Monthly Archives: July 2016

DIY Brain Rehab

Cognitive difficulties are part and parcel of ME/CFS. Brain fog, memory problems, difficulty with focus and attention, and reduced processing speed are just a few of the deficits we deal with every day. And cognitive effort can cause post-exertional malaise … Continue reading

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RFA Ticker, 7/25/16

Well hey, another Monday! And guess what? It’s another Monday with no ME/CFS RFA to report! This is like a bad habit you cannot break. They say that the definition of insanity is repeating the same behavior and expecting a … Continue reading

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Naming

Do you notice anything different at the top of the page? Occupy CFS is now Occupy M.E. I thought long and hard about the change, and would like to share my reasoning. First of all, CFS is a crappy name. … Continue reading

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RFA Ticker, 7/18/16

Last week was awesome for researchers waiting on an RFA . . . at least for non-ME/CFS researchers anyway. NIH issued RFAs totaling more than $75 million, pushing the fiscal year total over the $2.2 billion mark. Life is especially … Continue reading

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RFA Ticker, 7/11/16

No RFAs for anybody last week. But there was a very interesting Request for Information issued last week that may have implications for ME/CFS research. The RFI requests information that might be useful in “the development of a comprehensive research … Continue reading

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Scandal

Give me 90 minutes. Whoever you are, whatever your connection to or interest in ME/CFS, take 90 minutes to listen to this discussion with academic/journalist David Tuller, DrPH (Lecturer at the School of Public Health and Graduate School of Journalism … Continue reading

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RFA Ticker, 7/4/16

We are halfway through the calendar year 2016. There are only three months left in Fiscal Year 2016. We have no RFAs for ME/CFS. Time is slipping away. Total RFAs Issued by NIH: 249 (October 2015 to date) Total Dollars … Continue reading

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