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Bateman Horne Center: Educational Web Page on ME/CFS

The Bateman Horne Center (BHC) is an international center of excellence dedicated to advancing the diagnosis and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and other related conditions. Its educational page on ME/CFS features BHC Medical Director and Doctors with M.E. Honorary Fellow Dr. Lucinda Bateman, with videos that take viewers through the…Continue readingBateman Horne Center: Educational Web Page on ME/CFS

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Education ME/CFS Guidelines Research Commentaries

ME/CFS: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management – US Consensus Recommendations

This comprehensive article, co-authored by Doctors With M.E. Honorary Fellows, Dr. Lucinda Bateman and Professor Anthony Komaroff, summarises best clinical practice recommendations for generalist and specialist health care providers treating adults affected by ME/CFS. The article covers epidemiology, prognosis, etiology and pathophysiology, diagnostic approach with new diagnostic criteria, and management of ME/CFS. The clinicians behind…Continue readingME/CFS: Essentials of Diagnosis and Management – US Consensus Recommendations

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Education ME/CFS Guidelines

International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners

The International Consensus Primer (ICP) is a one-stop user-friendly reference that covers aetiology and pathophysiology of ME/CFS, together with guidance regarding personalised assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment for this complex illness. Included within the guide is a comprehensive clinical assessment and diagnostic worksheet, to enable clear and consistent diagnosis of patients, and treatment guidelines, that…Continue readingInternational Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners

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Dysregulation of Energy Metabolism

Dysregulation of the Kennedy Pathway and Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Doctors with M.E. Honorary Fellows, Dr. Lucinda Bateman, Professor Anthony Komaroff and Professor Ian Lipkin continue investigations into ME with co-authorship of newly published research that gives further support to findings of altered metabolomic profiles in ME/CFS patients. The…Continue readingDysregulation of Energy Metabolism

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Compliance, medico-legal considerations and enforceable obligations

Unmanaged post-viral disease liability, risk exposure and rising pandemic exposure (draft) Compliance obligations for professionals, operational and expertise risks in practice management, social care, occupational health intermediation, insurance underwriting, claims management and reinsurance Summary The role of habitualised unlawful clinical judgement and discrimination that leads to elevated probability of evidentiable malpractice is outlined. Obligations and…Continue readingCompliance, medico-legal considerations and enforceable obligations