UNSW graded exercise therapy trial under investigation after a petition signed by 702 people asked them to halt harmful treatment.
We asked them to stop the trial and they said ‘no’. Australia’s Health Minister responds to our petition asking them to cease graded exercise trial on chronic fatigue syndrome patients at UNSW.
by Christine Hunter Alison became suddenly ill in 1986 with a high fever, brutal headache and a disturbing myriad of
By Sasha Nimmo Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) is trialling an education module for health professionals. The trial
The Australian federal government is spending the ME and CFS research budget on training medical professionals to use cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise therapy on patients in Australia and internationally, despite the fact these therapies show no benefit and may do harm.
ME patients, family, friends, health practitioners and researchers are joining together to bring ME to the attention of government. Melbourne’s MillionsMissing will be on the steps of Parliament House, Spring St, Melbourne, from 1pm to 2pm on Wednesday 12 October 2016.
University of Western Australia studies muscle function in chronic fatigue syndrome (Fukuda).
by Sasha Nimmo Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is estimated to affect between 0.4% and 1% of the population, according to the International Consensus
Queensland scientists looked at patients with moderate and severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (International Consensus Criteria). In the severe ME patients, they found 37 genes were significantly upregulated and 55 genes were significantly downregulated compared with nonfatigued controls. However, there was no difference in expression of protein kinase genes between moderate ME patients and controls.
by Sasha Nimmo Melbourne scientists are testing a combination of mitochondrial supplements on 8 or 9 patients with chronic fatigue
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