About Dr Derek Pheby

Dr Derek Pheby, Epidemiologist, former member of the Chief Medical Officer’s Working Group on CFS/ME and former trustee of Action for ME is currently Project Coordinator at National CFS/ME Observatory. He may be contacted on derekpheby@btinternet.com

Articles by Dr Derek Pheby

  1. Breast Cancer: Current Trends and Future Hopes

    Listed in cancer

    Breast cancer is the third most common cancer in the world, creating a burden of disease comparable with that of colorectal cancer.

  2. Management and Treatment of ME - Part II

    Listed in cfs me long covid

    Part 2 - People with ME have suffered over many years as a result of a lack of knowledge of the disease among many health care professionals, accompanied in many cases by lack of sy...

  3. Management and Treatment of ME - Part I

    Listed in cfs me long covid

    Part I - People with ME have suffered over many years as a result of a lack of knowledge of the disease among many health care professionals, accompanied in many cases by lack of sy...

  4. ME a misunderstood and much maligned disease

    Listed in cfs me long covid

    Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is an illness which for years has divided the medical profession, yet no-one who has experienced it, or who has had the responsibility of caring for a...

  5. Coming in from the cold

    Listed in cfs me long covid

    It is not for nothing that ME, or CFS, has been called the disease of a thousand names. While confusing, consideration of these many names is also illuminating about the disease its...

Book reviews by Dr Derek Pheby

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