Lots of Newspapers Covering ME/CFS Today

[Valentijn]

I have read the articles from the major US sources, and all spoke of CFS like a serious physical disease. It was all in the context of the XMRV studies coming up negative, but they only quoted "real" ME/CFS docs and researchers, so barely a breath of psychological mumbo-jumbo anywhere.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/health/research/23fatigue.html has one, also covered by TIME, USA Today, CBS, FOX, Wall Street Journal (a blog), Reuters, The Washington Post, and even our good friends at the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15017660

I wish it was better news re-XMRV, but at least there's articles at all the major news sources now that don't even consider the possibility that ME/CFS is a psychological problem that's cured by CBT/GET.

Progress!

 

[Enid]

Progress indeed - thanks for the links Valentijn. Serious research and findings at least being used by some of the media now.

 

[eric_s]

Yes, that's good to hear

 

[Battery Muncher]

Yep, attitudes are beginning to change. Hopeful stuff.

 

[heapsreal]

although xmrv is falling out of favour, i dont think scientists can ignore the immune abnormalities found in cfs, so its a matter of finding the cause of these dysfunctions.

 

[maddietod]

Val, do you have a link to an article in the Washington Post (my local paper)? I searched and couldn't find one.

 

[Valentijn]

Val, do you have a link to an article in the Washington Post (my local paper)? I searched and couldn't find one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...gue-syndrome/2011/09/22/gIQA5cRIoK_story.html
and
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-new-research/2011/09/21/gIQAJXSenK_blog.html

 

[RustyJ]

Hi Val. Good observation. A suggestion - could you change thread title? I have been avoiding all the negative press and thought this was another negative one. Maybe to "There's good news in lots of ...." The more that read these sorts of threads the better.

 

[Valentijn]

I think I've tried changing a thread title before, and failed utterly

 

[Gemini]

I have read the articles from the major US sources, and all spoke of CFS like a serious physical disease...Progress!

Val,

Thanks for lisitng all the major articles. In the New York area
Amy Marcus' article also apeared in the print version of the
Wall Street Journal on September 23--

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904563904576586911675053954.html?KEYWORDS=XMRV

May need to be a subscriber to read.

 

[RustyJ]

I think I've tried changing a thread title before, and failed utterly

Hi Val, I think if you click Edit Post, then Go Advanced, you will find the thread title can be edited.

 

[SickOfSickness]

The title is neutral.

Thanks for starting this thread.