April 2010

ME/CFS Awareness Week Seminar 2010

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 27/04/2010 - 17:15

ME/CFS Australia (Victoria) is hosting a seminar during ME/CFS Awareness Week 2010 for our members and others who may be interested. Dr. Nicole Phillips and Dr. Don Lewis will be presenting on the topics 'Update on XMRV' and 'The latest understanding of causes and treatment for ME/CFS' respectively.

Melbourne Town Hall, Supper Room (Level 3)
Enter via main doors on Swanston Street. Full wheelchair access is available via a ramp; there will be a Melbourne Town Hall attendant to assist.

Newspaper Article: Hard to stomach: Food allergies, intolerances and malabsorption are on the rise around the world

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 27/04/2010 - 16:59

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald discusses how food allergies, intolerances and malabsorption are on the rise around the world, with increasing numbers of people unable to stomach anything with gluten or dairy products or nuts or seafood or excess fructose or fructans, galactans and polyols.

For the full article, click here.

Medical Observer: Seasonal flu vaccine suspended in kids after severe reactions

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 27/04/2010 - 16:19

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration will convene an expert scientific advisory panel to investigate adverse reactions to the seasonal flu vaccine following a spate of severe reactions among children in Western Australia.

For the full article, click here.

Source: Medical Observer website, 23rd April 2010.

Blood donation warning for ME/CFS

By mecfs-vic | Thu, 22/04/2010 - 15:58

After Australia's Red Cross Blood Service reviewed its donation guidelines after Canada halted donations from people who have had chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), blood donations from people diagnosed with CFS are now banned.

For the current policy on ME/CFS and blood donation, please visit the Red Cross Blood Bank website.

'Car boot market' to raise money for ME/CFS, May 2nd

By mecfs-vic | Wed, 21/04/2010 - 16:29

On Sunday 2nd of May, the Wantirna Branch of the Bendigo Bank will be holding a 'car boot market' to raise awareness and money for ME/CFS.

Where: Wantirna Mall, Mountain Highway, Wantirna.

When: Sunday 2nd May, 8am - 2pm.

Representatives from ME/CFS Australia (Victoria) will be there, talking to community members and providing information on ME/CFS. We will also have some of our promotional items for sale, including ribbons, wristbands and T-shirts.

ME/CFS Awareness Week 2010 Seminar

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 20/04/2010 - 12:07

Physorg.com: Plastics component affects intestine

By mecfs-vic | Thu, 15/04/2010 - 10:04

The chemical Bisphenol A used in plastic containers and drinks cans has been shown for the first time to affect the functioning of the intestines, according to a French study published in December 2009.

Audio: XMRV with Professor Stephen Goff

By mecfs-vic | Wed, 14/04/2010 - 16:22

Vincent Racaniello from TWiV (This Week in Virology website) speaks with Stephen Goff about the origin of the retrovirus XMRV and its association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome.

ME/CFS in Second Life, research project by Murdoch University

By mecfs-vic | Wed, 14/04/2010 - 14:22

Kirsty Best, senior lecturer at Murdoch University in the School of Media, Communication and Culture is undertaking research concerning people with ME/CFS and the internet-based computer program Second Life.

ABC Health Report: Virus linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome

By mecfs-vic | Mon, 12/04/2010 - 16:01

On the Health Report with Norman Swan on ABC Radio National, Professor Myra McClure from the Imperial College London talks about the remarkable and incredibly controversial finding of a virus linked to prostate cancer and a tantalising link to chronic fatigue syndrome.

Visit the ABC Radio National website to download the audio and the transcript.

Broadcast: Monday 12th April 2010 8.30am, ABC Radio National.