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ME virus discovery raises hopes

(BBC 09/10/2009)

US scientists say they have made a potential breakthrough in understanding what causes the condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME. Their research in the journal, Science, suggests that a single retrovirus known as XMRV does play a role in ME. They found the virus in 67% of ME patients compared to under 4% of the general population. But experts cautioned that the study did not conclusively prove a link between XMRV and ME.

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ME: Proof that it isn't all in the mind?

(Telegraph 29/05/2009)

Anna's deterioration was rapid and unrelenting. One moment the pretty, young Scandinavian woman was at the peak of youthful vitality. The next, that future was much diminished, her life limited to the environs of her bedroom, and dictated to by the illness that had overwhelmed her. It had started with persistent fatigue, muscle pain, and a growing sensitivity to light after a honeymoon trip to Mexico in the summer of 2006. By December, she was in a wheelchair.

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Mother is charged after ME death

(BBC 16/04/2009)

The mother of a prominent ME sufferer and campaigner has been charged with the attempted murder of her daughter. Lynn Gilderdale, 31, who had suffered from ME for about 17 years, was found dead at her home in Stonegate, near Heathfield, East Sussex, on 4 December. Sussex Police said Kathleen Gilderdale, 54, of Stonegate, had been charged with her daughter's attempted murder between December 2 and 4 December.

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ME pair lose NHS treatment appeal

(BBC 14/03/2009)

Two ME patients have lost a High Court appeal against what they claimed was an "unfair and irrational" approach by the NHS to their condition. The judicial review was brought by Kevin Short, from Norwich, and London-based Douglas Fraser. They argued the NHS was wrong to place so much emphasis on psychological rather than medical therapies.

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Class shows laughter is the best medicine

(The Scotsman 17/01/2009)

A CLASS in laughter has been trialled in Edinburgh to help people with ME. The Thistle Foundation tested the event recently with the help of Capital organisation Edmesh. Member Emma Gillon, who went on the course, said: "The instructor made us laugh by helping us to laugh, in the kindest possible way, at one another.

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I know that ME exists ... I suffer from it twice a year, says G4 star Jonathan Ansell

(Daily Mail 27/12/2008)

After being struck down by glandular fever as a student, singer Jonathan Ansell has suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME. He tells MoS how he has been able to resume a normal life.

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'I had three years of nothingness of hell'

(Telegraph 10/12/2008)

ME Sufferer, Emily Collingridge has been bedridden for 3 years and ill for as long as she can remember. At 27, she is in nappies, totally dependent on her mother and is fed mainly through a peg in her stomach. She looks at the door of her darkened bedroom in Dulwich, south London, wondering if she will ever be able to walk out of it - or even towards it.

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Time to wake up to fact that ME is not just a state of mind

(The Scotsman 02/09/2008)

IT came as no surprise that a leaked health service report revealed that ME is a condition that has been neglected for years and the treatment of it is in radical need of a

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