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Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome
Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome
Large study suggests people’s genetics could ‘tip the balance’ on whether they would develop the illness
Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating illness that has been neglected and dismissed for decades by many in the medical community.
Early findings from the world’s largest study into the genetics of the condition pinpointed eight regions of the human genome that were substantially different in people with an ME/CFS diagnosis compared to those without the illness. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome
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(1/2) Key genetic differences found in people with ME/CFS > Swipe to find out more.
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
(1/2) Key genetic differences found in people with ME/CFS > Swipe to find out more.
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
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The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
Another record year for the Green Party 👏
859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales
Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
859 Councillors on 170 Councils in England & Wales
Now join us to keep Greens growing and to take the fight to Reform join.greenparty.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
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May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose | Jennifer Brea
YouTube video by TED
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
May is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) Awareness Month.
You can help by liking and/or sharing this video. This 2017 TED talk features Jennifer Brea
youtu.be/Fb3yp4uJhq0
#MEcfs #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
Day #1
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World’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
World’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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That this piece has been the most viewed on the whole Guardian site suggests many people are shocked at Labour’s plans when they know the suffering they will cause. Most coldness and cruelty disintegrates once the public knows the facts and not the Daily Mail version.
“I can’t sleep, I’m so scared.”
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My report in tomorrow’s Guardian on the disability benefit cuts “domino effect”: losing PIP will see unpaid carers lose their benefits too - pulling away two main strands of a family’s income at once. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘I can’t sleep, I’m so scared’: disabled people face benefit cuts domino effect
Three people tell how knock-on impact of losing Pip on carer’s allowance and other benefits will affect their families
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
That this piece has been the most viewed on the whole Guardian site suggests many people are shocked at Labour’s plans when they know the suffering they will cause. Most coldness and cruelty disintegrates once the public knows the facts and not the Daily Mail version.
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“No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship”
Absolutely right @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Absolutely right @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall's speech today laid out plans to cut disability and sickness benefits by billions.
❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4
❌ No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship. 1/4
Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off
March 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“No truly moral choice would leave disabled people without support designed to allow them to lead a dignified life, or facing hardship”
Absolutely right @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Absolutely right @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
weownit.org.uk
December 8, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
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For some reason medicine seems to have conveniently forgotten why GET is no longer recommended.
It was tried for decades and it didn’t work. Many people became much worse, permanently.
This isn’t some benign treatment it’s genuinely dangerous for pwME/LC
www.scotsman.com/health/me-ch...
It was tried for decades and it didn’t work. Many people became much worse, permanently.
This isn’t some benign treatment it’s genuinely dangerous for pwME/LC
www.scotsman.com/health/me-ch...
'My daughter has ME, she went into appointments walking and came out in a wheelchair'
There are an estimated 1.3 million people in the UK with ME 🏥
www.scotsman.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:31 PM
For some reason medicine seems to have conveniently forgotten why GET is no longer recommended.
It was tried for decades and it didn’t work. Many people became much worse, permanently.
This isn’t some benign treatment it’s genuinely dangerous for pwME/LC
www.scotsman.com/health/me-ch...
It was tried for decades and it didn’t work. Many people became much worse, permanently.
This isn’t some benign treatment it’s genuinely dangerous for pwME/LC
www.scotsman.com/health/me-ch...
Images of trees, from a recent visit to Charlecote Park. Each has a story to tell, I could spend hours searching for each chapter.
#gardening #nationaltrust #horticulture #trees
#gardening #nationaltrust #horticulture #trees
November 11, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Images of trees, from a recent visit to Charlecote Park. Each has a story to tell, I could spend hours searching for each chapter.
#gardening #nationaltrust #horticulture #trees
#gardening #nationaltrust #horticulture #trees