July 2010

Conference Report: Repeated detection of infectious XMRV in human neoplasia and neuroimmune diseases

By mecfs-vic | Thu, 29/07/2010 - 14:24

Abstract from 12th International Conference On Malignancies In AIDS And Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies (ICMAOI) April 26-27, 2010, NIH Main Campus (US).

Background

Article on ME/CFS in Shepparton News Weekly, July 29th 2010

By mecfs-vic | Thu, 29/07/2010 - 13:15

Melinda Malcolm co-leads an ME/CFS support group in Shepparton and spoke with Tammy Mills, a journalist from Shepparton News Weekly who had ME/CFS as a teenager.

The resulting article was published in the Shepparton News Weekly on Thursday July 29th 2010.

Page 1: Cover story, Melinda Malcolm: Living with CFS

Irritable bowel syndrome associated with brain changes

By mecfs-vic | Wed, 28/07/2010 - 10:11

Los Angeles Times, July 22 2010

LOS ANGELES — Irritable bowel syndrome has been a tough disorder to understand. Studies have failed to show any structural problems in the gut that would account for the symptoms of pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation. However, the disorder is real, affecting as many as 15 per cent of Americans.

SA Hospital Guidelines for people with MCS

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 27/07/2010 - 17:15

The South Australian Department of Health recently produced the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Hospital Guidelines adapted from the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital MCS Guidelines.

Click here for a copy.

Australian Court grants Lyme disease autopsy

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 27/07/2010 - 17:09

Sydney Morning Herald, July 20 2010

A Sydney woman has been awarded a Supreme Court injunction to have her dead husband tested for a disease the Health Department says does not exist in Australia.

Mualla Akinci's husband, Karl McManus, died last Wednesday - three years after he was bitten by a tick she says carried Lyme disease, a bacterial infection which, if left untreated, can cause profound neurological damage.

Click here for the full article.

First international workshop on XMRV

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 27/07/2010 - 16:34

Readers will be interested to note that the first conference on XMRV will occur on September 7th and 8th at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

XMRV and ME/CFS Update via Webinar - Slides

By mecfs-vic | Mon, 19/07/2010 - 17:19

During this program two experts presented on the latest research into the association between XMRV, a newly discovered human retrovirus, and CFS. Slides now available.

Dr Byron Hyde to visit Victoria

By mecfs-vic | Sat, 17/07/2010 - 11:35

Dr. Byron Hyde has been instrumental in understanding the distinct difference between ME and CFS. He will be visiting Victoria in September 2010 to present on ME/CFS.

Article in New York Times: Delay in study on CFS prompts outcry

By mecfs-vic | Thu, 15/07/2010 - 15:31

From the New York Times website:

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, citing a need to re-evaluate their data, have delayed publication of a new study believed to provide evidence of a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and a little-known retrovirus.

Grants success for ME/CFS support groups

By mecfs-vic | Tue, 13/07/2010 - 15:19

ME/CFS Australia (Victoria) is delighted to announce our success with a number of grant applications for ME/CFS support groups across Victoria!