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.
The Australian: 600,000 Patients Risk Losing Care Over $220k Grant
An article from The Australian newspaper (republished on the Emerge Australia website).
Association Between Isolated Regional Pain And Subsequent Fibromyalgia Documentation: A Retrospective Text-Mined Cohort Study
A study that aimed to "quantify subsequent fibromyalgia documentation after isolated, localized non-fibromyalgia pain presentations and to describe associated demographic and diagnostic patterns without inferring causality or biological progression."
Miranda Hart On Quietly Managing 'Invisible Pain' As She Reveals Reason For TV Return
Miranda Hart is stepping back into the spotlight after a period of ill health in the new season of The Celebrity Traitors. The 53-year-old comedian, best known for starring in her eponymous sitcom, previously shared her struggle with chronic fatigue after being diagnosed with Lyme disease.
New Pathways Identified To Reduce Pain And Depressive Symptoms Associated With Fibromyalgia
Research led by the Institut and the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau (IR Sant Pau) shows in an animal model that two compounds capable of activating antioxidant defence mechanisms can reduce pain hypersensitivity and depressive-like behaviours associated with fibromyalgia.
HART ON HER SLEEVE Miranda Hart Lifts Lid On Her Battle With Life-Changing Illness As Celebrity Traitors Stars’ Official Portraits Unveiled
UK comedy favourite Miranda Hart revealed that signing for The Celebrity Traitors helped get her life back on track following ill health with ME/CFS.
New Research Shows Music May Rewire How The Brain Feels Pain, Not Just Distract From It
A scientific review of 57 studies finds that music may do more than distract from pain; it might change the way the brain interprets pain signals.
Dissociating Subjective And Objective Cognitive Flexibility In Fibromyalgia Using A Novel Partial-Contingency Reversal Learning Task
A study published in Scientific Reports.
Staffordshire Mum-Of-Five Says 'I Should Be Dead' After Prescription Pill Addiction That Cost Her £6.4k
British Fibromyalgia sufferer Terina Moretto became so hooked on codeine that she turned to a drug dealer.
‘More To Do’ To Improve Healthcare For Women
IT is “amazing” that a women’s health strategy is even needed in 2026, health leaders in Yorkshire have said, amid calls for action to help those “struggling in silence”.
Strictly 2026 Contestant Dame Sarah Storey’s Long-Term Illness: ‘It Was Four Years Of Hell’
BBC program Strictly Come Dancing 2026 contestant Dame Sarah Storey has revealed how overtraining led to chronic fatigue syndrome and “four years of hell with my health”.
Hunter Young (Moodring/PSYCHOFRAME) Reveals Severity Of Ongoing Illness: “I Just Want A Shot At Life”
Hunter Young, vocalist of Moodring and PSYCHO-FRAME, has opened up about the ongoing health struggles that forced him to step away from touring in 2023, revealing that his condition has continued to worsen and that he is now searching for help with his day-to-day care.
I Look Fine, But Dealing With Chronic Illness Is My Full-Time Job
Jennifer McCalla writes: "My illnesses don’t show up on lab tests, nor do they affect my appearance. Some people think this makes them less real, but a few strong supporters keep me going."