Important article showing oxidative stress in patients, which has potential effects that are being explored, like oxidizing a number of metabolites that could cause symptoms. Oxidative stress is a shared characteristic of ME/CFS and Long COVID | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

🌟A positive step forward! 👉A platform to test efficiently & simultaneously multiple different therapies 🔸Funding is £200K over 18m 🔸Open until 2 December 🔸NIHRIO have already done a rapid horizon scac (report included). 🖇️ tinyurl.com/m2akv6rm.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rae Yeung, a world-leading expert in childhood inflammatory diseases The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Temerty Medicine, has been appointed the new Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis. canada.ca/en/institutes-…

No, not all Long COVID is ME but nothing about ME minimises Long COVID—it’s one of the worst outcomes of a COVID infection. If you’re reading this and you’re worried it is, maybe you should advocate for ME more so it stops being minimised by people attached to outdated evil.

Have you applied for one of our New Frontier grants yet? You still have time! icancme.ca/research/fundi…

Our ICanCME New Frontier grants are an opportunity to contribute to the field of ME research, but are also an opportunity to form new connections, collaborate on new ideas, learn about patient partnership, address gaps in research, etc. Please consider applying.

A fascinating new study by Vishnu Shankar et al. Stanford Immunology shows that oxidative stress is a shared characteristic of ME/CFS and Long COVID in lymphocytes due to inability to clear reactive oxygen species. This happens in sex-specific manner. (1/) pnas.org/doi/abs/10.107…

If you are ever thinking about getting a mobility aid, it's time for you to get one. There's no such thing as "being disabled enough" to need one. If you're thinking about getting one, you're already disabled enough to need one. Healthy people don't think about this.

We desperately need a revolution, in our ME research and advocacy spaces. We need a 0% tolerance policy for egos, outdated knowledge and understanding, and the spreading of harmful information. We cannot move the needle forward otherwise.

Covid has caused an increase in patients with Dysautonomia, a condition which destroyed my quality of life Yet at Dysautonomia International’s big fundraiser, there was no mask requirement Worse, they’re publicly stating masks don’t work & quoting the debunked Cochrane study

Viral infections can play a role in many neuropsychiatric diseases. This new study shows patients with #schizophrenia or #bipolar disorder were up to 7 times more likely to have hepatitis C virus in the choroid plexus of the brain than healthy controls. nature.com/articles/s4139….

I’ve just learned that Bridget has passed and I’m heartbroken to see another among us lose their life to this illness. Rest in peace Bridget. 💔 These illnesses are deadly. We need to stop pretending they are not. And when someone says this 👇, we need to believe them.

Bridget Denise Jhanne Elmear Jana Sharon David Klara Lena Loes Lauren Céline Kara Jane Andrea Daniela Melanie Lisa Maeve And so many more 💙 #MEKills

ME Delivery Plan is out & #pwME are let down again. "Exploration of a specialised service for very severe ME” and Ashley Dalton... After three years of research and consultation, you have to wonder how much further exploration is needed" thetimes.com/article/e4a603…

The Final Delivery Plan for ME/CFS has been released today. The full report was shared with some organisations and media outlets late yesterday. We’re waiting for it to go online. A short 🧵with some thoughts… (1/)

A glimpse into the horror of life in G@-za. Please speak up, sign a petition, donate, protest and bear witness to the geno¢¡de.

Beyond brain fog: #COVID19 can leave lasting effects on the brain. Honored to be invited to write this Editorial for the Journal of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. It relates to Prof. Akiko Iwasaki team's recent review. You can read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pc…

A new study by Moriah Thomason et.al. finds that babies whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy are at increased risk of developmental delays. Cognitive, communication, and motor delays were linked to changes in cytokines and chemokines found in umbilical cord

U know going to that American point means your death. But you still go, because when you have children to feed, there’s no other option.” Palestinian women in Gaza are made of something different. Standing before their courage, I shrink in awe.

Mira is my daughter's age. 💔 People in G@za are being cruelly starv3d by Isr@e/, with children suffering the most. Please donate, sign a petition, protest, speak up and demand our governments act to end the gen0¢ide.