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    Validation of impaired Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3 ion channel activity in natural killer cells from CFS/ME, 2019, Cabanas et al

    what funding is this? when will we find out where this recently-publicised Aus Government money will go?
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    #ThisIsME UK Campaign - anyone know who they are?

    hmm. with all due respect, looks like a poundshop ME Action. ;-) I could see this being the personal project of one person.
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    Petition, change.org: Define "Melvin Ramsay's Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.)" as own distinct disease from CFS

    the guy who put this together has been quite active on social media recently. he's sort of jumped in, all guns blazing - can post about mold, brain injury, ME, enteroviruses within a few minutes of each other. without being disrespective, he's getting a bit carried away. we could do without...
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    Brain throwing a party before bed - not pleasant

    I'm not sure if it is really. I have actually been on NAC recently. Too short a period to see if it has changed anything. These episodes are sporadic anyway.
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    Brain throwing a party before bed - not pleasant

    No, this sounds pretty similar. I also have tinnitus. Now seven years of no silence :-( . I have no doubt the tinnitus and the vision issues I have, and perhaps these episodes before sleep, are all connected.
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    Low-dose Naltrexone articles and experiences

    glad you've had a good few weeks. I'd agree that you need to give this much longer, given the cycle of worse and better weeks/days that so many of us have. let us know how you get on!
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    Brain throwing a party before bed - not pleasant

    yeah, this sounds like we could be experiencing the same thing although I stress that this was not dreaming as I was fully awake. Too awake, almost. it's like you can't control your train of thought and the associated mind imagery that goes along with it.
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    Brain throwing a party before bed - not pleasant

    I don't know how else to describe this. Maybe it's just what others call 'tired but wired'? This started about a year ago. I would go to bed and once the light was out it became apparent just how frantic everything in my brain was. It's like my brain is bouncing around in my head. There is no...
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    'My horrendous illness leaves me in bed for 20 hours a day' - Hull Daily Mail Mar 2019

    I had to laugh at that poll. I mean, is that the most pointless poll on a page ever, or what?! :banghead:
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    'My horrendous illness leaves me in bed for 20 hours a day' - Hull Daily Mail Mar 2019

    the quality of writing in these local papers is so very poor these days!
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    Australia’s Health Minister Greg Hunt announces $3m for medical research

    I still don't know where the money is going...!
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    Worsening muscle soreness / pain / fatigability

    Hi folks, This could have gone in the Pain and Inflammation sub, but I chose this sub because what I seem to be experiencing is worsening muscles issues which I think are linked to fatiguability. My muscles are just so sore. I am now getting this slight burning pain I associate with...
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    Independent (Ireland), 'It felt like I had a bad virus and a hangover', March 2019, LP in the news again

    First that's an awfully written article with mistakes and repetition of full paragraphs. Looks like he is now an LP practitioner in Canada: https://thrivingtherapies.com/ https://lightningprocess.com/canada/jason-mctiernan/ I honestly don't know what to make of these stories. It frustrates me...
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    Cognitive and behavioural responses to symptoms in adolescents with CFS: A case-control study nested within a cohort, 2019, Loades et al

    I totally despair. She's in it for the papers (and subsequent funding) isn't she. This stuff is not worth the paper it's printed on. It's amazing how much work you can get out of an awful questionnaire.
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    Decreased Expression of the CD57 Molecule in T Lymphocytes of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2019, Espinosa and Urra

    god i hate this. it reminds me of those dark early days around the Lake Tahoe outbreak when the media used to refer to the illness as this. I think it's maybe an Americanism...?
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    Writing about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: What Should Every Student Know?, Joe Blair, Health Thoroughfare, 19.03.2019

    yep, this is one of those content writer jobs that you see on freelancer or upwork.
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    Dr Sarah Myhill on The ME Show (series 2, episode 6)

    Has anyone read the series of three papers she put out (which she talks about in the podcast)? I don't want to judge a book by its cover, but they look very amateurish. The latest news is that they have a new paper ready to submit, and are 'finding an appropriate journal' which is probably by...
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    Dr Sarah Myhill on The ME Show (series 2, episode 6)

    she has a history of engaging in pseudoscience - anti-vax, pro-homeopathy, etc. her little equation ME = CFS + Inflammation just has no scientific credibility.
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    Advice RE claiming UK benefits, paying NI contributions

    This page (https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-people-and-carers/employment-and-support-allowance/before-you-apply-for-esa/eligiblility-for-esa/) states: There are 2 types of ESA - called ‘contribution-based’ and ‘income-related’. You can be eligible for either, or both...
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    Advice RE claiming UK benefits, paying NI contributions

    If that is the case, how come you can claim contribution-based in addition to income-based? How would that work...?
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