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ME/CFS References - Updates
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 4 1st December 200 4   VIROLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY EPIDEMIOLOGY THERAPEUTICS DEFINITIONS REVIEWS ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 2 1st June 200 4   PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY SOCIOLOGY EPIDEMIOLOGY THERAPEUTICS REVIEWS MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH INTO OTHER DISORDERS ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 2 1st June 200 3   VIROLOGY IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY EPIDEMIOLOGY THERAPEUTICS REVIEWS ...
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Medical Update for professionals - December 2001
ME AND
CFS MEDICAL UPDATE Volume 2, Number 4 1st December 2001   An independent medical publication with the latest research and views on myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and summaries of the most interesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs1201.htm - 118k - 2002-01-16

Capita Selecta 1996
... has been related to different clinical pictures and, notably, to chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS). The researchers studied 52 patients fulfilling the CDC criteria ('88) for CFS and a control group of 51 ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 3 1st September 200 3   VIROLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 3 1st September 200 4   VIROLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 1 1st March 200 4   VIROLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY GENETICS DEFINITIONS PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 4 1st December 200 3   VIROLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY GENETICS PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY THERAPEUTICS ...
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ME/CFS References - Updates
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES   Number 3 1st September 200 5   IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY GENETICS PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY THERAPEUTICS REVIEWS MISCELLANEOUS ...
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Medical Update for professionals - September 2001
ME AND
CFS MEDICAL UPDATE Volume 2, Number 3 1st September 2001   An independent medical publication with the latest research and views on myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and summaries of the most interesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0801.htm - 107k - 2001-08-09

ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 1 1st March 2002   IMMUNOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY EPIDEMIOLOGY THERAPEUTICS MEETING ABSTRACTS REVIEWS ...
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Capita Selecta Quarterly December 1998
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 1, Number 4 1st December 1998 IMMUNOLOGY   Borish, L., Schmaling, K., DiClementi, JD., Streib, J., Negri, J and Jones, JF. Chronic fatigue syndrome: Identification ...
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ME/CFS References - Updates
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 1 1st March 200 5   IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY EPIDEMIOLOGY DEFINITIONS THERAPEUTICS REVIEWS MISCELLANEOUS RESEARCH ON CFS-LIKE DISORDERS   IMMUNOLOGY ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/me-ref13.htm - 73k - 2005-02-15

Capita Selecta Quarterly March 1999
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 2, Number 1 1st March 1999 Quick Find Virology/Microbiology Immunology Neurology Physiology, Neurophysiology & Neuroendocrinology Psychology, Neuropsychology ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0399.htm - 72k - 2001-07-10

ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 4 1st December 2002   VIROLOGY IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY EPIDEMIOLOGY ...
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Capita Selecta 1997
... : 57-60. A cytopathic stealth virus was cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of a nurse with
CFS. Reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) performed on the patient's culture yielded ...
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ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 1 1st March 200 3   IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY REVIEWS MISCELLANEOUS NEW CRITERIA ...
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Capita Selecta Quarterly
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 2, Number 2 1st June 1999 Quick Find Virology/Microbiology Immunology Neurology Physiology, Neurophysiology & Neuroendocrinology Psychology, Neuropsychology ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0599.htm - 73k - 2001-07-10

Capita Selecta 1998
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA 1998 Quick Find Immunology Neurology Physiology, Neurophysiology & Neuroendocrinology Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuropsychology Therapeutics Miscellaneous   IMMUNOLOGY Conti ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecap98.htm - 58k - 2001-07-10

Capita Selecta Quarterly September 1999
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 2, Number 3 1st September 1999 Quick Find Virology/Microbiology Immunology Physiology, Neurophysiology & Neuroendocrinology Psychology, Neuropsychology & Psychiatry ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0999.htm - 66k - 2001-07-10

Medical Update for professionals - 7th December 2000
ME AND
CFS MEDICAL UPDATE Volume 1, Number 4 1st December 2000   An independent medical publication with the latest research and views on myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and summaries of the most interesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs1200.htm - 103k - 2001-07-10

Capita Selecta Quarterly September 1998
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 1, Number 3 1st September 1998 VIROLOGY Swanink, CMA; Stolk-Engelaar, VMM; van der Meer, JWM; Vercoulen, JHMM; Bleijenberg, G; Fennis, JFM; Galama, JMD and ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0898.htm - 57k - 2001-07-10

ME/CFS References - Updates
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES   Number 2 1st June 200 5   IMMUNOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY ENDOCRINOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY THERAPEUTICS REVIEWS MISCELLANEOUS ERRATA     IMMUNOLOGY ...
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Capita Selecta Quarterly December 1999
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 2, Number 4 1st December 1999 Quick Find Physiology, Neurophysiology & Neuroendocrinology Psychology, Neuropsychology & Psychiatry Therapeutics Epidemiology ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs1299.htm - 70k - 2001-07-10

ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 2 1st June 2002   IMMUNOLOGY PHYSIOLOGY, NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY EPIDEMIOLOGY THERAPEUTICS MEETING ABSTRACTS REVIEWS ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/me-refs2.htm - 83k - 2002-05-19

Medical Update for professionals - 1st September 2000
ME AND
CFS MEDICAL UPDATE Volume 1, Number 3 1st September 2000   An independent medical publication with the latest research and views on myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and summaries of the most interesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0900.htm - 92k - 2001-07-10

Capita Selecta Quarterly March 1998
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 1, Number 1 1st March 1998 PHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. Giri, S., Mather, J and Kluger, J. Can clinical history predict neurally mediated hypotension in ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0398.htm - 48k - 2001-07-10

ME/CFS References
ME AND
CFS REFERENCES Number 3 1st September 2002   IMMUNOLOGY NEUROLOGY PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY EPIDEMIOLOGY THERAPEUTICS REVIEWS MISCELLANEOUS FATIGUE STATES OTHER DISORDERS     ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/me-refs3.htm - 57k - 2002-08-26

Medical Update for professionals - 1st March 2000
ME AND
CFS MEDICAL UPDATE Volume 1, Number 1 1st March 2000   An independent medical publication with the latest research and views on myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and summaries of the most interesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0300.htm - 95k - 2001-07-10

Capita Selecta Quarterly June 1998
ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY Volume 1, Number 2 1st June 1998 IMMUNOLOGY Visser, J., Blauw, B., Hinloopen, B., Brommer, E., de Kloet, ER., Kluft, C and Nagelkerken, L. CD4 T lymphocytes from patients ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0698.htm - 44k - 2001-07-10

Book Review: Campling, F and Sharpe, M. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Oxford University Press. 2000. Pb. 296 pp.
... I never felt manipulated or patronized. But that was before I began to study and research ME and
CFS. Previous texts have been interesting; not just for the information they contained, but for the information ...
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CMO's Working Group FAQ's
Answers to the most often asked questions Quick Find Evidence of subgroups Notes on the various
criteria Suggested criteria for ME 1999   Evidence of subgroups. For further information, see: Information ...
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Information on ME/CFS subgroups
INFORMATION ON SUBGROUPS Quick Find New research shows differences between subgroups
CFS versus ME/PVFS: complications References Views of some British psychiatrists are changing Additional notes References ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/subgrps.htm - 37k - 2000-03-15

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) June 1997
MEDICAL UPDATE JUNE 1997 The majority of articles on
CFS published in recent months have focused on psychological and social variables or on negative findings (e.g. absence of antibodies to various viruses ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update2.htm - 33k - 1999-08-15

The Psychologisation of Illness
... doctors jump to conclusions without checking that their psychological explanations are correct.
For instance, Treasure et al (3) described how three women suffering from "breathlessness and panic symptoms ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/psy-algy.htm - 97k - 2000-11-15

Summary of the CBT explanation of CFS
SUMMARY OF THE CBT EXPLANATION OF
CFS     Quick Find Background Arguments against Arguments for Theoretical questions and final thoughts Two studies assessing CBT and graded exercise Study 1 Study 2 ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/cbt-expl.htm - 45k - 2001-08-08

Medical Update for professionals - 1st June 2000
ME AND
CFS MEDICAL UPDATE Volume 1, Number 2 1st June 2000   An independent medical publication with the latest research and views on myalgic encephalopathy (ME) and summaries of the most interesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/mecs0600.htm - 84k - 2001-07-10

Basic Introduction to CFS(ME) - (medical professional version)
CFS(ME)   BASIC INTRODUCTION TO CFS(ME) - (MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL VERSION)     Quick Find The diagnosis of ME CFS(ME) versus other fatigue states CFS(ME) and Fibromyalgia The clinical picture of CFS(ME ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/meintrop.htm - 17k - 1999-08-15

AACFS Conference Seattle Washington January 2001
Volume 4, number 2 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 11 th March 2001 AACFS CONFERENCE SEATTLE WASHINGTON, JAN 26-29 2001   SUMMARY OF SELECTED PRESENTATIONS BY ELLIE STEIN MD FRCP ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update17.htm - 69k - 2001-03-11

Basic Introduction to CFS(ME) - (layman's version)
CFS(ME)   BASIC INTRODUCTION TO CFS(ME) - (LAYMAN'S VERSION)   (A short beginner's guide to CFS and ME)     Quick Find What are CFS and ME? Evidence of disease Evidence for a pyschological cause Treatment ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/meintrol.htm - 26k - 1999-09-13

Medical Factsheet - Some Facts about M.E./PVFS/CFS
SOME FACTS ABOUT M.E./PVFS/
CFS   In the United Kingdom, CFS covers a number of conditions, including myalgic encephalopathy (ME) also known as post viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS). The latter is characterised ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/facts96.htm - 97k - 2002-11-23

Is CFS a Functional Somatic Syndrome?
... . PhD. C.Psychol.  Health psychologist and archivist.    Introduction Chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS) is a common, potentially disabling illness, which carries a substantial socio-economic burden 1. The ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/bmj-bias.htm - 53k - 2003-07-19

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) March 1998
MEDICAL UPDATE March 1998   Volume 1, number 1 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 1st March 1998 Our critics agree with us: subgroups exist! Ten years after we noted that the term ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update5.htm - 31k - 1999-08-15

A personal assessment of the PhD thesis by Dr. Vercoulen.
NEW RESEARCH ON
CFS JHMM Vercoulen. Chronic fatigue syndrome. Assessment and psychological processes as perpetuating factors. PhD. University of Nijmegen, Netherlands. 16th June 1997. This thesis is ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/reserch1.htm - 30k - 1999-08-15

ME & CFS Archives (1938-1996) list of publications on ME, PVFS, CFS, fatigue, chronic illness and disability
ME AND
CFS ARCHIVES (1938-1996) A list of publications on ME, PVFS, CFS, fatigue, chronic illness and disability, 1938-1996. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z More recent references ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/arc38-96.htm - 134k - 1999-08-15

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Winter 2001
MEDICAL RESEARCH UPDATE WINTER 2001 Volume 4, number 4 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 11 th November 2001 Levine, S. Prevalence in the cerebrospinal fluid of the following infectious ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update19.htm - 18k - 2002-01-16

Book Review: Campling, F and Sharpe, M. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Oxford University Press. 2000. Pb. 296 pp.
BOOK REVIEW Campling, F and Sharpe, M. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (
CFS/ME): The Facts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2000. Pb. 296 pp . Before I review this book, let me declare a potential conflict ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/bookrev5.htm - 30k - 2000-09-21

Is physical deconditioning a perpetuating factor in chronic fatigue syndrome?
... and physical activity. Psychological Medicine, 2001, 31, 107-114.   Twenty patients with
CFS (CDC criteria '94) were compared with 20 matched neighbourhood controls on a maximal exercise test with incremental ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/stpres06.htm - 20k - 2001-02-02

Royal Free Epidemic of 1955 - was it really hysteria?
... depression tend to be much higher than in the more strictly defined samples. Indeed, the rates
for patients with M.E./CFS are not very different from those reported in medically ill populations, suggesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/articl03.htm - 47k - 2001-01-03

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Spring 2001
RESEARCH UPDATE Spring 2001 Volume 4, number 1 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 11 th February 2001 Here’s a selection of the most noteworthy papers that have been published in ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update16.htm - 19k - 2001-02-11

Pride or Prejudice - An analysis of the conflict surrounding ME
... by the author This article came second in the Action Against Allergy (AAA) essay competition
for 1998 Author's note: The following article was written for an essay competition organised by the Lancet ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/pridprej.htm - 24k - 1999-08-15

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) June 1998
MEDICAL UPDATE June 1998   Volume 1, number 2 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 1st June 1998 NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE RESEARCH.   CBT: a change of emphasis. In April, I chaired an ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update6.htm - 17k - 1999-08-15

Depression in ME & CF States - a re-examination of the data
... depression tend to be much higher than in the more strictly defined samples. Indeed, the rates
for patients with M.E./CFS are not very different from those reported in medically ill populations, suggesting ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/depress1.htm - 27k - 1998-12-17

Correspondence with Doctors - Letter in responce to Lynch and Clare
... Madam, A response to Lynch and Clare As an archivist specialising in chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS), I was deeply disappointed to read the review by Lynch and Clare (Modern Medicine of Ireland, May 1999 ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter01.htm - 30k - 1999-08-16

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Summer 2001
MEDICAL RESEARCH UPDATE SUMMER 2001 Volume 4, number 3 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 5 th June 2001 Here are some interesting reports from recent months. Richards, SCM et al ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update18.htm - 20k - 2001-06-06

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Summer 1999
MEDICAL UPDATE Summer 1999   Volume 2, number 2 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 28 th May 1999 Gupta S et al. Increased production of interleukin-6 by adherent and non-adherent ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update9.htm - 10k - 1999-08-15

Is CFS a Functional Somatic Syndrome?
IS
CFS A FUNCTIONAL SOMATIC SYNDROME? By Dr. Ellen Goudsmit, Editor of the ME and CFS Medical Update (UK) and Drs. Trudie Doorduin, Science Editor, MEdium, ME Foundation, Holland. Quick Find Introduction ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/cfs-fss.htm - 19k - 2000-03-27

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) May 2000
MEDICAL UPDATE May 2000 Volume 3, number 2 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 15 th May 2000   De Meirleir, K et al.   37 kDa 2-5A binding protein as a potential biochemical marker ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update13.htm - 17k - 2000-06-12

Notes on CBT for MS, cancer and depression
COMPARE AND CONTRAST Notes on CBT
for MS, cancer and depression In treating patients with medical conditions, cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) is used as an adjunct, an optional treatment, for patients ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/cbt-ms.htm - 22k - 2001-04-27

CFS: The subgroups?
CFS: THE SUBGROUPS? The following subgroups are currently subsumed under the heading of CFS. However, I believe that some, if not all, could be entities in their own right. Given the available evidence ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/subgrps2.htm - 67k - 2000-11-09

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Spring 1999
MEDICAL UPDATE Spring 1999   Volume 2, number 1 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 22 nd February 1999   Paul, L et al. Demonstration of delayed recovery from fatiguing exercise in ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update8.htm - 10k - 1999-08-15

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Spring 2000
MEDICAL UPDATE Spring 2000 Volume 3, number 1 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 16 th February 2000    Moss, RB et al.   TNF-α and chronic fatigue syndrome.   Journal of Clinical ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update12.htm - 15k - 2000-02-16

Comments on CMO's Report
Comments on the Report to the Chief Medical Officer from the independent Working Group on
CFS/ME. We expected a lot from this Report. We, ME specialists and patients, looked forward to the recognition ...
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ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Winter 2000
MEDICAL UPDATE Winter 2000 Volume 3, number 4 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 21 st November 2000   Buchwald, DS et al. Acute infectious mononucleosis. Characteristics of patients ...
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ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) May 1997
... 1997 De Lorenzo F et al. Lung function test findings in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1996, 26, 4, 563-564. Lung function was assessed in ...
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ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Autumn 1999
MEDICAL UPDATE Autumn 1999   Volume 2, number 3 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 13 th August 1999   The last few months have seen more articles linking CFS with somatisation. I ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update10.htm - 14k - 1999-09-01

ME/CFS for General Practitioners
FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS: (Particulary British/European Doctors)     UPDATE ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC FATIGUE Chronic fatigue is a ubiquitous symptom, affecting an estimated 10-15% of ...
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Book Review: Campling, F and Sharpe, M. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Oxford University Press. 2000. Pb. 296 pp.
... groups, based on a conference organised jointly by the Novartis Foundation and the Linbury Trust.
For the uninitiated, the Novartis Trust has a long history of hostility towards patients with CFS, which ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/bookrev6.htm - 14k - 2001-02-05

Press Release   Canada Leads the Way With a Medical Milestone
PRESS RELEASE Canada Leads the Way With a Medical Milestone:   A CLINICAL DEFINITION
FOR MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (ME/CFS) A clinical case definition has been developed by an ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/can-cdme.htm - 10k - 2003-02-20

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) Winter 1999
MEDICAL UPDATE Winter 1999   Volume 2, number 4 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 26 th October 1999   CONFERENCE REPORT Here are some of the more interesting views and findings ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update11.htm - 10k - 1999-11-09

Book Review - Functional Somatic Syndromes. Etiology, diagnosis and treatment
... (FSS) are the latest medical fashion to hit Western psychiatry. The term describes disorders like
CFS, fibromyalgia, pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), temporomandibular ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/bookrev4.htm - 16k - 1999-10-08

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) October 1997
... . American Psychologist, 1997, 52, 9, 973-983. This article examines the controversy surrounding
CFS. The authors note the differences between the narrow and broader criteria currently in use and suggest ...
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Specific oxidative alterations in vastus lateralis muscle of patients
... Trial. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GENERAL PRACTICE, 2001,  51 (462), 19-24. Fatigue is a common symptom
for which patients consult their doctors in primary care, with usual medical management the majority of ...
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Response to Renckens who contends that post partum depression (PPD) and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) are fashionable disorders
... ) have made a valiant effort analysing the research on the management of chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS). However, were they totally impartial? Reading the review, I noted that my own research had been ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter10.htm - 8k - 2001-12-28

Correspondence with Doctors - Letter in response to Wright et al about some websites on CFS providing misleading information.
... 1999   Dear Editor, I agree with Wright et al. that some websites on chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS) provide essentially misleading and potentially damaging advice 1 . Unfortunately, it’s not just ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter03.htm - 10k - 1999-08-23

Book Review: Campling, F and Sharpe, M. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) Oxford University Press. 2000. Pb. 296 pp.
BOOK REVIEW Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (
CFS/ME): The Facts. Frankie Campling & Michael Sharpe Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0 192 63049 0. £9.99. Reviewed by Ellen Goudsmit, C.Psychol. This is an ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/bookrev7.htm - 6k - 2001-12-28

ME/CFS, ME, CFS, What is it? What does it mean? The diagnosis of ME.
THE DIAGNOSIS OF ME   The following are my
criteria, which I based on the work of pioneers such as Gilliam, Ramsay, Parish, Acheson and Dowsett. 1. Generalised or localised muscle fatigue following minimal ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/me-defin.htm - 3k - 1999-08-15

Letter written in response to an article on CFS by Dr. Kathy Fulcher in SportEX
... record straight. 18 April 2000   Dear editor, Kathy Fulcher's article on chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS) had a clear message, but as a medical archivist, I was disturbed by her selective use of information ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter06.htm - 16k - 2000-04-25

Book Review - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Yehuda, S and Mostofsky, DI
... : $95.40 This book features papers presented at the Second Faber Center International Conference on
CFS held December 12-13, 1995 at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. The chapters include a discussion ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/bookrev1.htm - 8k - 1999-10-08

Medical Factsheet - Some Facts about M.E./PVFS/CFS
Factsheet: Literature from updates 2004   SOME FACTS ABOUT M.E./PVFS/
CFS     1. Enteroviruses may play a role in a subset of patients with CFS. Douche-Aourik, F., Berlier, W., Feasson, L., Bourlet, T ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/facts04.htm - 11k - 2005-02-16

ME/CFS Medical Update (Layman's version) November 1998
MEDICAL UPDATE November 1998   Volume 1, number 3 ME AND
CFS CAPITA SELECTA QUARTERLY (Laymen's version) 4 th November 1998 NEW RESEARCH Here is my choice of the most interesting research published in ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/update7.htm - 9k - 1999-08-15

Medical Factsheet - Some Facts about M.E./PVFS/CFS
Factsheet: Literature from updates 2005   SOME FACTS ABOUT M.E./PVFS/
CFS     1. Findings using MRI suggest the existence of a subgroup with encephalopathy. Natelson, BH., Weaver, SA., Tseng, C-L and ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/facts05.htm - 13k - 2005-08-21

BMJ have maintained their tradition of publishing flawed research on CFS
... the BMJ have maintained their tradition of publishing flawed research on chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS).  Here are just a few of the ‘oddities’, which I noticed in the paper by Powell et al 1.  * Use ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter08.htm - 11k - 2001-02-21

M.E. scandal surrounding ME/CFS.
ABNORMALITIES IN RESPONSE TO VASOPRESSIN INFUSION IN
CFS Altemus, E et al. Abnormalities in response to vasopressin infusion in chronic fatigue syndrome. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2001, 26, 175-188. ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/stpres01.htm - 3k - 2000-11-27

Correspondence with Doctors - Letter in response to Annals of Internal Medicine about Barsky, AJ and Borus, JF
... of 300 words of text and five references. To the editor, Having studied chronic fatigue syndrome (
CFS) for over 15 years, I am baffled that Barsky and Borus chose to include it in their review of functional ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/letter02.htm - 6k - 2000-02-15

Identifying physical activity patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome using actigraphic assessment
... .  Changes in physical activity are thought to play an important role in maintaining symptoms in
CFS. The aim of this study was to describe intraindividual physical activity patterns in more detail and ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/stpres05.htm - 6k - 2001-01-25

Medical Factsheet - Some Facts about M.E./PVFS/CFS
Factsheet 2003: SOME FACTS ABOUT M.E./PVFS/
CFS     1. Recent evidence for subgroups: Kerr, JR., Cunniffe, VS., Kelleher, P., Bernstein, RM and Bruce, IN. Successful intravenous immunoglobulin therapy ...
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.axford/facts03.htm - 11k - 2003-11-18