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OMF is fundraising to support open, collaborative research to find effective treatments and diagnostic markers for ME/CFS and related chronic complex diseases.
California, USAomf.ngoJoined December 2012

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I'm having a very hard time right now, but this is hope worth letting myself give in to. I burst into tears in fact. Thank you Whitney #mecfs
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ME/CFS featured on the front page of @sfchronicle! Many thanks to the brave #pwme @DafoeWhitney, who gives reporters a glimpse of what life with severe #MECFS looks like behind closed doors. In doing so, Whitney raises awareness of the realities of this disease.
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Team OMF is together for in-person collaboration! This week, we've had the privilege of meeting with colleagues from around the world in Boston. We are very encouraged about our research direction & love spending time discussing existing projects and future research initiatives!
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For our Swedish friends: Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, OMF Chief Medical Officer & Director of the OMF Supported Uppsala Collaborative Research Center has been featured on a tv special! bit.ly/3TookdU *Please note, this segment is currently only available in Swedish.
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👏This is such an important Tweet thread! is working to change this in partnership with . We recently launched a new medical education program to educate doctors on #MECFS & #longcovid: OMF.ngo/MERC
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It breaks my heart that medical school doesn't properly educate doctors that there is literally a disease (MECFS) that gets worse when you push or exert yourself. Dr./nurses are super big on pushing patients to get better especially if they believe we are deconditioned, and-
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