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IACFSME conference videos & reports 2022
IACFS/ME’s 15th Medical/ Scientific Conference 27-30 July 2022 If you missed out on this large conference organised by the The International Association for CFS/ME (IACFS/ME) you can now watch the video recordings of the lectures or read some of … Continue reading
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IACFS/ME 2020 virtual conference videos & reports
IACFS/ME: Did you miss our meeting? A recording of the meeting is now available online! September 8, 2020 The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) hosted our first virtual research conference on August 21, 2020. This half-day, Zoom-based … Continue reading
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IACFS/ME Virtual Conference, Friday August 21 2020
IACFS/ME 2020 Virtual Conference – Friday 21 August The International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (IACFS/ME) is excited to invite you to our first virtual research conference to be held on August 21, 2020! This half-day, Zoom-based meeting … Continue reading
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30% of people with ME/CFS in Japan are severely affected
Article abstract: In 2014, the Japanese Ministry for Health, Labour, and Welfare commissioned a national patient survey of ME/CFS patients in Japan. Japan ME Association president Mieko Shinohara graciously summarizes the survey results here for us, which revealed that 30% of ME/CFS patients … Continue reading
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Robust evidence of an underlying biological process in ME/CFS
Miriam Tucker reports on the overwhelming evidence for the biological basis for ME/CFS which was presented at the IACFS/ME conference in the USA in October 2016: Biomarker Research Advances in ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’, by Miriam E. Tucker in Medscape Medical … Continue reading
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12th IACFS/ME conference report
The 12th International Association of CFS/ME Conference was held in Fort Lauderdale, USA on 27 October 2016 The conference, opened by the president Fred Friedberg (NY, USA), was a day for patients, while the medical and research professionals could attend … Continue reading
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9 potential diagnostic tests for ME/CFS
shoutoutaboutme blog post, by Russell Logan, 31 July 2016: 9 potential diagnostic tests for ME/CFS: Highlights of the IACFS submission to NIH RFI on new research strategies Though there are as yet no readily available, well-accepted, objective diagnostic tests for ME and CFS, work … Continue reading
Cognitive-behaviour therapy: why is it so vilified in the CFS community?
Editorial by Fred Friedberg in Biomedicine, Health & Behavior: Cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) is a well-established psychosocial intervention for psychiatric disorders, pain management, and stress related to medical conditions.[1] It has rarely provoked controversy, much less outright hostility. That is, until it … Continue reading
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Doing research in ME/CFS with ME/CFS
Article introduction: My name is Dr. Keith Geraghty, I am an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester in the Centre for Primary Care. My main research interests are patient safety and harms, doctor-patient relations, medically unexplained illness and ME/CFS … Continue reading
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Chu says suicide in ME/CFS not always linked to depression and anxiety
Excerpt from article by Dr Lily Chu: Another reason I wanted to write about this topic is to encourage professionals and others to think about reasons for suicide beyond depression and anxiety. This is especially important for ME/CFS since many … Continue reading
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