Self-Silencing Is Making Women Sick
“Be more disappointing” is not a piece of advice most people would pay money to hear, but in my therapy office, it’s often the most valuable guidance I can give. My clients are mostly women, and nearly all of them struggle with a fear of disappointing others. Our culture rewards women for being perpetually pleasant, self-sacrificing, and emotionally in control, and it can feel counterintuitive for my clients to say “no”—or firmly assert their wants and needs. But my work is about helping them realize that their health might literally depend on it.
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Source: TIME: Health - October 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Maytal Eyal Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Acrylic Window to the Brain; Chronic Fatigue Discovery; AI Spots Parkinson's Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Neurosurgery patients who had a piece of their skull removed were fitted with a prosthesis embedded with an acrylic window so doctors could peer inside with ultrasound. (New York Times)
A woman's quest to understand her decades... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - September 20, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Martin Searle Solicitors run their annual October 2023 campaign "Disability Matters" to stamp out Disability Discrimination in the Workplace
This October, Martin Searle Solicitors' Employment Law team are launching 'Disability Matters', their annual campaign to stamp out disability discrimination at work. This campaign will concentrate on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other medical conditions such as Long Covid and... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: DEI DIS Source Type: news
Post-acute infection syndromes will be the focus of new YSM center
Yale ’s Center for Infection& Immunity will investigate long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, and post-treatment Lyme disease. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - September 12, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Aging Americans Face Bleak Futures Unless We Let New Immigrants Help
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There are more than 11 million job openings and only 6 million unemployed workers in the United States, and employers have struggled for more than a year to hire enough people to fill their ranks.
This shortage is having a great impact on our healthcare system. In particular, America’s aging population is exploding and the unmet demand for the caregivers elderly citizens rely on is becoming increasingly pronounced in rural areas and smaller cities and towns where nearly half of all Americans live. The Association of American Colleges (AAMC) predicts a shortfall of a...
Source: TIME: Health - September 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kristie De Peña and Robert Leonard Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Private clinics cashing in by falsely diagnosing Brits with Lyme disease, doctor warns
Dr Matthew Dryden, a consultant microbiologist for the NHS in Hampshire, said patients with chronic fatigue syndrome are being told they have the tickborne disease by profit-focused clinics. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women with ME tend to have more symptoms than men, study suggests
Study of chronic fatigue syndrome also finds women are more likely to develop worse symptoms over timeWomen with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) tend to have more symptoms than men and are more likely to develop increasingly severe symptoms over time, according to initial results from a major study.It is already known that women are at higher risk of CFS, also known asmyalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), and the latest study, called DecodeME, provides new insights into how their experience differs from men. The study found that women who have ME/CFS for more than 10 years are more likely to experience increasingly severe symptom...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Tags: ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Health Women Science UK news Source Type: news
Martine McCutcheon shares struggles with chronic fatigue syndrome - key symptoms of ME
Actress Martine McCutcheon has shared her journey with chronic fatigue syndrome and shed light on the everyday struggles she faces. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Improving the experiences of people with ME/CFS: interim delivery plan
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The DHSC, together with the Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions is seeking views on an interim delivery plan to improve the experiences and outcomes of people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The consultation (open to everyone aged 13 and over) asks for views on specific chapters and actions on: research; attitudes and education; living with ME/CFS; and language used in relation to ME/CFS. The responses will be used to help understand how well the plan identifies and addresses the issues most important to the ME/CFS commun...
Source: The Kings Fund - Health Management Specialist Collection - August 10, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Consultations Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: news
Studies for Long COVID Treatments Are Finally Getting Underway
The National Institutes of Health is beginning a handful of studies to test possible treatments for long COVID, an anxiously awaited step in U.S. efforts against the mysterious condition that afflicts millions.
Monday’s announcement from the NIH’s $1.15 billion RECOVER project comes amid frustration from patients who’ve struggled for months or even years with sometimes-disabling health problems — with no proven treatments and only a smattering of rigorous studies to test potential ones.
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Source: TIME: Health - August 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 wire Source Type: news
Marina reveals she's been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome
The performer, 37, took to Instagram to share she'd been diagnosed after battling symptoms for seven years, including 'brain fog, numbness and insomnia.' (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Marina Reveals Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis
Marina took to Instagram on Wednesday (July 12) and opened up to her fans and followers about the state of her health. The singer revealed that after multiple years of health issues, she’s been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as Myalgic encephalomyelitis. “I’ve had symptoms…#marina #myalgic #wales (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Does the microbiome hold the key to chronic fatigue?
Often dismissed by the medical establishment, people with complex illnesses such as ME and long Covid are taking the hunt for treatments into their own handsIn 2019, years after developing the myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) that had kept her bedridden in a state of chronic pain and exhaustion, Tamara Romanuk experienced something “miraculous”. After taking antibiotics prescribed to treat a separate infection, she experienced a short-term remission in symptoms. “I went from being bedbound to twirling outside,” Romanuk says. “I had no idea that life could be so different from what I’d become adjusted to.”Sh...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Simon Spichak Tags: Medical research Long Covid ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Science Infectious diseases Health Source Type: news
Does the microbiome hold the key to chronic fatigue syndrome?
Often dismissed by the medical establishment, people with complex illnesses such as ME and long Covid are taking the hunt for treatments into their own handsIn 2019, years after developing the myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) that had kept her bedridden in a state of chronic pain and exhaustion, Tamara Romanuk experienced something “miraculous”. After taking antibiotics prescribed to treat a separate infection, she experienced a short-term remission in symptoms. “I went from being bedbound to twirling outside,” Romanuk says. “I had no idea that life could be so different from what I’d become adjusted to.”Sh...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 9, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Simon Spichak Tags: Medical research Long Covid ME / Chronic fatigue syndrome Science Infectious diseases Health Source Type: news
Is exercise actually good for the brain?
There are plenty of reasons to get off your duff and exercise—but is improving your brain one of them? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention touts exercise as a way to “
boost brain health
,
” while the World Health Organization suggests that about 2 hours of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week can
help improve thinking and memory skills
.
But new research reveals a more complex picture. One recent review of the literature suggests
the studies tying exercise to brain health may have important limitations
, including smal...
Source: ScienceNOW - June 30, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
