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ME is real

This is a campaign to get the Health Service and medical profession to accept the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Myalgic Encephalopathy(ME) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) as organic neurological disorders and not as psychosocial syndromes.

As part of the campaign there was an online petition to the Prime Minister.

More information

• concerns about a commercial conflict of interest underlying the dwp handbook entry on myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome - report by Malcolm Hooper, Emeritus Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Life Sciences, University of Sunderland
• inquiry into the status of cfs/me and research into causes and treatment - report prepared by the Group on Scientific Research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.). Known as the Gibson report

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