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  1. Sly Saint

    Prevalence of Fibromyalgia and [CFS] among Individuals with [IBS]: An Analysis of US National Inpatient Sample Database 2023 Tarar et al

    Prevalence of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome among Individuals with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Analysis of United States National Inpatient Sample Database Abstract: Background and Aim: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder associated with other...
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    Preprint Healthcare system barriers impacting the care of Canadians with myalgic encephalomyelitis: a scoping review 2023,Hussein et al

    Abstract Background: Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS) is a debilitating, complex, multi-system illness. Developing a comprehensive understanding of the multiple and interconnected barriers to optimal care will help advance strategies and care...
  3. Sly Saint

    Closed UK: DecodeME updates, was recruitment thread.

    Major study hopes to tackle ME stigma Storm Newton, Health Reporter Major study hopes to tackle ME stigma (yahoo.com)
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    United Kingdom News (including UK wide, England, NI and Wales - see separate thread for news from Scotland)

    'This blog by Dr Nick Wilkinson, RCPCH Officer for Wales, explores the concept of the missing middle.' The missing middle - who are they and why do they matter? | RCPCH
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    RNZCGP GoodFellow Unit MedCases CPD Sept 2023: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

    Information on ME/CFS for GPs in New Zealand – Definitely not recommended. September 21, 2023 Information on ME/CFS for GPs in New Zealand - Definitely not recommended. - The ME Association
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    BMJ — Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed by an illness they caught while doing their jobs

    “GPs are at their wit’s end with what’s happening to them because they have these patients that they’re desperately worried about that they can’t do anything with because nobody will see them. No one will accept their referrals.” I noticed on some of the ME/CFS clinics that they were not taking...
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    UK: Disability benefits (UC, ESA and PIP) - news and updates 2023 (including government plans to scrap the work capability assessment)

    Inhumane disability benefits assessments need reforms Inhumane disability benefits assessments need reforms but not the way Tories think (msn.com)
  8. Sly Saint

    Article in Verywell:Treating Post-Exertional Malaise in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    updated on 22 Mar 2022 I haven't checked to see what might have changed. overall their main pages on ME/CFS (although it only has chronic fatigue syndrome in the heading) are not bad. https://www.verywellhealth.com/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-symptoms-716110
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    United Kingdom: ME Research UK (MERUK) News

    Merged thread - see also post #33 above. https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/daphne-jackson-fellowship/51264608
  10. Sly Saint

    BMJ — Long covid: the doctors’ lives destroyed by an illness they caught while doing their jobs

    "This is when nothing works. My brain stops working, my mouth stops working, I’ll be mid-sentence and not know where I’m going with it. I’ll be unable to get out of a chair to go to bed because I don’t have the energy to stand up. It’s like your legs are empty.” 'extreme tiredness'(?)
  11. Sly Saint

    UK: Harrogate and District NHS: Living with Pain and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service

    Living with Pain and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service - Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (hdft.nhs.uk)
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    United Kingdom: Cornwall ME/CFS services

    This leaflet Clinical health psychology in the management of CFS/ME Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME Service (linked to on their website) revised 06/2020 Review due 06/2023 A4 leaflet (cornwall.nhs.uk) (this one also due for review 06/2023 A4 leaflet (cornwall.nhs.uk)
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    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    How will you be letting Cochrane know that all these people have signed since the letter has been sent?
  14. Sly Saint

    Lightning Process study in Norway - Given Ethics Approval February 2022

    how many LP practitioners does it take to change a lightbulb? Only one, but the lightbulb has to really want to change.
  15. Sly Saint

    Cambridge ME protest calls for better medical training across UK

    This is the major problem with the main NHS England site. Cambridge and Peterboroughs site is actually not bad, and much better than the main NHS site; https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/service-detail/service/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs-70/ maybe if the charities could...
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    News from Cochrane

    https://events.cochrane.org/colloquium-2023 https://events.cochrane.org/colloquium-2023/schedule some interesting workshops Details of the workshops can be found here (see link to pdf) Abstracts accepted for the 27th Cochrane Colloquium, London, UK. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews...
  17. Sly Saint

    Annie Hoppers Dynamic Neural Retraining System

    From their website The Science Behind The DNRS Program https://retrainingthebrain.com/understanding-the-science/ Brea: Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Disorder, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, FM...
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    Petition: Save Karen Gordon from Dying of Malnutrition and Dehydration due to NHS Failings

    The NHS service prioritisation is a mystery to me. I knew an elderly lady in her 90's who was fitted with a G-tube (due to swallowing problems) and provided with all the equipment and regular 'food' and replacement tube supplies etc for years at her home all for free and without any kind of proviso.
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    "7 Challenging Daily Decisions When You Live With Chronic Illness"

    For me 'showering' is important for my well-being. I feel awful if I feel dirty or smelly. I like feeling clean. Rather than messing about with wet wipes etc I find it just as 'easy' to step into the bath, sit down, soap my bits and then rinse off with the hand held shower attachment. Quick dry...
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