"Medical Reports On People Claiming Some (UK) Benefits Are Unreliable Or Inaccurate"

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| May 23, 2006 | Permanent Link
Here's a quote from a shocking and very disheartening report about how medical reports on people claiming some (UK) benefits are unreliable or inaccurate:

"Almost 80,000 sick and disabled people a year are being wrongly denied benefits, according to a BBC investigation for Radio Five Live.

It has emerged that medical reports on people claiming some benefits are unreliable or inaccurate.

As a result, thousands claiming Incapacity Benefit or Disability Living Allowance have had to appeal.

(...) The investigation found that some handwritten medical reports were altered so that the meaning was completely changed, while in other cases a computer-based medical questionnaire produced misleading or nonsensical information."

-- Geoff Adams-Spink, BBC News website age & disability correspondent, Errors block benefits to disabled: Cited from ME Association post [here...] --


To access the Geoff Adam-Spinks audio report, "Not Feeling the Benefits' visit:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/fivelivereport.shtml



Updated: 5HTP Supplements... Helpful For Sleep, Anxiety, And Depression?

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Research suggests that if you suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia, you probably don't produce enough serotonin. Serotonin is one of your brain's most important neurotransmitters that affects your mood and your sleep. 5HTP raises your serotonin levels...

There seems to have been a few studies that have shown that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia sufferers respond well to 5HTP. You can find out more about 5HTP in the updated 5HTP pages below.

You will also find out how you can get a 5% discount from any purchase you make from ImmuneSupport (including 5HTP supplements) on these pages.

http://www.sleepydust.net/5htp-side-effects.html

http://www.sleepydust.net/side-effects-5htp.html

I hope you find these updated pages useful!

Claire
Editor of Sleepydust



Two Minute Video Clip Of Doctor Kerr On ME/CFS Research Findings

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You can watch a short video clip of Dr. Jonathan Kerr (St. George's Medical School) speaking about the ME/CFS research program he has been undertaking. Dr Kerr talks about how his team found distinct biological differences between ME/CFS sufferers and 'normal' people.

It's a shame that the video clip is so short (where's the rest of it I wonder?) - but it's still worth a look.

Check out the video clip and show notes here...