Gillian Lacy says she never doubted her daughter Sarah who has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Sarah Lacy, 18, of St. Catharines finds solace in her paintings since she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia at age 12. She painted Read more…
This illness is to fatigue what a nuclear bomb is to a match. It’s an absurd mischaracterization.” – Laura Hillenbrand, battling CFS, bestselling author of Seabiscuit World Health Organisation ICD classification of “Benign Myalgic Encephalomyelitis”: a specific condition under Read more…
M.E. Epidemics 1934 1. Los Angeles City and California State, USA Epidemic among personnel at L.A. County Hospital, Ruth Protection Home and throughout California, paralleling poliomyelitis, often diagnosed as atypical poliomyelitis, sometimes including arthropathy. 1936 2. Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, USA An outbreak Read more…
Mortality in a cohort of chronically fatigued patients. Journal: Psychol Med. 2006 Sep;36(9):1301-6. Authors: Smith WR, Noonan C, Buchwald D. Affiliations: Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Correspondence: WR Smith, Harborview Medical Read more… Read more →
Resources for Physicians Overview The new Canadian Guidelines for CFS A weekly chart to record patient symptoms Physician Information Resources; FM Physician Information Resources; CFS/M.E. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Guidelines – The new Canadian Concensus Fibromyalgia Guidelines – The new Read more… Read more →
National Patient Registry If you have FM or CFS/ME, then please help move the science forward. Be willing to look at research proposals and then decide if you wish to participate. With one million patients in Canada, we Read more… Read more →
FM-CFS Canada’s research project: Objective: To lower patients’ legal costs. Objective: To help more patients and lawyers win their cases, to advance case law. Strategy: Identify the information lawyers find helpful, organise for easy comparison. Invite Pro Bono law students Read more… Read more →
M.E. Epidemics 1934 1. Los Angeles City and California State, USA Epidemic among personnel at L.A. County Hospital, Ruth Protection Home and throughout California, paralleling poliomyelitis, often diagnosed as atypical poliomyelitis, sometimes including arthropathy. 1936 2. Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin, USA An outbreak Read more… Read more →