HEAL II: The NIH’s Big Opioid and Pain Initiative Gets More Teeth
The HEAL Initiative (Helping End Addiction Long Term) is one of the rare NIH initiatives that presents real possibilities for a long neglected population. It took an act of Congress – which gave the NIH $500 million and specifically directed them to use it attack...
“Now is the Time”: Massive Online and Local Events Promise to Push ME/CFS Forward
ME/CFS advocacy is growing and growing. We have two groups, ME Action (join it here) and the Solve ME/CFS Initiative working pretty much in lockstep to move forward on ME/CFS. Central to both groups’ efforts are a Senate Resolution sponsored by Senator Markey...
The Dutch Surprise: Federal Report Calls for More ME/CFS Research – Less CBT/GET
A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Bastion The Netherlands has long been a bastion of CBT – only the U.K.’s been able to match its tenacious pursuit of the therapy. Over the past five years, Dutch researchers have published no fewer than 20...
The Stories We Tell: Unrest Inspired ME/CFS Effort Triumphs in the Unlikeliest of Places
When things start moving, help shows up in the most unlikely places. Take a recent blog from a University of Michigan sports blogger – Ace. Ace has been sick since high school but only in the last couple of years has he been diagnosed as having chronic fatigue...
Bearing Witness for ME/CFS – Valerie Free Lights Up A Hidden World: Pt. I Valerie’s Story
ME/CFS needs witnesses – people who can stand firm in the face of denial and rejection and tell their story to the world. Each time we responsibly speak the truth to the medical profession, or our families, or our friends, or the NIH or whomever we begin to move...Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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