A selection of current e-petitions targeting health & social issues, as featured on the official website of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Office http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/
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URGENT! Major Online Petition – approx 16,000 signatures to date, but thousands more are needed if the Government are to listen…
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to recognise the vital support that Attendance Allowance (AA) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) provide to disabled people, and to ensure that these benefits are secured and are not removed as part of any future reform of the social care system in England.
Submitted by Peter Hand of Mencap
Deadline to sign up by: 07 December 2009
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AttendanceA/
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2 ATTENTION ME/CFS/CFIDS PATIENTS...
A recently identified retrovirus called XMRV has been linked to ME/CFS. Published findings report that 95% of ME/CFS patients tested posItive for XMRV! To read more visit http://www.mefmaction.net/Portals/0/docs//Retrovirus95-Wh.pdf
and please sign the petition below.....
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to provide funding to research further and better particulars of the breakthrough in the understanding of chronic fatigue Syndrome/M.E.
Scientists say they have made a dramatic breakthrough in understanding the cause of chronic fatigue syndrome – a debilitating condition affecting 250,000 people in Britain which for decades has defied a rational medical explanation. The study, published in the journal Science, shows that the virus, called murine leukaemia virus-related virus (XMRV), was found in 68 of 101 patients from around the US with chronic fatigue syndrome. This compared with just eight of 218 healthy "controls" drawn at random from the same parts of the US, the scientists said. XMRV was originally found in men suffering from prostate cancer. The discovery of XMRV in two major diseases, prostate cancer and now chronic fatigue syndrome, is very exciting. If cause-and-effect is established, there would be a new opportunity for prevention and treatment of these diseases
Submitted by Joe Ennis
Deadline to sign up by: 12 October 2010
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CFSresearch/#detail
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to oppose the adoption of the Codex Alimentarius (WHO/UN) proposals for imposing agro chemical use on all farmers, including Organic farmers, as well as restricting nutritional & herbal supplements. More details
Submitted by Mr Jeremy Friar
Deadline to sign up by: 09 December 2009
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CodexAlimentarus/
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Increase UK Central Government Support for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). More details
Submitted by Professor Joseph Chikelue Obi
Deadline to sign up by: 26 March 2010
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CAMSupport/#detail
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to push for more increased monetary funding and party backing and full awareness into finding more suitable, better effective and healthier treatment options for invisible, multi symptomed and painful conditions like Fibromyalgia, M.E. and many other of these non terminal but crippling Invisible medical conditions, especially for those severely and very severely affected by them. People who have these invisible conditions are often living in such agony/exhaustion etc..., with little or no effective treatments and the side effects of these treatments, regularly causing such a very poor quality of life, so much so it surely could be called cruel. More details
Submitted by Mrs Millard
Deadline to sign up by: 02 March 2010
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/invismedcondtns/
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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) be also formally recognised as a distinct clinical entity in the United Kingdom. More details
Submitted by Lee Miller of http://cfsandmeawareness.com/blog/
– Deadline to sign up by: 21 July 2010
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/myalgic/
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A selection of petitions occasionally feature on the time2link blog, creating awareness for our visitors about current issues they may wish to support with their signature; these are often health related and/or current 'hot topics'. The chosen petitions do not necessarily reflect the views of the time2link founder or participants of the monthly World ME & FM Prayer and Meditation Day.