ME / CFS is estimated to affect 250,000 people in the UK and as many as 1 million in the U.S. There are still sceptics in the medical field as to whether it really is an illness worthy of classification, but to those who suffer with it can testify; it is very much real.
Learn more about the symptoms of ME/CFS/PVFS. And visit our forum to talk with other sufferers / carers.
Find reviews and information regarding some of the available treatments for ME/CFS/PVFS, including VegEPA
Britain's Missing Top Model, Jessica Kellgren-Hayes will be interviewing with Chronic Living about her experience on the TV show, life with ME and what she's doing now!
Vist back with next week to see what she has had to say!
Is Graded Exercise Right for CFS/ME Suffferers?
One doctor described Graded Exercise as like defining the illness as a fitness issue. Would you prescribe 10 sessions in the gym for a bowel cancer sufferer and hope that their symptoms improve?
Research finds no proof that a virus is the cause of ME
UK scientists say they can find no proof that a particular virus is the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME, contrary to recent claims. Visit the article
ME virus discovery raises hopes
US scientists say they have made a potential breakthrough in understanding what causes the condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or ME. Visit the article
Sussex mother on trial over daughter's ME death
The mother of a prominent ME sufferer has gone on trial accused of attempting to murder her seriously ill daughter. Visit the article