ME is graded exercise therapy, based on the deconditioning hypotheses of illness. Treatment guidelines for ME are written in the Physical Exercise as Treatment handbook*, which states that...

The Swedish national public television with four articles about a husband who last week got arrested suspected for murdering his wife. It turns out the wife suffered from severe ME and that this was an assisted suicide. A representative from the patient organisation confirms that suicides and...

The newspaper Politiken has published two other articles now on ME. Right now on their front page ME is featured with three articles, all written by the same journalist. One of the article is behind paywall. Here's the other article that's open, it tells the story of the family in the first...

Good article in a big newspaper in Denmark about the ME debate on Tuesday with some general information about the situation for ME patients in the country. Politiken: 14 000 danskere lider av kronisk træthedssyndrom: "Man trenger bare til en håndsrækning" google translation: 14 000 Danes suffer...