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PBS NewsHour: Brief But Spectacular - Rivka Solomon
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- Last Updated: 28 April 2021 28 April 2021
Watch: PBS NewsHour video (4 min.) on ME/CFS and Long COVID, with MassME’s Rivka Solomon.
Sunday Conversations - November 20, 2022
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- Last Updated: 01 January 2023 01 January 2023
Join MassME for another small group Sunday Conversation! We are looking forward to meeting you "in person"!
"Coping During the Holidays with ME/CFS, Long COVID, and Related Chronic Illness"
Read more: Sunday Conversations - November 20, 2022
Invisible Disabilities: Long COVID and Other Post-Infectious Chronic Illnesses -- Videos
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- Last Updated: 25 February 2022 25 February 2022
This program was presented on September 15th, 2021, by the Health and Disability Partnership at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, with the Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association.
View the videos for this event.
Imagine getting sick with a common cold or flu, or even an insect bite, and then never getting better. We present a diverse panel of people with post-infectious chronic illnesses, including Long COVID and Post-Lyme Disease, joined by a person with ME/CFS. Their personal stories are followed by a presentation from the former Medical Director of the Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences, at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health: Alfred DeMaria, M.D. addresses the similarities between Long COVID, Post-Lyme, and ME/CFS.
Sunday Conversations - September 18, 2022
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- Last Updated: 29 October 2022 29 October 2022
Traditional Chinese Medicine/TCM is a rich and complex medical system originating over three thousand years ago. Its extensive history has developed intricate diagnostic systems focused on assessing the whole person. It also encompasses an in-depth theory of disease patterns and a multitude of therapies and specialties. This multifaceted system provides explanations and treatments for symptoms experienced by those with multi-systemic, invisible and post-viral illnesses within its medical theories and diagnostics.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is rooted in performing an in-depth intake of each patient which includes gathering detailed information on organ systems, physical strengths and weakness, mental and emotional health, environmental factors, and external pathogens that have influenced one's health in order to create a treatment plan that aligns with the specific needs of the individual.
Read more: Sunday Conversations - September 18, 2022
Exciting News! Big ME/CFS Research Grant
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- Last Updated: 17 March 2021 17 March 2021
Massachusetts ME/CFS & FM Association is thrilled to announce that the NIH has awarded a $2.5 million grant to the two-woman UMass Medical School research team of Liisa Selin, MD, PhD, and Anna Gil, PhD, for their work on ME/CFS.
For more details, read the MassME press release.
MassME is pleased to have supported this research team over the years, including notifying our newsletter recipients that these innovative researchers had received the Ramsey award and needed blood donations. People responded enthusiastically, allowing Drs. Selin and Gil to move this necessary research forward.
Additionally, the UMass Medical School researchers met with our Research Club and shared their cutting-edge findings. You can view a video excerpt of that meeting, and the research is summarized on this poster. It is also exciting to us that this money is coming to a Massachusetts institution. After all, Massachusetts is a medical hub for the world, and it should also be that for ME/CFS. This grant builds on the research this team did with a seed grant from the Solve ME/CFS Initiative's Ramsay Program.
Thanks, Liisa Selin and Anna Gil, for all your hard work for our community!