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  1. Pyrrhus

    Dialogues for a Neglected Illness

    Dialogues for a Neglected Illness is an amazing set of videos raising awareness about different aspects of ME. The first video provides an introduction to ME: https://www.dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/introduction/
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  2. Pyrrhus

    Reductions in Cerebral Blood Flow Can Be Provoked by Sitting in Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis... (Van Campen et al. 2020)

    A new publication from Van Campen, Rowe, and Visser on the effect of sitting up in severe ME: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/394 Earlier this year they published a similar study on the effect of tilting the head in severe ME...
  3. ericaverr

    New Non-Profit Helps Severely Ill Patients Pay Their Bills - Please read!

    Please donate to the American ME and CFS Society's (AMMES) spring fundraiser for severely ill patients who cannot pay their bills. Read Cort Johnson's blog about AMMES here: https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2019/05/23/saving-lives-verillo-financial-crisis-fund-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ From...