Sarah Myhill

Doctor Sarah Myhill is a British doctor running her own specialist M.E. clinic in Knighton, Powys LD7 1SL, Wales, United Kingdom. Her web site is an extensive resource of articles and information based on her treatment of patients. The website runs to 920 webpages and has had over 6 million individual visits.

Dr Myhill's view is that the disease is characterised by a cellular metabolic mitochondrial dysfunction and has published several studies. Dr Myhill has treated in excess of 10,000 CFS/ME sufferers over her 30 year career.

Dr Myhill explains her philosophy of medicine here

Complaints
Dr Myhill has been the subject of complaints to the General Medical Council. A recent Freedom of Information Act request confirmed that Dr Myhill is the most investigated doctor in the history of the GMC. She has been subject to in excess of 30 investigations in the last 15 years. None of the complainants against Dr Myhill were patients. All complaints against her have been dropped and she practises with a full unrestricted medical licence.

Notable studies

 * 2013, Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in the treatment of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) (FULL TEXT)
 * 2012, Mitochondrial dysfunction and the pathophysiology of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) (FULL TEXT)
 * 2009, Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction (FULL TEXT) "Abstract: 'This study aims to improve the health of patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) by interventions based on the biochemistry of the illness, specifically the function of mitochondria in producing ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the energy currency for all body functions, and recycling ADP (adenosine diphosphate) to replenish the ATP supply as needed. Patients attending a private medical practice specializing in CFS were diagnosed using the Centers for Disease Control criteria. In consultation with each patient, an integer on the Bell Ability Scale was assigned, and a blood sample was taken for the “ATP profile” test, designed for CFS and other fatigue conditions. Each test produced 5 numerical factors which describe the availability of ATP in neutrophils, the fraction complexed with magnesium, the efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation, and the transfer efficiencies of ADP into the mitochondria and ATP into the cytosolwhere the energy is used. With the consent of each of 71 patients and 53 normal, healthy controls the 5 factors have been collated and compared with the Bell Ability Scale. The individual numerical factors show that patients have different combinations of biochemical lesions. When the factors are combined, a remarkable correlation is observed between the degree of mitochondrial dysfunction and the severity of illness (P<0.001). Only 1 of the 71 patients overlaps the normal region. The “ATP profile” test is a powerful diagnostic tool and can differentiate patients who have fatigue and other symptoms as a result of energy wastage by stress and psychological factors from those who have insufficient energy due to cellular respiration dysfunction. The individual factors indicate  which remedial actions, in the form of dietary supplements, drugs and detoxification, are most likely to be of benefit, and what further tests should be carried out.'"

Book

 * Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: It's Mitochondria, Not Hypochondria by Sarah Myhill was published in 2014.

Talks and interviews

 * 2016, OMEGA AGM Seminar 2016
 * 2015, Biocare Summer 2015 Conference
 * 2007, Speaker at the 2nd Invest in ME International ME Conference on Treatments and Diagnosis – A GP’s Perspective DVD available
 * More talks and interviews can be found on Dr Myhill’s YouTube channel as above

Online presence

 * Website
 * Support Dr Sarah Myhill Public Facebook Group
 * Support for followers of Dr Myhill's protocol Closed Facebook Group
 * Supporters of Dr Sarah Myhill Facebook Page
 * Dr Myhill Official Twitter Feed
 * Dr Myhill Official YouTube Channel

Learn more
Dr Myhill has a checklist that she recommends all CFS/ME sufferers follow - this can be found at this website address:
 * 2012, "Booth, Myhill, McLaren-Howard Comment on ME/CFS Mitochondrial Dysfunction Paper" by Norman E. Booth, Sarah Myhill, John McLaren-Howard for ProHealth
 * CFS Checklist - start off and check your treatment regime here