Online Memorial Service For Patrick Kelly (May 6th)

Posted by Cort Johnson Funny, charismatic and often an inspiration to others, for almost two decades Patrick battled an illness his doctors couldn’t fix and his country has essentially ignored.  Patrick was, by all accounts, what doctors might call a ‘good’ ME/CFS patient; he worked hard on the physical side, trying the different protocols available, and on the mental side-

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ME/CFS Buzz: Med Students/Chromosomes/Disability/Growth Hormone/FM Everywhere? (April 17, 2012)

Posted by Cort Johnson RESEARCH A Real Disease or What? Medical Student Survey Suggests Younger Generation Starting to Get It BMC Med Educ. 2012 Apr 3;12(1):19. [Epub ahead of print] Do you think it’s a disease? A survey of medical students. Erueti C, Glasziou P, Del Mar C, Van Driel ML. Almost 200 medical students at Bond University in Australia were polled as to

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ME/CFS Buzz (April 4th, 2012) CFS Patients Pass the Effort Test, West Nile Virus, Cancer …

Posted by Cort Johnson RESEARCH Yes! They are Really Trying……CFS Patients Fail Cognitive Test and Pass the Effort Test… J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2012 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print] Test effort in persons with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome when assessed using the Validity Indicator Profile.Cockshell SJ, Mathias JL. Everything, apparently, has to be nailed down in science. At the Ottawa IACFS/ME conference Pacific Fatigue Lab

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Take the ME/CFS Social Security Disability/SSI Survey

Posted by Cort Johnson Getting Social Security Disability/Supplemental Income (SSD/SSI) can be a lifeline for financially beleaguered people with CFS (ME/CFS) but the application process is often lengthy and difficult.  Anecdotal reports from physicians and patients suggest getting disability may be more difficult for CFS patients yet documentation of success rates is lacking and little hard data exists on what

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ME/CFS Buzz (March 19th) – the Gut, the Brain, the Immune System and more

Posted by Cort Johnson RESEARCH A Biological Cause of ‘Poor Stress Management’ Found in ME/CFS? Brain Behav Immun. 2012 Mar 6. Stress management skills, neuroimmune processes and fatigue levels in persons with chronic fatigue syndrome. Lattie EG, Antoni MH, Fletcher MA, Penedo F, Czaja S, Lopez C, Perdomo D, Sala A, Nair S, Fu SH, Klimas N. Its certainly not clear that everyone with ME/CFS reacts poorly to stress but anecdotal reports suggest that

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