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ME Could Improve With Exercise And CBT Finds Oxford University Study

October 28, 2015

People who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME might have their conditions improved by exercise and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), according to new research published in journal Lancet Psychiatry.

Report co-author Professor Michael Sharpe of Oxford University said that they found the benefits of carefully graded exercise and CBT persisted for two years after treatment.

“This, in terms of evidence based treatments, is the best show in town,” he told the Today programme.

But the treatment, he said, was not a cure, and he told presenter Justin Webb that people who suffer from the condition may struggle to get access to the treatment.

“The risk is that this kind of condition, these chronic conditions, will not be seen as a priority” by the NHS, he said.

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    philipburdekin permalink
    October 28, 2015 3:58 pm

    Its really not as simple as that because it’s been tried by the thousands and no one is ever cured but sometimes the ME will go back into hiding and then raise its ugly head once again. I think the man has just written a book and wants to sell it to make money and I’m sure it would have come out a long time ago and there would be no sufferers. That’s my opinion anyway.

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