COO/CFO/Treasurer @OpenMedF | Funding outcome-driven research and changing the global landscape for chronic complex diseases: https://teapawt.net/t.co/3C3mNtIjHk | #mecfs #longcovid
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Kimberly Hicks retweeted
ICYMI: Check out the following #research initiatives supported by OMF in 2022: omf.ngo/2022-research-initia…
Thanks to you, we’ve made incredible strides in collaborative research that have laid the foundation for OMF to now move forward with small clinical trials for ME/CFS treatment.
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Does ME/CFS Change Molecularly Throughout a Day? Jonas Bergquist & Christopher Armstrong's New Study: bit.ly/3NVNejI
This study plans to use high-frequency blood testing—multiple tests over a 6–8-hour period—to evaluate what changes in #MECFS patients over a day.
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
ICYMI! This #TripleGivingTuesday is special because we are raising funds for an entirely new arm of research: small clinical treatment trials! Donate now and have your gift tripled: bit.ly/3V81GIp
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Will you help us fund small clinical treatment trials this #TripleGivingTuesday? Now is the time to TRIPLE your impact and help us find effective treatments! Learn more: omf.ngo/do-you-want-an-effec…
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Could oxidative stress ("redox imbalance") be the link between #LongCovid and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)?
A new perspective @PNASNews
pnas.org/content/118/34/e202…
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
The monthly letter from Dr. Howard Zucker, @nysdoh Health Commissioner, urges physicians to recognize signs & symptoms of #LongCOVID and to consider diagnosis of #MECFS.
Read the full letter: on.ny.gov/3C8YkLM
#CountLongCOVID #Millionsmissing #PwME
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
While post-viral illnesses are not new, they have been considerably neglected by the public health, medical, and scientific communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic is now causing a reckoning with this institutional neglect. blog.petrieflom.law.harvard.…
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
"#LongCovid has exposed medicine's blind spot".
Which blind spot?
Previous (post-infection) chronic symptoms, despite a long history of high numbers of patients, have remained very poorly understood and constitutes one of medicine's largest blind-spots.
thelancet.com/journals/lanin…
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
"Just to walk two blocks with my dog, it wipes me out." Clinics around the U.S. are focusing on treating Covid-19 patients who experience symptoms ranging from memory loss to fatigue months after getting sick. on.wsj.com/34gJTXD
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Great news! The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article about the nanoneedle, a potential ME/CFS diagnostic device developed by OMF-funded researchers. Read and share the article to increase its ranking on the site! @JAMA_current bit.ly/2Lbtvik
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
.@StanfordMed's SCOPE on a new OMF-funded research publication about the nanoneedle ME/CFS diagnostic test: "With strong preliminary evidence of a diagnostic tool for ME/CFS, Davis and his colleagues are moving forward to test it in more patients." stan.md/2V5wVbH
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Just published: Our 2018 Research Overview gives you a comprehensive look at all of the exciting projects that OMF is funding this year. Thank you to everyone who makes this urgent work to #EndMECFS possible through your support and generous donations! bit.ly/2krd16s
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
BIG NEWS on this #OMFScienceWednesday: We are proud to announce OMF has funded $1.8 million to establish a new ME/CFS Collaborative Research Center at Harvard and will expand the Stanford Data Center for the Severely Ill Patients (SIPS) Study. More info: bit.ly/2x80IoR
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Valuable review article about ME/CFS and autoimmunity published by experts in Sweden frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Wearables are helping many and will one day help house-bound patients. New technologies are being created @StanfordGenome #EndMECFS teapawt.net/StanfordGenome/status/…
Our #wearable sweat sensor & its potential to diagnose #diabetes and #cysticfibrosis featured in @sfchronicle buff.ly/2rjxOig
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
This is a fascinating new idea about how our genes work, with big implications for the way we study them. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Excellent article in Forbes about @unrestfilm, #ME. "This disease needs a world-changing entrepreneur with money, connections, and audacity" teapawt.net/leelaplays/status/8248…
Entrepreneur Needed To Cure Anti-Initiative Disease via @forbes forbes.com/sites/brucekasano…
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Why the Best Innovators Ask the Most Beautiful Questions on.su.org/2lsoJMw
Kimberly Hicks retweeted
Trophy time. Congratulations once again @DJohnsonPGA! Richly deserved. #USOpen
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Millions Missing Protest in San Francisco, 25 May 2016 - symbiote fb.me/18vKH6UH1