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" Taking the dog for a walk is a routine task for most people. But Jessica Rafferty would often have to cut outings short due to crippling pain. She, like one in 10 women, lives with endometriosis - a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows elsewhere inside the body. It...

https://www.livestrong.com/article/13729946-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-exercise/ https://twitter.com/MEAssociation/status/1357696773742034945

https://www.theopennotebook.com/2021/01/26/how-to-report-with-accuracy-and-sensitivity-on-contested-illnesses/

Here's a compilation of some of the biggest media articles about ME from 2020. Let me know if you miss any articles, and I'll add them to the list :) Part 1. January Corriere Della Sera La ballerina senza più forze: "Io, malata di stanchezza cronica. Se mi lavo i capelli, non posso fare...

Merged thread: 'Stock photos are terrible at depicting illness' http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2017/11/stock_photos_are_terrible_at_depicting_mental_and_physical_illness.html They are particularly deplorable for ME... More threads on this topic Psychosocial...

Moderator note: Use this thread to discuss the possibility of an ME/CFS or ME/CFS-like illness following Covid-19. Initial posts have been moved from the Coronavirus - world-wide spread and control thread. (Up to post #840 so far) *************** It's interesting that in the 2003 SARS...

My bolding https://thepolyphony.org/2020/09/29/shame-stigma-and-unexplained-symptoms/

Open access PDF via https://journals.lww.com/nursingmanagement/Citation/9000/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome.99765.aspx

A great Stat news article by David Tuller @dave30th Seeking the causes of post-Covid symptoms, researchers dust off data on college students with mononucleosis From 2014 to 2018, DePaul University psychologist Leonard Jason and colleagues collected personal information and blood samples from...

This thread includes posts from threads on articles in the New Yorker and the Guardian. Any new articles should be posted here. Quote from the New Yorker article: (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/14/susanna-clarkes-fantasy-world-of-interiors?) "She has been given various...

Anxious About ‘Re-Entering’ The World? You’re Not Alone. This Advice Will Make It Easier https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/re-entry-syndrome eta: bit of info; CP is the current president of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology ( ispne.net)

full article https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1324319/parkinsons-disease-symptoms-signs-feet-stiffness-foot-dystonia

More interesting stuff from Goodelf, a two part article on MUS https://opposingmega.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/so-what-if-23-get-worse-2/ Part 1: The PCPCS – a ‘One Door’ Approach to MUS By Goodelf https://opposingmega.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/so-what-if-23-get-worse/ Part 2: One Door, One...

Interesting essay 4,900 words long. full essay here https://aeon.co/essays/the-rest-cure-challenges-cherished-myths-about-a-working-body?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss-feed

https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-keys-understanding-post-covid-syndrome/

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/211 (This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and Very Severely Affected)

full article here https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ehrc-failed-to-consult-its-own-disabled-advisers-before-snubbing-dwp-deaths-probe/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/turning-straw-gold/202007/how-stay-home

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/science-needs-to-look-inward-to-move-forward I thought that the article was unduly positive about some of the attempts to improve things, but found the background on where things are now of interest, eg:

by Giada Da Ros https://www.academia.edu/43500038/_THATS_WHY_THEY_DONT_BELIEVE_YOU_YOU_DONT_LOOK_SICK_CREATING_MEDICAL_CREDIBILITY_AND_PATIENT_VISIBILITY_FOR_ME_CFS_THROUGH_TELEVISION eta: the author Giada Da Ros @Giada_Da_Ros TV critic; President of the CFS/ME Italian Association (and...