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  1. NelliePledge

    United Kingdom: News from BACME - British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS

    https://www.s4me.info/threads/‘the-index-of-me-symptoms-times-’-developing-a-clinical-assessment-toolkit-for-me-cfs.36345/#post-506047 This is the project
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    Catalytic Antibodies May Contribute to Demyelination in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2023, Jensen, Davis et al

    Does it say anywhere that a possible MS diagnosis has been ruled out for the ME/CFS participants ?
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    Monitoring app - Visible - a platform "designed for any invisible illness that benefits from resting and pacing - including ME/CFS & Long Covid."

    I’m finding the apps judgment on my state as shown in the scores and accompanying comments pretty unhelpful eg for 48 hours I’ve had symptoms at my high end and hrv at the lowest point of my range it scored me as 4 you are at a stable baseline….. which is second highest level I think part of...
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    Approved Provider Scheme for ME/CFS clinics? Suggestion for discussion

    One way of doing it could be for the charities to approach other schemes such as the one in the first post to collaborate on an inspection regime. it seems to me if someone can be trained to inspect against brain injury care standards they could also be trained in care standards for severe ME.
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    News from Germany

    Thanks to ME/CFS Research Foundation for signing the open letter
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    News from Austria and Switzerland

    Thanks to WE&ME Foundation for becoming the first Austrian organisation to sign the open letter.
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    New Study: Gargling with Salt Water May Help Prevent Covid Hospitalization

    Not nasal gargling but one of the few helpful things suggested by the Dr when I had laryngitis (undiagnosed ME crash) was to gargle with salt water - boiling water in the kettle dissolving teaspoon of salt letting it cool then throat gargling.
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    News from the Visegrád Countries - Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary

    Thanks to Grupa Wsparcia ME/CFS in Poland for joining our list of signatories to the open letter to Cochrane
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    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    Thanks to Grupa Wsparcia ME/CFS from Poland for being the latest signatory and to @Mike Harley for help.
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    United Kingdom: News from BACME - British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS

    Email feedback on the document to feedback@meassociation.org.uk https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02TcwbQ8jAjzWYHzfjaijnVn2eNzGctn8DmCAaQYQjvZ6PJ4uFWgXDF39G6Hzg4x8jl&id=100064321254767&mibextid=WC7FNe
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    Opinions on payments to participants in research

    Yes if it’s something that requires a time/travel commitment I was interviewed at home for a government research programme and got a £40 voucher it was probably about 90 mins. And pretty demanding cognitively. I think anything less demanding than that such as Decode ME questionnaire and...
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    Monitoring app - Visible - a platform "designed for any invisible illness that benefits from resting and pacing - including ME/CFS & Long Covid."

    I’m using the basic visible I’m struggling a little bit with working out how best to do it when my sleeping pattern is haywire. Sometimes the morning reading is before I’ve had any sleep. My hrv doesn’t seem to be predictive of worsening so far although my resting heart rate is noticeably...
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    United Kingdom: ME Association news

    Update on ME Association letter about Royal College of Psychiatry website no reply but the content has been taken down. Look at this post on Facebook...
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    News from Austria and Switzerland

    Thanks to Schweizerische Gesellschaft für ME & CFS for becoming the latest signatory to the open letter to Cochrane. Thanks to @Mike Harley and @EndME for help identifying organisations and with translation.
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    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    Many thanks to Schweizerische Gesellschaft für ME & CFS for becoming our latest signatory organisation and adding a new country to our list .
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    Petition: S4ME 2023 - Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review

    It’s a good thing for them they are not a public body because mishandling a complaint counts as maladministration and can be referred to the Ombudsman. Clearly despite being largely public funded they don’t aspire to the standards of public service.
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