Check out if your local library gives you free online access to the PressReader. That would give you access to the Listener and thousands of other...
@Marylib Welcome to the forum by the way! It's good to have a representative from ANZMES here. When, like me, you're housebound at the other end...
I, too, tell everyone about Prof Tate's work, whether people want to hear it or not :D Not so sure how I feel about Griffith. Obviously I really...
https://systemreview.citizenspace.com/review/health-and-disability-system-review-plain-english/
I find the argument "my illness is different from their illness" quite effective, backed up by this study where only 1/3 of doctor-diagnosed...
So happy for Jen! It certainly wasn't an easy route for her, first all those years so very ill then all those major surgeries. I think she's...
There's another letter to the editor in the new Listener (May 25-31). The end of the last sentence didn't make it into the picture, it finishes...
After chasing them up for a reply to my letter I eventually got this: Couldn't help myself so I replied again to point out that Marc's response...
Or maybe they just felt "a fresh and new way" sounded more convincing than "pseudo-scientific"? ;)
A slick website and a worryingly slippery way with words - much more careful about claiming cures than that other NZ practitioner whose name...
Reminder: submissions for the Review of the NZ Health System close at the end of this month (for details see post #66 here:...
Looks like the Neurological Foundation needs a little educating on ME. The only place they mention it on their website is in the FAQ and this is...
I was just expecting a higher standard of cut & paste I guess, to make the deception less obvious :D That's why in my letter I mentioned ME in...
Yes, the NASA lean test would be a good addition since postural orthostatic tachycardia can sometimes be improved with treatment. As a tactical...
Just received a reply from my local MP to my letter. An excellent example of a politician giving the impression doing something but actually...
My first MRI was more than 20 years ago in one of the early model scanners; my latest was in a brand-new, latest of the latest model machine. So...
You are correct, there is significant symptom overlap. I was initially misdiagnosed with MS (via MRI). I then had a long period of...
I've never applied for any benefit myself but a quick look at Work and Income's website comes up with this potentially significant hurdle (my...
Couldn't agree more. The tricky bit, apart from getting any such studies/registries funded, will be to make sure whoever's doing them knows their...
Only the two letters from our members (see posts #2 & #7) were published. I didn't check if they were printed in full but I think so. There's...
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