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People with ME invited to take part in major genetic study

People who have been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) are being invited to take part in the world’s largest genetic study of the disease. The study, named DecodeME and led by researchers at Edinburgh University’s MRC Human Genetics Unit,...

12 Sept 2022 at 09:08

Study offers clues about the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome post infection

Researchers have found differences in the brains and immune systems of people who have chronic fatigue syndrome after an infection. According to the researchers, the findings, for the first time, suggest a link between specific abnormalities or ...

21 Feb 2024 at 13:36

Gut bacteria imbalance ‘linked to chronic fatigue syndrome’

Patients recently diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome have reduced levels of certain types of gut bacteria that support digestive health, research suggests. Scientists in the US have also found that patients living with the condition, also ...

08 Feb 2023 at 16:00

Health

Woman told exhaustion was just ‘A-level stress’ overcomes debilitating diagnosis to become acclaimed wheelchair dancer

A woman of 18 told by doctors that her constant exhaustion was likely depression and A-level exam stress, was diagnosed with a debilitating chronic illness which means she uses a wheelchair, but has overcome her adversity to become an ...

21 Nov 2023 at 07:00

‘Shortcomings’ identified in chronic fatigue syndrome guidance

Health guidance which discouraged exercise among most people with chronic fatigue syndrome is flawed and could mean that patients are missing out on “helpful treatments”, academics have suggested. Researchers say they have identified ...

11 Jul 2023 at 12:22

Jonathan Ross reveals his daughter’s fibromyalgia is ‘getting slowly better’

Jonathan Ross said his daughter’s fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is “getting slowly better” as he opened up about her diagnosis. The ITV chat show host, 62, added that Betty still “cannot walk far” after being diagnosed with FMS, a ...

30 Dec 2022 at 17:58

Ireland

Man takes on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way to raise awareness and funding for ME

A Co Antrim man is set to complete a marathon walk around Ireland’s wildest coastline to raise money and awareness of ME following the death of his brother. Josh Colligan from Carrickfergus died at the age of 29 last August ...

09 Jul 2024 at 15:35

Woman with ME asked GP for help with feeding, inquest hears

A young woman with chronic fatigue syndrome begged her GP for help just months before she died, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding, as she was hungry. The ...

22 Jul 2024 at 16:19

Inquest told of shortage of specialist beds for ME patients

There is a severe shortage of specialist hospital wards to treat patients with chronic fatigue syndrome as well as a lack of research into the disease, an inquest into the death of a sufferer has heard. Maeve ...

23 Jul 2024 at 15:56

Doctors did ‘very best’ for young woman suffering with ME, inquest hears

Doctors treating a young woman suffering from severe chronic fatigue syndrome did all they could to save her life, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, died at home in Exeter in October 2021 having ...

25 Jul 2024 at 16:31

Doctors held ‘outdated’ views about ME, inquest into sufferer’s death hears

A hospital treating a young woman suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome was warned a month before she died about the “dogma” and “outdated” views some doctors held about the debilitating condition, an ...

24 Jul 2024 at 17:12

Doctor asked ME sufferer to remain in hospital, inquest hears

A senior doctor pleaded with a young woman suffering from severe chronic fatigue syndrome to remain in hospital rather than go home, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had suffered with ...

26 Jul 2024 at 15:37

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