A Powerful Message from Whitney Dafoe
We are honored to share an excerpt from a message from Whitney Dafoe… “My name is Whitney Dafoe and I have severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS). I have had symptoms for 15 years but have slowly gotten worse because of a lack of beneficial treatments. I am only able to communicate by taking a […]
Breaking News – OMF Funded Study: COVID-19 and ME/CFS
Breaking News OMF Funded Study: COVID-19 and ME/CFS Against the backdrop of COVID-19, Open Medicine Foundation (OMF) remains focused on finding the answers needed to win the fight against Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) and other chronic, complex diseases. Today, because of the pandemic, an opportunity exists to increase the understanding of ME/CFS. OMF is […]
International Awareness Day 2020
Today, OMF is continuing our momentum as we honor International Awareness Day for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) & Fibromyalgia (FM). We have invited our Social Media Coordinator, Rebecca Handler, to share, in her own words and images, why today means so much to all of us: Today, May 12th, 2020, marks International Awareness Day […]
OMF Funds ME/CFS Treatment Trial
As someone aware of the impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS), you understand, as we do, that there is an urgent need to improve the clinical care for people suffering from this devastating condition. #MayMomentum is all about ensuring that research into ME/CFS and other related chronic, complex diseases leads to results and to […]
Study of the possible conversion of COVID-19 patients to ME / CFS
Open Medicine Foundation is excited to announce the initiation of a study of patients with COVID-19 to monitor the course of their disease and its sequelae to ascertain whether they convert to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) and to study the molecular transformation if it occurs. This will involve collection of body fluid samples at […]
Kynurenine Clinical Trial for ME / CFS
Open Medicine Foundation is excited to announce its support of an initiation of a clinical trial to understand potential disturbances in the tryptophan metabolism and to test the benefits of treating people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) with Kynurenine. Kynurenine is naturally produced in the body, is a key metabolite in the tryptophan metabolism, […]
OMF Adds a Fourth ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center
BREAKING NEWS We are pleased to announce that we have added a fourth ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center (CRC) to join our End ME / CFS Project. Directed by Alain Moreau, PhD, the ME / CFS Collaborative Research Center at CHU Sainte-Justine/Université de Montréal in Québec, Canada will serve to increase our international collaborative efforts. Dr. Moreau and his lab have […]
The Research Continues at Open Medicine Foundation
In a world seemly upended, Open Medicine Foundation can offer you the assurance that this crisis will not divert us from our search for a cure for Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME / CFS). I thought I would take a moment to let you in on how we work and why we are […]
Linda Tannenbaum Talks with Llewellyn King
Llewellyn King, host of ME/CFS Alert, has just released his newest episode interviewing OMF Founder and CEO/President Linda Tannenbaum about the mission and vision of OMF. This is the final in a series of interviews that were recorded at the OMF sponsored 3rd Annual Working Group meetings and Community Symposium at Stanford University. Watch ME/CFS […]
November Newsletter
HARVARD-AFFILIATED HOSPITALS EXAMINE ME / CFS PATIENT CARE Ronald G. Tompkins, MD, ScD, co-director of the OMFCA-funded Harvard ME / CFS Collaboration, and collaborative team member, Amel Karaa, MD, are diving into the current state of care for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME / CFS) patients. Tompkins and Karaa, together with OMFCA Founder […]