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Dr Unger says ‘CFS: It’s real, and we can do better’
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: It’s Real, and We Can Do Better In a Medscape blog post Dr Elizabeth Unger from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) talks in a 5 minute video for healthcare professionals about the CDC’s … Continue reading
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US Public Health Agency, the CDC, launches new ME/CFS guidance for clinicians
Medscape Medical news blog post, by Miriam Tucker, 13 July: CDC Launches New ME/CFS Guidance for Clinicians The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted extensive content on the agency website aimed at helping healthcare providers diagnose and … Continue reading
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US health agency, CDC, drops CBT/GET on website
Article excerpts: Virology blog post, by David Tuller, DrPH, 10 July 2017: Trial By Error: The CDC Drops CBT/GET Just as The Lancet has published more “evidence” for graded exercise, the CDC has moved decisively in the opposite direction. In … Continue reading
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Tagged CBT, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cognitive behavioural therapy, David Tuller, GET, graded, graded exercise therapy, PACE trial
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US report says there’s (almost) no evidence CBT/GET work in ME/CFS
Health rising blog, by Cort Johnson, 18 August 2016: Federal Report Says There’s (Almost) No Evidence CBT/GET Work in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) This has a been good week for advocacy. It’s shown that smart advocacy works. Twice advocates went … Continue reading
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Tagged Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ, CBT, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cognitive behavioural therapy, Cort Johnson, GET, graded exercise therapy, Mary Dimmock, The American Family Physician, UpToDate, WebMD
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Methods of applying the CDC1994 case definition
Research abstract: Background: Multiple case definitions are in use to identify chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Even when using the same definition, methods used to apply definitional criteria may affect results. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted two population-based studies estimating CFS … Continue reading
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US clinician-researchers video talks
ME Research UK report: CDC Grand Round presentation, 23 Feb 2016 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US hosts regular ‘Public Health Grand Rounds’, which focus on particular topics of interest. Last week, the topic was ME/CFS … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Avindra Nath, Dr Charles Lapp, Elizabeth R. Unger, Prof Anthony Komaroff, Public Health Grand Rounds
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International criteria identifies distinct subgroup in CDC definition of CFS
Abstract Background: Several diagnostic definitions are available for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) that varies significantly in their symptom criteria. This pilot study was conducted to determine whether simple biological and clinical measures differed between CFS/ME patients meeting the 1994 … Continue reading
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CFS: The challenges in primary care: a webinar
A new continuing medical education program about CFS has been launched on Medscape as a collaboration between Medscape Education and the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control in the US. The video program features expert physicians Dr Anthony Komaroff, Dr … Continue reading
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