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At a reception at his home, Ronald W. Davis, PhD, our ME/CFS Scientific Advisory Board director, explains what needs to be done to get the NIH to fund ME/CFS research more. Davis has a personal interest because his son is severely ill, staying in bed almost all the time. Davis also explains why studying the...
(with video) Janet Dafoe and her daughter Ashley gave a detailed explanation of their nightmare journey into ME/CFS as Whitney Dafoe progressively became severely ill. At OMF, we are so thankful for the support and collaboration of Janet and her husband, our ME/CFS Scientific Board Director, Ronald W. Davis, PhD, and their efforts to increase...
Right as we are raising funds for the ME/CFS Severely Ill-Big Data Study, Palo Alto Weekly featured many aspects of the disease and its impact on three patients. It was their cover story, with the first article appearing on page 20. One of those patients, Whitney Dafoe, is the son of our ME/CFS Scientific Advisory...
We’re so pleased that many more are talking about the advancements we are making in researching ME/CFS. A former Washington Post reporter wrote the National Institutes of Health director, Dr. Francis Collins, telling him that this illness should be getting more research funds from the NIH. We couldn’t agree more. We have been in conversation...
Our own ME/CFS Scientific Advisory Board director, Ron Davis, PhD, and his family, struggle with severe ME/CFS. Whitney, Dr. Davis’ son, has it. This has become widely known in the ME/CFS community. Now many in the public know it through the excellent coverage from news media coverage in Palo Alto, Cal. Davis, an esteemed geneticist,...
As word is spreading about the ME/CFS Severely Ill-Big Data Study, the first study of the End ME/CFS Project, organizations and bloggers are revealing more details of how this study is different and why it will likely to lead to game-changer discoveries. In May, Michal Hajcik, with #ME Action, did a Q&A with us about...
The NIH released its P2P (Pathways to Prevention) report with suggestions on what types of ME/CFS studies should be conducted. As most expected, the panel called for a singular and better diagnostic criteria to be used in research, or at least for more details of cohorts to be given so comparisons between studies can easily...
Linda Tannenbaum, our organization director, explains our new study: the ME/CFS Severely Ill, Big Data Study. Geoff Langhorn hosted her in May, 2015, on his “Inside Job” radio show that airs on CFMU in Canada. We invite you to hear why this study is so different and what motivated her to get involved in ME/CFS research....
After a careful review of what is needed to “End ME/CFS,” our ME/CFS Scientific Advisory Board determined the first step is to look for answers in an often overlooked population in ME/CFS research: the severely ill. While the board director, Ronald W. Davis, PhD, has a son with a severe case of the disease, it...
By Linda Tannenbaum A February Institute of Medicine report said up to 91 percent of people with chronic fatigue syndrome have not been diagnosed. These people are not receiving appropriate treatments or healthcare advice. If you feel tired often, how would you know if you have this disease? ME/CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as “chronic fatigue syndrome”...
