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Cyber security alert for research, medical and allied communities working on ME or Long Covid

We strongly advise immediate and ongoing action to secure against live cyber security risks to members of the ME and Long Covid (PASC) research, medical and allied communities. We outline the minimum counter measures that we recommend. This is further to cyber security events that are outlined below, which have been reported to cyber crime…Continue readingCyber security alert for research, medical and allied communities working on ME or Long Covid

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DwME Honorary Fellow responds to RCP post

Doctors with M.E. Honorary Fellow, Professor Derek Pheby, has responded to Dr. Nina Muirhead’s article for the Royal College of Physicians, following up her 2019 article. This article comes within Royal College of Physicians initiatives to work with medical specialities to improve care for Long COVID patients. In particular, Dr. Muirhead discusses the recent surge…Continue readingDwME Honorary Fellow responds to RCP post

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Royal College of Physicians and DwME on the ME/CFS interest surge

Doctors with M.E. Director, Dr. Nina Muirhead, has written for the Royal College of Physicians in a follow up to her 2019 article. This article comes within Royal College of Physicians initiatives to work with medical specialities to improve care for Long COVID patients. In particular, Dr. Muirhead discusses the recent surge in clinical interest…Continue readingRoyal College of Physicians and DwME on the ME/CFS interest surge

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DwME joins call for NICE to maintain scientific process

Further to our position statement on the 2021 NICE guideline update, Doctors with M.E. has joined the call for NICE to ensure that unconsulted changes are not injected, as these would avoid scrutiny by the scientific community. DwME considers the 2021 NICE guideline to be a watershed moment in the history of ME/CFS medical care…Continue readingDwME joins call for NICE to maintain scientific process

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Honorary Fellows and DwME leadership cited – medical profession moves towards belief and support

Doctors with M.E. Honorary Fellows and Leadership were quoted extensively in a recent article article about post-viral disease by Christina Frangou. Published in the Guardian, the article has been well received by experts in the field and is entitled“‘I felt betrayed’: how Covid research could help patients living with chronic fatigue syndrome.“ Research into long Covid is…Continue readingHonorary Fellows and DwME leadership cited – medical profession moves towards belief and support

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Statement: Countess of Mar on Doctors with M.E.

In the 25 years that I have been working with people with ME the one wish that unites them all is that they should be listened to and believed. At last, the tide seems to be turning. Real money is being invested in biomedical research here in the UK and in the USA. This is…Continue readingStatement: Countess of Mar on Doctors with M.E.

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Position Statement: 2021 NICE Guideline Update

On the 10th of November 2020, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published its draft updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). NICE has updated its 2007 recommendations on the use of psycho-behavioural treatments for ME/CFS, concluding that Graded Exercise Therapy (GET) should no…Continue readingPosition Statement: 2021 NICE Guideline Update

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Doctors with M.E. : The first international professional association for doctors and experts in the field of post-viral disease is launched

The new Doctors with M.E. website has been launched, continuing the steady rollout of our mission. We were honoured that Hever Castle and Gardens celebrated the upcoming launch of our professional association by illuminating the castle in blue last May. Hever Castle and Gardens is one of the UK’s foremost tourist locations, the home of…Continue readingDoctors with M.E. : The first international professional association for doctors and experts in the field of post-viral disease is launched