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OMF is fundraising to support open, collaborative research to find effective treatments and a cure for ME/CFS, Long COVID, and related diseases.

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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The 2026 Stanford Community Symposium recordings are now on YouTube. Every talk is now online, including Danielle Meadows, PhD, OMF's VP of Research Programs and Operations, on the clinical trial landscape in ME/CFS and Long COVID. ▶️ ow.ly/E7Zk50ZSFZy
Announcement for 2026 Stanford Community Symposium recordings available on YouTube featuring Ronald W. Davis, PhD, and Danielle Meadows, PhD.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👉 Dr. Danielle Meadows, OMF's VP of Research Programs, will walk through the results in a live webinar on October 7 at 3 PM ET. 🔗 Register: ow.ly/qP3P50ZS0Ri 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/LLht50ZS0Rj A recording goes out to everyone who signs up!
Webinar announcement for PEM Deep Dive Survey Results by Dr. Danielle Meadows from Open Medicine Foundation on October 7 at 3 PM ET.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nearly 1,700 of you completed our deep dive survey on post-exertional symptom worsening. In the survey we presented two frameworks: a staged model of post-exertional worsening, and a proposed set of outcome measures for decentralized treatment trials.
Survey results reveal insights from nearly 1,700 participants on post-exertional symptom worsening experiences.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A DSMB is an independent group of medical and scientific experts who watch over a clinical trial while it's happening. They regularly review incoming data to make sure participants aren't being harmed and that the study is running fairly and ethically.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Last day to complete the Understanding Post-Exertional Symptom Worsening in ME/CFS survey. Your responses go directly into CTN Lite trial design — shaping the terminology, outcome measures, and how crashes are defined and measured. 👉 Take the Survey: ow.ly/AVBY50ZPaJM
Open Medicine Foundation announces last day to participate in ME/CFS post-exertional symptom worsening study closing September 18.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
➡️ Subscribe to OMF's newsletter: ow.ly/LjU050ZOLGr When you do, you’ll get the latest on OMF research, announcements & more—delivered straight to your inbox. Your information is kept private, and you can unsubscribe anytime. #pwME #MECFS #LongCOVID #pwLC
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gut dysbiosis is an imbalance in the microorganisms—bacteria, fungi, and viruses—that live in your digestive system. When this “community” is disrupted, it can interfere with digestion, immune function, and even how your brain and body communicate.
Science Wednesdays presentation slide titled 'Gut dysbiosis' with a blue background and an atom icon above the text.OMF's Melbourne ME/CFS Collaboration studies the link between ME/CFS and gut dysbiosis focusing on irritable bowel syndrome effects.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dr. Janet Mullington and her team released a paper on their investigation of sleep electroencephalographic microstructures. The team studied these microstructures in the context of non-restorative sleep and daytime fatigue in #MECFS and #LongCOVID. ow.ly/W6EE50ZNXq5
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New Publication: Facility-Measured Sleep Electroencephalographic Microstructures in Long COVID - Open Medicine Foundation
New research from OMF's Computational Research Center finds measurable differences in sleep EEG microstructures in people with Long COVID and ME/CFS. Join OMF Journal Club on September 29 to go deeper.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🛍️ With iGive, you can shop online at 1,400+ stores, and a percentage of your purchase will go directly to OMF, at no extra cost to you. Fuel #MECFS and #LongCOVID research 👉 ow.ly/VI4Q50ZLyXF.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From Dr. Ronald W. Davis: "I'm excited to announce our lineup of speakers for our upcoming Community Symposium on September 11! It will be recorded for those who cannot attend." Register here: ow.ly/EtaX50ZLXkS
Schedule for Stanford Medicine's ME/CFS Molecular Basis Symposium on September 11, 2026, listing speakers and topics from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Traditional clinical studies require participants to travel to a single site, which is a barrier that leaves many people unable to take part in research. Decentralized studies offer more flexible options for participating in research like local lab visits, home collection kits, or virtual check-ins.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Membrane potential is the difference in voltage between the inside and outside of a membrane (e.g., cell membrane). It’s created by concentration gradients of ions, and it powers a cell's essential functions, like producing energy and sending signals.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How close are we to precision medicine for #MECFS and #LongCOVID? Dr. Chris Armstrong, Director of the Melbourne ME/CFS Collaboration, joins Steve Gardner on the Biology Matters podcast to explain where the science is heading. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KRzKhihl8
Open Medicine Foundation discusses progress in precision medicine for ME/CFS and Long COVID treatments.
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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
5. Watch & share the “Coffee with a Clinician” special about severe ME that @meactnet.bsky.social, @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social, @solveme.bsky.social, & @openmedf.bsky.social aired on August 12th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlfb... #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalumyelitis
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Special Edition: "Coffee" with a Clinician in recognition of Severe ME/CFS Awareness Month
YouTube video by Bateman Horne Center
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just changed profile: now 32 years with #severeME (more than half my life) (ill 37.5 years)☹️ Hope research progress is made soon🙏 Links: - A list of research funds: europeanmecoalition.com/resources-fo... - My story: www.independent.ie/lifestyle/he... #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #PwME #CFS
Tom Kindlon's ME CFS & related page: News, Research and more is feeling sad
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I've just changed my social media profiles: I have now spent 32 years severely affected with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In my case, I have been largely housebound with dozens of debilitating symptoms since the age of 22 (i.e. nearly 60% of my life). [I first became ill at age 16, 37.5 years ago, but was initially less severely affected but was undiagnosed].

I'm one of millions around the world.

We need more public and private money to make research progress soon, the quicker the better: my life and the lives of others are passing by.

For anyone interested, here's a list of ME/CFS research funds: https://europeanmecoalition.com/resources-for-researchers/ . A longer list of research initiatives is here, though some of those are not looking for funds from the public.
https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Category:Research_initiatives

Here's my story as told in the Irish Independent in 2015: 'No one chooses to have ME - everything changed when I became ill' https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/no-one-chooses-to-have-me-everything-changed-when-i-became-ill/a/150853043.html 

#MEcfs #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #millionsmissing #severeME

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M.E. is a career-ending, life-destroying disability.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Irma has lived with ME/CFS for over 70 years. At 86, she's still thinking about the people who come after her. "Even modest contributions, when directed thoughtfully, can help move research and understanding forward." 🔗 Learn how you can support OMF: www.omf.ngo/ways-to-donate
Irma sits beside her husband. Below their photo, a quote reads: "Meaningful impact does not require wealth or status. Even modest contributions, when directed thoughtfully, can help move research and understanding forward."
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A contraindication is a specific reason why a particular treatment, medication, or medical procedure should not be used for a certain person or condition. Think of it as a red flag—a signal that something that helps most people could actually cause harm in a specific situation.
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Stephanie Ko @sinistralscribe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Heads up, people with #MECFS (& caregivers assisting us): @openmedf.bsky.social is working to define different types of post-exertional worsening & ways to measure them, in order to inform future research. Have your say by Sept 18: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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CTN Lite Survey: Understanding Post-Exertional Symptom Worsening in ME/CFS
A Deep-Dive Patient Survey on Crashes, PEM, and What Meaningful Improvement Looks Like Post-exertional symptom worsening (PEM/PESE/PENE) and crashes were the top priority for treatment research ident...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
2026 Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of #MECFS Register here: stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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ME/CFS San Diego @mecfssd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@openmedf.bsky.social CTN Lite PEM Survey: Help shape how PEM, crashes, and post-exertional symptom worsening are defined and measured in CTN Lite trials. Responses go directly into trial design. Anonymous, 20-30 min. Closes Sept 18. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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CTN Lite Survey: Understanding Post-Exertional Symptom Worsening in ME/CFS
A Deep-Dive Patient Survey on Crashes, PEM, and What Meaningful Improvement Looks Like Post-exertional symptom worsening (PEM/PESE/PENE) and crashes were the top priority for treatment research ident...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Give your car new purpose! 🚙 When you donate your car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat to Open Medicine Foundation (OMF), the proceeds from your sale will support #MECFS and #LongCOVID research. 👉 To learn more, visit: ow.ly/feHE50X74vy.
Hand holding a silver car with icons explaining vehicle donation steps: contact, free pick-up, tax receipt, and support for Open Medicine Foundation.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You asked OMF to prioritize post-exertional symptom worsening in CTN Lite trials. We heard you. Your responses will go directly into trial design. This is not background research. (1/2) #pwME #MECFS #MECFSResearch
Cover page of a CTN Lite Survey on post-exertional symptom worsening in ME/CFS patients, focusing on crashes and PEM.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
After 25 years living with ME/CFS, Barbara knows exactly where she wants her support to go. Gifts like Barbara's advance the research that millions of patients are still waiting for. If you're considering supporting OMF, visit our Ways to Donate page 👉 www.omf.ngo/ways-to-donate
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I’ve signed up. I’d encourage others to do so too. #mecfs #longcovid #pwme #cfs
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A case-control study works backward—researchers start with people who already have a disease and compare them to people who don't, looking for clues about what might have caused it.
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Whitney Dafoe @whitneydafoe.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From Nothingness ➡️ Scroll images for text slides ➡️ ———— #mecfs #severemecfs #chronicillness #pwME #LongCovid
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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Haptoglobin Phenotypes Stratify Post-Exertional Cognitive Dysfunction Associated with Altered Cerebral Oxygenation and Metabolic Signatures in Long COVID A. Moreau et al. @openmedf.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🔬Help advance #MECFS and #LongCOVID research by joining OMF’s StudyME, a free global participant registry that connects you with researchers conducting studies in these areas. 👉 Sign up today: ow.ly/5BQZ50Zz5Xm Already part of StudyME? Please share this post so we can reach more people. 💙
StudyME logo above a photograph of three researchers in lab coats examining a specimen, with test tubes and a microscope. URL: http://www.omf.ngo/studyme
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Tomorrow: Five organizations. One conversation. Join #UnitedForME for a special "Coffee" with a Clinician recognizing #SevereMECFSAwareness Month. Aug. 12 | 10 a.m. MDT There’s still time to register: bit.ly/3JCHAFq @openmedf.bsky.social @meactnet.bsky.social @solveme.bsky.social
Coffee with a Clinician flyer for Severe ME/CFS Awareness Month showing six speakers with names and titles.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Preliminary findings using a PET tracer targeting activated astrocytes suggest a potentially revealing neuroinflammatory profile in #ME/CFS, with effects concentrated in the default mode network and possible difficulty switching out of resting networks. Watch full video here: youtu.be/BBIRZvHPc5E
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
For most people with ME/CFS, finding a treatment that works is trial and error. TOTEM is working to change that. Watch the full conversation between Dr. David Fineberg and Dr. Chris Armstrong here: youtu.be/Akp9e3smJHo?si=7x9qHZudbe0…
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Science Wednesdays: Clinically meaningful Clinically meaningful is a term for the real-world impact of a treatment or intervention on a person’s health.
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Five organizations. One conversation. Join us Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. MDT for a special "Coffee" with a Clinician recognizing Severe ME/CFS Awareness Month. Featuring Bateman Horne Center, @openmedf.bsky.social , @solveme.bsky.social , @meactnet.bsky.social  & WIMEL.  Register: bit.ly/3JCHAFq
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🧬Science Wednesdays: Differential expression Differential expression is a way of looking at differences in protein levels (gene expression) between groups.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🧬Science Wednesdays: Subtyping Subtyping is the act of identifying smaller groups within a larger group of people. In the context of disease, subtypes are typically variations of the larger disease (e.g., HER2+ breast cancer is a subtype of breast cancer).
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
As May Momentum comes to a close, we want to leave you with a taste of why our researchers do what they do. Watch the full conversation here: youtu.be/FPhECAf7gz0
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Today at the Invest in ME Conference, Dr. Maureen Hanson — member of OMF's Scientific Advisory Board — presented "Searching for Chronic Infection in ME." Thank you, Dr. Hanson, for the research that moves us closer to answers for the millions living with ME/CFS.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🧬Science Wednesdays: Autonomic nervous system The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary actions in the body like heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and more.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🧬 Science Wednesdays Sensitivity & specificity are terms that describe how good something is at correctly identifying a condition (e.g. people within a population that have a disease). Sensitivity focuses on finding true positives or not missing cases. Specificity focuses on finding true negatives.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Linda Tannenbaum, Founder and CEO of OMF, will deliver the inaugural lecture of Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon’s new Open Lectures series on May 25.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Only one day left to take the CTN Lite survey. We know energy is precious. If you have a few minutes to share your perspective, it goes straight to the researchers working on what comes next. Closes tomorrow: forms.gle/1RAx657KFx9HoaLS9
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CTN Lite Patient & Caregiver Survey: Shaping the Priorities of OMF's Clinical Trials Network
Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) has launched CTN Lite — a new decentralized clinical trials program designed to bring meaningful treatment research directly to patients, faster and more accessibly than traditional trials. This survey asks people living with symptoms of ME/CFS (regardless of trigger) — and caregivers and loved ones who support them — to help shape CTN Lite directly: which symptoms and biological systems to prioritize, which treatment categories matter most, and how to measure what truly improves function and quality of life. We value every response and will carefully consider...
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Suzanne Forbes aka Slurketta @suzanneforbes.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
This took me only a few minutes, about five. Maybe because I spend so much time reflecting on all these questions anyway? That indicates to me they are asking the right questions! Closes tomorrow, so get your voice heard (it's anonymous!)
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🧬 Science Wednesdays: Multi-system chronic complex disease What is a multi-system chronic complex disease? While the term multi-system chronic complex disease is perhaps overwhelming at first, each component is relatively straightforward when you break it down.
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
May 12 marks International ME/CFS Awareness Day. This year we asked our community to share the questions they live with because of #MECFS. Here are some of their responses. Visit www.omf.ngo/maymomentum to join us in raising awareness. #MECFSis #MECFSAwareness
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What are your research priorities? Over 1k patients and caregivers have already shared theirs. The CTN Lite survey closes May 15. Help shape treatment research for ME/CFS. Caregivers can complete on behalf of patients & answers save if you need to take breaks. forms.gle/1RAx657KFx9HoaLS9
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CTN Lite Patient & Caregiver Survey: Shaping the Priorities of OMF's Clinical Trials Network
Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) has launched CTN Lite — a new decentralized clinical trials program designed to bring meaningful treatment research directly to patients, faster and more accessibly than traditional trials. This survey asks people living with symptoms of ME/CFS (regardless of trigger) — and caregivers and loved ones who support them — to help shape CTN Lite directly: which symptoms and biological systems to prioritize, which treatment categories matter most, and how to measure what truly improves function and quality of life. We value every response and will carefully consider...
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Low Energy Lounge @lowenergylounge.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Uncertainty is heavy, but it doesn’t have to be quiet. This May, for ME/CFS Awareness Month, we’re inviting you to share the questions you carry because of this illness. Big or small. Practical or existential. We want to hear yours. #MECFSis @openmedf.bsky.social @lowenergylounge.bsky.social
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under_transformation @trans4m8tion.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#MECFSis living with these and more tools, and overburdened carers - if we are lucky enough to have them. I used to live a full, independent life before catching #covid in 2020 and being diagnosed/accessing some symptomatic treatment in 2022. Thread #MayMomentum @openmedf.bsky.social
My question: Will we have enough funds to find and roll out effective treatments by subgroup?
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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
May is #MECFSAwarenessMonth Together with @openmedf.bsky.social, @meactnet.bsky.social, and @solveme.bsky.social, we’re working to raise awareness and expand understanding of ME/CFS. Add #UnitedForME to your posts and be part of the collective effort this month. #MECFSAwareness #MECFSAwarenessDay
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traceydooley.bsky.social @traceydooley.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
@openmedf.bsky.social is kicking off their #MayMomentum campaign! In recognition of #MECFS Awareness month, this campaign is an effort to increase research funding & awareness. Please support the millions with M.E., #LongCOVID, and related diseases: omf.ngo/maymomentum
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Join the Open Medicine Foundation's May Momentum and be part of a global movement to accelerate research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Discover how you can contribu...
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Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) @openmedf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🧬 Science Wednesdays: Hypoxia Hypoxia is when there isn’t enough oxygen delivered to your body’s tissues. This condition can have negative impacts on a variety of systems, including respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems.
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