
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.
19 November, 2024
Paisley Dad Sheds Three Stone After Being Unable To Keep Up With Children
Stuart Bain suffers from chronic fatigue and hypoglycaemia and found himself in a position where he was "fat, unfit and struggling with anxiety" before his dramatic transformation.
19 November, 2024
Galashiels Teacher's Story Released For Book Week Scotland
A NEW book featuring Scottish writers, including a Galashiels school teacher, will be available for Book Week Scotland. Mrs Scott's story, ‘From Cat to Train,’ tells of her struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome set against the backdrop of the construction of the Borders Railway line in 2014.
18 November, 2024
Many Cats Studios Appoints Second Impact Cohort To Champion Disabled Gaming Professionals
Many Cats Studios has announced the cohort for its second Impact campaign, an initiative dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the talents of disabled and neurodivergent UK-based games industry professionals. "Bringing representation across disability and neurodiversity conditions," this year's cohort includes industry professionals bringing representation of visual impairment, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), audio processing issues, autism and ADHD, and Type 1 diabetes.
18 November, 2024
Health Care Database Analysis Highlights Lingering Symptoms Long After COVID-19 Infection
A new international study has shed light on the significant burden of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms across North America, Europe and Asia.
18 November, 2024
Survey: Over 90 Percent Of State-Registered Patients Report Cannabis Relieves Their Anxiety, Depression, Chronic Pain
Patients enrolled in Florida’s medical cannabis access program overwhelmingly report obtaining therapeutic benefits from marijuana products, according to survey data published in the journal Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids.
17 November, 2024
A Long Look At Long Covid (And Other Mysteries) (In the article: "Threats to children from anti-vax views, Plan B with higher BMI, a dim view of tech bans for teen mental health")
Ever since long Covid emerged in the pandemic’s first year, people suffering from other post-infection syndromes have been clamoring for serious attention to their illnesses, too, rather than the skepticism and stigma that have so often greeted myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), long-term Lyme disease, or other unexplained conditions.
17 November, 2024
Many Long COVID Patients Adjust To Slim Recovery Odds As World Moves On
There are certain phrases that Wachuka Gichohi finds difficult to hear after enduring four years of living with long COVID, marked by debilitating fatigue, pain, panic attacks and other symptoms so severe she feared she would die overnight. Among them are normally innocuous statements such as, "Feel better soon" or "Wishing you a quick recovery," the Kenyan businesswoman said, shaking her head. Gichohi, 41, knows such phrases are well-intentioned. "I think you have to accept, for me, it’s not going to happen."
17 November, 2024
The Impact Of Intramuscular Depot Betamethasone Injection (Diprospan) On Patients With Fibromyalgia And Normal C-Reactive Protein Levels
Intramuscular depot betamethasone treatment had resulted in a significant improvement among fibromyalgia patients with elevated C-reactive protein (C-RP) levels. Here, we wanted to evaluate the same regimen of treatment among fibromyalgia patients with normal C-RP levels. These patients represent the overwhelming majority of fibromyalgia patients.
16 November, 2024
Don't Call It Hysteria: How Women Can Fight Sexist MDs And "Medical Gaslighting"
For centuries, doctors have taken women's diseases less seriously, saying they were psychological or made up. But now, social media is helping these women report their misdiagnoses and confront an unjust system.
16 November, 2024
8 Dimensions Of Disability
These key characteristics shape the experiences of people with disabilities.