In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
Articles represent the views of their authors and not ME/CFS SA. Always seek advice from a registered health practitioner before changing your care plan.
02 August, 2024
COVID-19 And Fibromyalgia: Is There A Connection?
Researchers have theorized that COVID-19 may contribute to developing fibromyalgia or worsening one’s symptoms. But further research is still needed to confirm if there’s a link.
02 August, 2024
Star Concern: Big Brother Legend Sparks Concern After Suffering From ‘Burn Out’ Just Weeks After Wedding
The UK television personality Chanelle Hayes has been open about their health struggles over the years.
01 August, 2024
Neurodivergent Children Are Twice As Likely To Experience Chronic Disabling Fatigue In Adolescence
New research led by Dr. Lisa Quadt, Research Fellow in Psychiatry at BSMS and Dr. Jessica Eccles, Reader in Brain-Body Medicine at BSMS, highlights a significant link between neurodivergence and chronic fatigue. The study found that increased inflammation in childhood, often resulting from heightened stress levels, may be a contributing factor. This supports previous findings that suggest chronic fatigue can be rooted in inflammatory processes.
01 August, 2024
I Had ME And Almost Died – My Doctors Gaslit Me
An inquest has heard how a 27-year-old woman with chronic fatigue syndrome begged her GP for help to stay alive - here, Lucy Rowett tells how she too felt abandoned.
01 August, 2024
There Is No Help – Final Message Of Woman With ME
(Warning: Some people might find this article upsetting.) Edina Slayter-Engelsman lived in Scotland for more than 30 years, but last month the Dutch national returned to the country of her birth to end what she describes as the “unbearable suffering” she had experienced living with severe ME.
31 July, 2024
10 Tips On How To Advocate For A Long COVID Diagnosis (And Treatment)
Four years after the coronavirus pandemic upended our lives, COVID’s staggering long-term toll is coming into focus: Nearly 7 percent of American adults have ever had long COVID, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). (Other studies put the toll much higher, at up to 30 percent1 of anyone who’s had COVID—which is, at this point, most of us). Although many people recover, others have symptoms that last for months or years. Despite how common it is, long COVID continues to baffle many doctors. Some patients see 10 to 20 practitioners before they finally get a diagnosis and meaningful treatment, says Alba Azola, MD, the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Post-Acute COVID-19 Team and an assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
31 July, 2024
Living With Chronic Fatigue
A profile of New Zealand ME/CFS sufferer Anita Maitland.
31 July, 2024
Doctor Urged ME Patient To Stay On Ward - Inquest
A senior doctor pleaded with a woman with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) to remain in hospital months prior to her death, an inquest has heard.
30 July, 2024
Queer Aussie Surfer Going For Gold At Olympics After Overcoming Chronic Illness
Australian pro surfer Tyler Wright is a two-time world champion – but now she’s going for gold at the Olympics. Wright suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome in 2018, telling the media that she thought she was “gonna die”. She missed 14 months of surfing after winning world titles in 2016 and 2017.
30 July, 2024
Jaime Seltzer: ME/CFS ‘Can Be Very Hard For Patients To Understand’
“ME/CFS is myalgic encephalomyelitis chronic fatigue syndrome. It is characterized by this set of symptoms or pathology called post-exertional malaise. In which, when a person overdoes their activity, physically or cognitively, they experience a disproportionate flare of symptoms ... It can be very hard for patients to understand." - Jaime Seltzer.
