In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
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15 April, 2024
Family Push For Daughter's Removal From Lancashire Hospital
A UK mother who is campaigning to have her daughter removed from hospital and taken home has said seeing her "in pain every day" has been "heartbreaking". Millie McAinsh, 18, was taken to Royal Lancaster Infirmary in January as she could not eat due to what her family said was severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Mother Lucy Montgomery said she wanted her daughter to be cared for at home.
14 April, 2024
ME/CFS Progression In Focus With $438,000 Grant
A Griffith University research team has successfully applied for a $438,000 ME Research UK grant to track the progression of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The study will use an ultra-high field 7 Tesla (7T) MRI to capture a clearer depiction of brain regions and detect subtle brain changes in ME/CFS patients.
14 April, 2024
Patients With Fibromyalgia Scored Worse In Memory, Attention, Cognitive Function
A cross-sectional study demonstrated significant impairments in attention, memory, and higher cognitive functions among a cohort of patients with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a study published in Psychology Research and Behavior Management.
14 April, 2024
Long COVID: Sufferers Can Take Heart
Millions worldwide experience post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC or long COVID), according to the World Health Organization (WHO), European Union and the UK and US governments. Long COVID symptoms >12 weeks after the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection affecting 2–20% of patients with mild and severe acute COVID-19 are endemic in every jurisdiction with a competent health reporting system. Although the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other health agencies in Australia do not survey the prevalence of long COVID, it is estimated that it affects hundreds of thousands, presaging a parliamentary inquiry into long COVID and repeated SARS-CoV-2 infection, which reported to Federal Government in April 2023. The 566 submissions to the Inquiry, including those from states, territories, professional bodies and the public, largely concur with the view that long COVID presents health management and sociological challenges to Australian society (conspicuously, the Queensland Government has a somewhat different perspective, attributing long COVID to a predominantly nocebo effect). Furthermore, the submissions recognise significant wellbeing and financial challenges to individuals with long COVID.
13 April, 2024
New Zealand Invention Helps Student With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
After being bedridden for months with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), a university student has found a treatment that’s given her life back. Josie Collins was diagnosed with CFS three years ago after becoming ill with glandular fever. Approximately 45,000 people in New Zealand have been diagnosed with CFS, and researchers have found a strong link between long covid and CFS. Collins was bedridden for three months until she started FLOWpresso, a treatment designed to support the body’s lymphatic system.
13 April, 2024
Long COVID Subtypes Linked To Overlapping Inflammation-Related Blood Protein Shifts
A large international team led by investigators in the UK has uncovered blood-based inflammation patterns that overlap between, and distinguish, different forms of long COVID involving fatigue, cognitive, anxiety/depression, cardiorespiratory, and/or gastrointestinal features.
13 April, 2024
Failure To Define Long COVID Will Impede Research Progress
Surveys that assess symptoms for long Covid have been inadequate for developing a case definition for the illness.
12 April, 2024
Long Covid Blood Clues Could Prompt Future Trials
People with long Covid have evidence of continuing inflammation in their blood, which could help understanding of the condition and how it may be treated, a UK study suggests.
12 April, 2024
Parent’s Toxic Chemical Exposure Linked To Autism In Offspring
Exposure to chemical toxicants, molds, and algae contributes to autism and attention disorders in children, according to research that bolsters earlier findings. The exposures may be most relevant, not in the children, but one generation back—in the parents. The study, “Assessing Chemical Intolerance in Parents Predicts the Risk of Autism and ADHD in Their Children,” was published in the March issue of the Journal of Xenobiotics.
12 April, 2024
'I Can't Walk, Talk Or Eat - Doctors Don't Believe What's Wrong With Me And I Think I'm Going To Die'
Millie McAinsh, an 18 year old girl who is hospitalised and unable to walk, talk or eat has been left in a state of constant fear, as she believes she may die soon due to doctors failing to acknowledge her condition - severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
