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Stop Press

		Title:	Date posted:
Stop Press Archives
		Immunotherapy of chronic fatigue syndrome: therapeutic interventions aimed at modulating the Th1/Th2 cytokine expression balance.	26^th April 2001
		New Research. Is physical deconditioning a perpetuating factor in chronic fatigue syndrome? Chronic fatigue syndrome: causal attributions, coping, psychological adjustment and anti-depressant adherence. Causal attributions for somatic sensations in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and their partners.	2nd February 2001
		Identifying physical activity patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome using actigraphic assessment	25th January 2001
		Chronic fatigue in general practice: is counselling as good as cognitive behaviour therapy?	13th January 2001
		Specific oxidative alterations in vastus lateralis muscle of patients with the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome	21st December 2000
		Exercise capacity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	29th November 2000
		Abnormalities in response to vasopressin infusion in CFS	27^th November 2000

Latest Research

		Title:	Date posted:
		ME/CFS References	1^st March 2007
		ME/CFS References	1^st December 2006
		ME/CFS References	1^st September 2006
		ME/CFS References	1^st June 2006
		ME/CFS References	1^st March 2006
		ME/CFS References	1^st December 2005
		ME/CFS References	1^st September 2005
		ME/CFS References	1^st June 2005
		ME/CFS References	1^st March 2005
		ME/CFS References	1^st December 2004
		ME/CFS References	1^st August 2004
		ME/CFS References	20^th April 2004
		ME/CFS References	17^th February 2004
		ME/CFS References	18^th November 2003
		ME/CFS References	1^st September 2003
		ME/CFS References	25^th May 2003
		ME/CFS References	14^th February 2003
		ME/CFS References	23^rd November 2002
		ME/CFS References	1^st September 2002
		ME/CFS References	19^th May 2002
		ME/CFS References	15^th February 2002

ME Research Online

	Title:	Date posted:
	Editorial bias in the Lancet	5^th October 2005
	Depression in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue States; a re-examination of the data.	2^nd January 2001
	The Royal Free Epidemic of 1955: Was it really mass hysteria?	24^th December 2000
	The Personality of Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. A replication of a study by McEvedy and Beard.	24^th December 2000

Medical Notice Board

(Summaries of articles of interest)

	Title:	Date posted:
	Cardinal features of  ME (cf. Ramsay and Dowsett 1992)	25^th February 2001
	New review on premenstrual syndromes.	14^th January 2001
	Extracts from Dr. E.M. Goudsmit's: "It's medical science, Jim, but not as we know it! The distortion of evidence relating to CFS."	9^th November 2000
	News and views from qualified practitioners which may interest people with ME and CFS.	28^th January 2000

Medical Issues

	Title:
	Chronic fatigue syndrome: bias in the BMJ.
	Is CFS a functional somatic syndrome?
	Testimony of Mary M. Schweitzer, Ph.D., to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Coordinating Committee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, February 8^th 2000
	Summary of the CBT explanation of CFS
	Compare and Contrast. Notes on CBT for MS, cancer and depression
	Information about CBT
	Clearing up some of the confusion surrounding CBT
	More nails in the coffin. Research by the proponents of the CBT theory provide further evidence of its inadequacy.
	Pride or Prejudice? An analysis of the conflict surrounding ME.
	Perceptions
	The Scandal Surrounding M.E.
	The Daily Mail article on ME and House of Commons Report.

Medical Information

	Subject:	Title Description:	Last Updated:
	CBT & GET	Factsheet on CBT and GET 2004	9^thAugust 2004
	Pacing	Pacing for ME and CFS: the facts	25^thMay 2004
	The study of subgroups	The following subgroups are currently subsumed under the heading of CFS.	9^th November 2000
	Information on Subgroups	Discussing the evidence that the term CFS covers a mixed population and that it is helpful to differentiate between the various subgroups.	22^nd February 1999
	Chronic Fatigue Factsheet for Medical Practitioners	Update on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue. You may print a copy to give to your GP	16^th February 2000
	Factsheet 2006	Medical Factsheet	1st December 2006
	Factsheet 2005	Medical Factsheet	1st December 2005
	Factsheet 2004	Medical Factsheet	1^st December 2004
	Factsheet 2003	Medical Factsheet	18^th November 2003
	Medical Factsheet	Medical Factsheet	23^rd November 2002
	Research	New Research On CFS	17^th September 1997
	Depression	Depression in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue States; a re-examination of the data.	16^th December 1998

Book Reviews

	Subject:	Title:	Last Updated:
	Book Review	Handbook of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Jason, LA., Fennell, PA and Taylor, RR.	17^th July 2003
	Book Review	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME): The Facts. Campling, F and Sharpe, M as printed in Health Psychology Update 2002.	28^th December 2001
	Book Review	New Research Ideas in Chronic Fatigue. Frackowiak R and Wessely, S	4^th February 2001
	Book Review	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME): The Facts. Campling, F and Sharpe, M.	20^th September 2000
	Book Review	Functional Somatic Syndromes. Etiology, diagnosis and treatment. Manu. P (Ed.)	7^th October 1999
	Book Review	Chronic fatigue and its syndromes. Wessely, S., Hotopf, M and Sharpe, M.	12^th June 1998
	Book Review	Hystories. Hysterical epidemics and modern culture. Showalter, E.	8^th October 1997
	Book Review	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Yehuda, S & Mostofsky, DI	June 1997

Correspondence with Doctors

	Subject:
	Letter sent to JAMA (with one minor modification) about Whiting et al analysing the research on the management of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
	Letter to JPOG [published in edited form (JPOG 2001, 22, 61-62)] in response to Renckens who contends that post partum depression (PPD) and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) are ‘fashionable disorders’ and ‘hysterical epidemics’ which have been medicalized by a group of misguided women, aided and abetted by an irresponsible media and a handful of ‘pioneer scientists’.
	Letter to the Editor of the British Medical Journal about the ‘oddities’ in the paper by Powell et al.
	Letter to the Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry (published in the November 2000 issue) in response to MacHale, SM., Lawrie, SM., Cavanagh, JTO, et al. Cerebral perfusion in chronic fatigue syndrome and depression.
	Letter written in response to an article on CFS by Dr. Kathy Fulcher in SportEX.
	An on-line response that has been published by the on-line BMJ about the "Reid S, et al Extracts from 'Clinical Evidence': Chronic fatigue syndrome".
	Letter to the Editor of the Lancet - re: article on functional somatic syndromes.
	Letter to the Editor - Ir. J. Psych. Med. Published June 2000, Vol 17, No. 2, p76. Websites are not the only media that may provide essentially misleading and potentially damaging advice on CFS.
	An unedited on-line response that was sent to Annals of Internal Medicine, about the "Barsky, AJ and Borus, JF. Functional somatic syndromes". This is the original text before editing. The edited version was published on 15th February 2000.
	A response to the review by Lynch and Clare (Modern Medicine of Ireland, May 1999).
	Guest Book comment from Dr. Dougald McLean (Psychiatrist)
	Letter to BMJ re: complimentary review of Drs. Wessely, Hotopf and Sharpe's book "Chronic Fatigue and its Syndromes" (BMJ, 1999, 318, 133).

Disability Issues*

	Title:
	The Psychologisation of Illness
	Coping with emotional distress: a beginner's guide
	Focus on prejudice in medicine. When patients are not believed Psychiatric misdiagnosis and its effects.

Medical Updates

(Laymen's version)

		Subject:	Title:	Last Updated:
		Medical Update	Research Update (Winter 2001)	11th November 2001
		Medical Update	Research Update (Summer 2001)	5th June 2001
		Medical Update	AACFS Conference Seattle Washington, Jan 26-29 2001	11th March 2001
		Medical Update	Research Update (Spring 2001)	11^th February 2001
		Medical Update	Medical Update (Winter 2000)	21^st November 2000
		Medical Update	Medical Update (August 2000)	20^th August 2000
		Medical Update	Medical Update (May 2000)	15^th May 2000
		Medical Update	Medical Update (Spring 2000)	16^th February 2000
		Medical Update	Medical Update (Winter 1999)	26^th October 1999
		Medical Update	Medical Update (Autumn 1999)	13^th August 1999
		Medical Update	Medical Update (Summer 1999)	28^th May 1999
		Medical Update	Medical Update (Spring 1999)	22^nd February 1999
		Medical Update	Medical Update (November 1998)	4^th November 1998
		Medical Update	Medical Update (June 1998)	3^rd September 1998
		Medical Update	Medical Update (March 1998)	10^th March 1998
		Medical Update	Medical Update (October 1997)	8^th October 1997
This Medical Update on Subgroups has now been updated and can be found under the heading "Medical Information".		Medical Update	Medical Update (August 1997)	20^th August 1997
		Medical Update	Medical Update (June 1997)	15^th June 1997
		Medical Update	Medical Update (May 1997)	May 1997

Capita Selecta

(Medical Professional's version)

	Subject:	Title:	Last Updated:
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	December 2001
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	September 2001
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	December 2000
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	September 2000
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	June 2000
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	March 2000
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	December 1999
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	September 1999
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	June 1999
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Yearly 1998	June 1999
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	March 1999
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	December 1998
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	September 1998
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Yearly 1997	June 1998
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	June 1998
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Quarterly This edition has been funded by donations.	March 1998
	Capita Selecta	ME/CFS Yearly 1996	June 1997

ME & CFS Archives

	Title:	Last Updated:
	ME & CFS Archives 1938-1996	13^th August 1999

CMO's Working Group

	Title:	Last Updated:
	Comments on the Report to the Chief Medical Officer from the independent Working Group on CFS/ME.	16^th February 2002
	Answers to the most often asked questions	11^th April 1999

Ellen's Column*

	Title:	First published:
	What is happening to the British Press?	20^th August 2000
	The campaign against discrimination by British psychologists	1^st September 1999
	From the other side of the couch	13^th May 1999