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@mmissingaus.bsky.social
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There are #MillionsMissing from their lives due to ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or #MECFS). We're fighting to make their voices heard. Sadly, many ppl with #LongCovid meet #ME diagnostic criteria - adding many more to the ME ranks.

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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New Australian #mecfs paper: "Patients with ME/CFS experience a baseline reduction in lipid metabolism and following exertion. This may indicate a delay in the increase in aerobic metabolism following exertion, indicating (1/2)
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Immediate Plasma Lipid Perturbations Following... : Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great interview with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social about the systemic psychologising & gaslighting of ppl with #mecfs. The situation is painfully similar here in Australia. You can change this by funding biomedical research & GP education @markbutlermp.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=H2rR...
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LBC | Natasha Devon interview with George Monbiot
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From Australia Comparative Analysis of Circulating Cytokines & Adrenergic Autoantibodies in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Postacute Sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2, & Healthy Controls www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/... Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update #LongCovid #POTS
Comparative Analysis of Circulating Cytokines and Adrenergic Autoantibodies in Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, Postacute Sequelae of SARS‐CoV‐2, and Healthy Controls — Seeley et al
"we observed attenuated interleukin-2 with elevated interleukin-8 and TNF-α, while autoantibody activation measures did not reliably discriminate groups." "even subthreshold autonomic abnormalities in PASC were clinically meaningful and may represent evolving or underrecognized autonomic disease."
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Terrific to see @jacktheinsider.bsky.social covering the precarious situation of ppl with #mecfs in Australia, including the possible closure @emergeaustralia.bsky.social's nurse telehealth service due to lack of federal govt funding. @markbutlermp.bsky.social @mon4kooyong.bsky.social
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Excellent article by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social about the medical profession continuing to psychologise, gaslight and neglect #mecfs patients in the UK. Thank you George for bringing ME to the public's attention one more. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Science for ME (S4ME) @s4me.info · 14/09/2026
Total blood volume and red blood cell volume are not associated with orthostatic intolerance in adults with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome — Yamazaki et al #MECFS
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Paula Knight 🎨✒️♿ @paulaknight.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A couple of weeks ago it was my 3000th day bedridden. I drew this to mark the occasion. It's a long time for both illness-haver and carer #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #ChronicIllness #DisabledArtists
A three panel one page comic featuring a white woman in a profiling bed in grey blue watercolour and the words 3,000 days in bed with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis. Other colours are brick red and muted orange
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Anil van der Zee @anilvanderzee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For World Suicide Prevention Day. Adult patients affected by ME are at an increased risk of death by suicide, but as a health care professional you can help instead of harm. #pwme #myalgicE #millionsmissing #severeME #suicidepreventionday www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/...
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Manuel Ruiz-Pablos @manruipa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🔴New article on Mestinon in Long COVID and ME/CFS. Why might it help some patients with dysautonomia, low preload or impaired autonomic compensation, while doing little for others? I also look at GPCR autoantibodies, POTS and alternative treatments. substack.com/@manruipa/no... #LongCOVID #MECFS
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Manuel Ruiz-Pablos (@manruipa)
New article about Mestinon (pyridostigmine) in Long COVID and ME/CFS. I look at why it may make physiological sense in some patients with dysautonomia, low preload or impaired autonomic compensation,...
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FionaMECFS @fioname.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
10 years ago, Australian #mecfs sufferer Alem Matthees became significantly more unwell because he fought to uncover the truth about the highly flawed 'PACE' trial of graded exercise therapy & cognitive behavioural therapy. 1/2
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Clear, concise article about the basics of physiotherapy for #pwME #mecfs, including the importance of avoiding post-exertional malaise: www.csp.org.uk/frontline/ar...
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Do no harm: supporting people with ME/CFS
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#MEAwarenessDay @mon4kooyong.bsky.social @croakeynews.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social @tomkindlon.bsky.social
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
#mecfs #MEAwarenessDay
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New paper from Todd Davenport & colleagues demonstrating the paradoxical effects of exercise on ppl w #mecfs & #LongCovid "ME/CFS and Long COVID both involve a functionally significant bioenergetic failure complicated by inadequate post-exertional recovery ... " link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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ME/CFS and Long COVID Demonstrate Similar Bioenergetic Impairment and Recovery Failure on Two-Day Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing - Clinical & Translational Metabolism
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is common in people with Long COVID, including post-exertional malaise (PEM). The overlapping observation of PEM in pre- and post-COVID form...
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Independent federal MP and former medical specialist Monique Ryan is spearheading a campaign for more medical research funding. If you'd like to support her efforts, fill in the email proforma below. www.moniqueryan.com.au/medical_rese...
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Medical Research Matters
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Based on published research, more than 944,000 Australians may be suffering from #mecfs. That's a big slice out of 27 million people - yet govts have contributed less than $10 million to biomedical research in 25 years. You can change this @markbutlermp.bsky.social www.omf.ngo/estimating-l...
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Estimating Lifetime Prevalence of ME/CFS - Open Medicine Foundation
ME/CFS lifetime prevalence: 1 in 29 people may experience it. OMF drives research to improve care, diagnostics, and treatments.
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Report of yesterday's #mecfs event at Australia's Parliament House. (Don't be misled by the twee headline; the article is quite good.) www.medicalrepublic.com.au/chronic-fati...
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Chronic fatigue over chronic fatigue reform - Medical Republic
A parliament hearing has heard from ME/CFS advocates on where and how healthcare needs to step up to address the under-recognised field.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Clip from yesterday’s BBC South report about the #MECFS Alliance event on the future of #MECFS and #LongCOVID research. Sam, an ME patient, says the government failing to fund further research after the success of DecodeME is “absolutely disgraceful”.
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Att'n: Aussies with or caring for ppl with #mecfs! Parliament is hosting an advocacy day next Tue 10 March to highlight this serious & underfunded disease. It'll only take a minute to send an automated invitation to your local MP & Senators 🔻😊🔻
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Emerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Virtual Support Groups for Carers & Supporters 🌿 Are you supporting someone living with #MECFS or #longcovid? Emerge Australia’s virtual #supportgroups offer a safe space to connect with others. Next groups start April 2026 – zurl.co/wWIT3
Promotional graphic for Emerge Australia showing a person joining a video call on a laptop. Text reads: “New Virtual Support Groups for Carers Coming in 2026” with a “Sign Up” button and the Emerge Australia logo.
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
@davetuller1.bsky.social nails it again. "Her response illustrates what has been a problem in this field for 30+ years—the conflation of chronic fatigue syndrome, as a distinct clinical entity, with the symptom of unexplained or 'idiopathic' chronic fatigue." 1/2 virology.ws/2025/09/25/t...
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Trial By Error: Cochrane CFS Exercise Review "May Not Apply" to Patients Diagnosed with Newer ME/CFS Definitions, Per Lead Author | Virology Blog
By David Tuller, DrPH It’s hard to keep up with everything going on in this field these days. So I missed the fact that Lillebeth Larun, the lead author beh ...
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
New, albeit small, US study. "Impaired skeletal muscle oxygen diffusion (DM ) is a shared mechanism of exercise intolerance in PASC and CFS/ME and may represent a therapeutic target." #mecfs #LongCovid physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.14814...
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Long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis share similar pathophysiologic mechanisms of exercise limitation
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC or “long COVID”) and chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalitis (CFS/ME) share symptoms such as exertional dyspnea. We used exercise oxygen pathway analysis....
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Canadian study re new potential biomarker for #mecfs: translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Haptoglobin phenotypes and structural variants associate with post-exertional malaise and cognitive dysfunction in myalgic encephalomyelitis - Journal of Translational Medicine
Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a chronic, multisystem illness characterized by post-exertional malaise (PEM) and cognitive dysfunction, yet the molecular mechanisms driving these hallmar...
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
New Columbia study re immune system & #mecfs: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Study Reveals Details of Overactive Immune System in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Led by researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with a multicenter team of leading ME/CFS researchers, the new study reveals mo...
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
reverse the long-term debility so many are experiencing. Until then, we could all use a reminder to stop, rest, and pace. It’s especially hard when there are so many things in this life we’d all like & need to do. #ME/CFS #pwME #LongCOVID #PEM #PESE @winstonblick.bsky.social
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
If you have #ME/CFS, no matter how much you want to do activities most people take for granted, exertion can make you far more ill — for days, weeks, months, or longer. Someday, hopefully soon, we’ll be able to explain and treat the biological abnormalities behind post-exertional malaise (PEM) and
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The worst thing about ME/CFS
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Review article re the combined effects of #mecfs & orthostatic intolerance from the University of Melbourne, Australia: translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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Mapping cerebral blood flow in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and orthostatic intolerance: insights from a systematic review - Journal of Translational Medicine
Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex and debilitating condition with a large proportion of patients that experience orthostatic intolerance (OI). This sy...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
ICYMI: OMF's research centers in Uppsala and Melbourne published a study of steroid hormones. The study identified changes in steroid-steroid relationships that indicate there is a dysfunction in HPA axis function and progestogen pathways. 👉 ow.ly/Hh1z50WvrLb
On the left is a photo of Dr. Jonas Bergquist. On the right is a photo of Dr. Chris Armstrong, smiling and dressed in a blue shirt. Text below the images reads: “New publication: Steroid Dynamics in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Case-Control Study using Ultra Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry.”
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
From ME Research UK @meresearchuk.bsky.social : ME Research UK-funded researcher Dr Jarred Younger has recorded a 15 minute explanation of deCodeME's recently published pre-print results. This covers background, method, results, and importance - tinyurl.com/5n6buzpj #MECFS #decodeME
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068 - New results from a (very large) ME/CFS genetics study!
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Pyridostigmine Improves Hand Grip Strength in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome #ME/CFS #Pyridostigmine @scheibenbogen.bsky.social et al. Dr. Scheibenbogen I’d like to know if the patients in this study were also screened for gAChR auto-antibodies and if not, why?
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Frontiers | Pyridostigmine Improves Hand Grip Strength in Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Background: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystemicdisease characterized by exertional intolerance and fatigue which i...
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Stanford Genome Technology Center - Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS med.stanford.edu/sgtc.html stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Screenshot from latest Science for ME weekly update #MEcfs #CFS
Stanford Genome Technology Center - Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME/CFS
Friday, Sept. 5, 8 AM - 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Speakers will "present their findings on ME/CFS, what they believe is the cause of the disease, and how they are working towards a solution."
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
New study re: #mecfs & #LongCovid crossover. Only 37 pwME, but uses ICC to select ME participants. www.cureus.com/articles/396...
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Exploration of Intersections and Divergences of Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Background: Fatigue is the most common symptom of Long COVID (LC), defined by persistent or newly emerging symptoms that develop at least three months after an initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, in the abs...
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Great article by Miriam Tucker about #mecfs, #LongCovid and some other chronic illnesses: where do they belong amongst medical specialities? Includes comments from Antony Komaroff (Harvard) & Braeden Yellman (@BatemanHorne). Even discusses PEM 👏 medscape.com/viewarticle/wh…
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
⬇️⬇️ Huge UK study shows clear genetic links in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #mecfs. Way past time to boost pitiful funding levels for Australian biomedical research @hayleygleeson.bsky.social @jasemurphy.bsky.social @sophiescott2.bsky.social @mon4kooyong.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
CW: Highlights of the 1999 BBC Panorama episode about ME/CFS Dr Michael Prendergast talks about his approach of distracting children from their illness. In a talk at a Scottish Hospital he talked about taking legal action if parents resisted psychiatric treatment.
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Mads @blueforpwme.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The complicity of those involved in a sick system designed to blame not only patients but their parents too. When will it end? Much L💙Ve to Sarah & we say her name: Maeve Boothby O’Neill 🪔🕯️💙✨💙 #SevereME #Blame #Justice #SystemicFailure #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis www.thetimes.com/article/c5de...
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As my daughter died of ME, the state met in secret to blame me
Maeve Boothby O’Neill’s mother had no idea she was being accused in private of causing or fabricating the illness that would take her life aged 27
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Video 1: US #mecfs researcher Jarred Younger summarises @decodemestudy.bsky.social study's initial findings, released last week. youtu.be/clwN51nkZAk?...
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068 - New results from a (very large) ME/CFS genetics study!
YouTube video by Jarred Younger, PhD
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Jenny Meagher @jennmeagher.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Teenagers with severe #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis lie in Australian hospitals for months and years. There is no treatment and nowhere else to go. Young lives truncated by #MECFS. The situation is desperate.
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Authorities considered separating a UK mother from her daughter who was dying of malnutrition due to lack of treatments & systemic mishandling of #mecfs. A painfully similar situation here in Australia. You can change it @markbutlermp.bsky.social @mon4kooyong.bsky.social @racgppresident.bsky.social
Picture of Sarah Boothby at her young daughter's grave. Picture of Maeve before her illness became severe.
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
International #SevereMEDay Friday 8 Aug 📣 We call on the Australian govt @albomp.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social to implement Rec 8 of your #LongCovid Report to boost #mecfs biomedical research funding. Ppl with ME/CFS are being sidelined for decades, for no good reason. You can change this!
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
US #mecfs researcher Jarryd Younger discusses initial findings from his recent brain studies. More evidence of brain inflammation and its huge effects on the body. @hayleygleeson.bsky.social @jasemurphy.bskyyoutu.be @sunsopeningband.bsky.social @davetuller1.bsky.social youtu.be/wuzmYJxM-r0?...
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067 - New results: The ME/CFS brain is inflamed
YouTube video by Jarred Younger, PhD
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EndMalnutritioninME @malnutritionme.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
It is estimated that 25% of people with #ME have severe or very severe ME. This means they are housebound (severe) or bedbound (very severe) and need support with activities of daily living. #SevereMEWeek
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ME Association @meassociation.org.uk · 04/08/2025
1/4 This week in Severe ME Awareness Week, 4th - 10th August 2025 It is estimated that at least 404,000 people in the UK have ME and around 25% of these people may have severe or very severe symptoms for prolonged periods. meassociation.org.uk/me-cfs-severe-… #SevereME #SMEWeek2025
IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a woman with ME lying in bed with an eye mask and headphones on, submitted as part of our Real ME campaign. Heading - Severe ME Awareness Week, 4th - 10th  August 2025IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a woman with ME lying in bed, submitted as part of the Real ME Campaign. Wording - It is estimated that at least 404,000 people in the UK have ME and around 25% of these people may have severe or very severe symptoms for prolonged periods. Severe ME Awareness Week, 4th - 10th  August 2025.IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a woman with ME lying in bed, being spoon fed by a man, submitted as part of the Real ME Campaign. Wording - The severity and intensity of ME symptoms means that people with severe ME can be housebound/bedbound for years often needing 24 hour care to maintain activities of daily living. Severe ME Awareness Week, 4th - 10th  August 2025IMAGE DESCRIPTION: Photo of a man with ME lying in bed with a eye mask on, submitted as part of the Real ME Campaign. Wording - Patients have suffered decades of misunderstanding and misconceptions, which has further compounded the effects of this life changing illness. Severe ME Awareness Week, 4th - 10th  August 2025
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wamesmecfs.bsky.social @wamesmecfs.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Hilda Bastain updates the tale of the Cochrane Collaboration’s controversial refusal to update its review on exercise and ME/CFS, and its continued use by researchers. "Not retiring influential out-of-date reviews is a ticking time bomb." tinyurl.com/bdzb8eua
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Six Months Later: What Their Response on ME/CFS Tells Us About the Cochrane Collaboration - Absolutely Maybe
Six months ago, I wrote a post called “When journal, scientific society, and community values clash.” I recounted the tale of the…
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Learned earlier this evening that the #MECFS Collaborative Research Center at Columbia's funding was restored... it's a huge relief to know that their work will move forward. Congrats to the whole lab! 🧪 #NEISvoid
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#MillionsMissing Aus @mmissingaus.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Great interview excerpt featuring a NZ woman who's a long-term #pwME. Her experience echoes that of ppl with #mecfs worldwide. Even in countries where treatment guidelines have bn updated to disavow graded exercise therapy (US, UK etc), many medical staff remain ignorant. youtu.be/Hxoqd0KCj98?...
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Emerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Join us for #SevereMEDay2025 where we discuss Invisible Lives, Visible Care. Hear from people like Tristan who could benefit immensely from consistent, in-home medical care. Symposium on 8th August at 2pm (AEST). Register here: vist.ly/3zh63
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Just published Steroid dynamics in myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study using ultra performance supercritical fluid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #ME/CFS @openmedf.bsky.social
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Steroid dynamics in myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome: a case-control study using ultra performance supercritical fluid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry - Journal of Translat...
Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a multisystem disorder characterised by unrelenting fatigue, post-exertional malaise, and dysfunction across immune, nervous...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
OMF's research centers in Uppsala and Melbourne published a study of steroid hormones. The study identified changes in steroid-steroid relationships that indicate there is a dysfunction in HPA axis function and progestogen pathways. 👉 Read the paper summary: ow.ly/eiNt50WvrLa
On the left is a photo of Dr. Jonas Bergquist in a lab, wearing a lab coat. On the right is a photo of Dr. Chris Armstrong, smiling and dressed in a blue shirt and blue jacket. Text below the images reads: “New publication: Steroid Dynamics in ME/CFS: A Case-Control Study using Ultra Performance Supercritical Fluid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry.”
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Jon Douglas @atranscendedman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New York and California study of 108 people finds that ME/CFS patients show abnormal immune, metabolic, and mitochondrial responses to exercise, linking post-exertional malaise to chronic inflammation, energy disruption, and gut dysbiosis. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Heightened innate immunity may trigger chronic inflammation, fatigue and post-exertional malaise in ME/CFS
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is characterized by unexplained fatigue, post-exertional malaise (PEM), and cognitive dysfunction. ME/CFS patients often report a prodrome c...
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