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ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and IBS Around the Web
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: CDC Says CFS can Co-exist with Hypothyroidism The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, a Department of Health and Human Services, has stated in their more recently updated information in regard … [Read More...]
What Is Being Done For CFS Awareness
The president of the CFIDS Association, Kim McCleary, sent out an email detailing what is being done to promote awareness for CFS this month. Here is her email on the latest in CFS awareness and news from Kim herself: From … [Read More...]
Study Recruiting Trial of TMS
Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle are recruiting women with chronic widespread pain. The trial involves a painless interventional treatment using repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in 15 sessions over 15 days, with follow-up visits at 1, 4, and 12 weeks. This trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00524420) is sponsored by the National Institute of […]
FIbromyalgia
Myth-Busting CFIDS Research in Australia
Australian researchers at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales have discovered that approximately 10% of the populations infected with the three bad "bugs" they've been studying for years will … Read More
Post-SARS CFS-Like Syndrome
In 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) spread from southeast Asia to North America causing a public health panic and many deaths. Fever, cough, muscle pain and air hunger were the primary presenting symptoms, and many people who did not die from the acute infection failed to recover. There has been little long-term follow-up of […]
Coping Corner
Fighting For Social Security Disability
Two of the main questions that is emailed to me by chronically ill people are: 1. "How do you win Social Security Disability?" 2. "How can you afford to live while waiting to be approved for Social Security … Read More