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Charley Starts Fresh Chapter With First Bookshop
A NEW independent bookshop is set to open in Swadlincote this weekend after its owner, who lives with blood cancer and fibromyalgia, decided to turn her lifelong dream into reality.
Miranda Hart's Shocking Doctor Dismissal Before Chronic Illness Diagnosis
If you’re constantly battling lingering flu-type symptoms and a level of tiredness that won’t lift, it could point to the same condition Miranda Hart has - something she was told was just stress. The comedian, who is due to appear in this year’s Celebrity Traitors UK, previously revealed she was diagnosed with Lyme disease, which later developed into ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
Trial By Error: Journal Of Psychosomatic Research Publishes First-Person Account Of “Cure” With The Lightning Process
An article by US journalist and ME/CFS advocate David Tuller, DrPH.
'Panic' As Pensioners Stuck In West Bridgford Flats After Lifts Broke Down
June Hamer, who is 81 and suffers with Fibromyalgia, said she felt 'isolated' and panicked.
Caregiver Burden And Quality Of Life Among Informal Caregivers Of Patients With Fibromyalgia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
This multicenter cross-sectional study assessed caregiver burden, quality of life (QoL), and associated factors among informal unpaid family caregivers of patients with FM recruited consecutively from two rheumatology centers between November 2025 and March 2026.
2026 Community Symposium On The Molecular Basis Of ME/CFS
Videos of the Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS September 11, 2026, hosted by Stanford University and Ron Davis.
Lupus Patients With Stubborn Symptoms May Resemble ME/CFS, New Framework Suggests
A new commentary published in the Journal of Translational Medicine argues that persistent symptom burden in lupus may not be a residual echo of inflammation at all, but the signature of a biologically distinct subgroup of patients whose illness shares striking mechanistic features with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, commonly abbreviated as ME/CFS.
Training The Next Generation Of Researchers Through The 2026 RSL REU Program
This summer in the US, students from across the country came to Stanford to participate in the Radiological Sciences Laboratory Research Experience for Undergraduates (RSL REU) program. One student is Cyrus Silva Rezvani, who is investigating the question: "What happens in the brain when someone is living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?"
Blood Volume Deficits Fail To Explain Orthostatic Intolerance In ME/CFS Patients
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai measured blood volumes quantitatively in adults with ME/CFS and then, in the same individuals, performed a standardized orthostatic stress test.
Trial By Error: Blistering New Monbiot Column On ME/CFS Mistreatment, Neglect
An article by US journalist and ME/CFS advocate David Tuller, DrPH.
Overlapping Post-COVID Conditions: A Case Of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis And Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Triggered By Sequential Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) And Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infections
This report presents the case of a patient who developed ME/CFS and POTS following SARS-CoV-2 infection, with a prior history of EBV mononucleosis, and discusses the diagnostic, therapeutic, and pathophysiological implications.
LBC | Natasha Devon interview with George Monbiot
George Monbiot speaks to Natasha Devon on LBC about the decades of neglect, dismissal and mistreatment of people with ME/CFS.