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Telephone conference for Support Group leaders
02/08/2010 - 09:58

A telephone conference call (link up) for current support groups leaders to get together is occuring on Tuesday August 24th at 1-1.30pm.

ME/CFS Australia (Victoria) Self Help Courses for People with ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
26/07/2010 - 16:15

Self help courses for people with ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia are held regularly and are facilitated by staff from ME/CFS Victoria. Courses run for six 1½  hour sessions over eight weeks, and are based on the Bruce Campbell text 'The Patient's Guide to CFS and Fibromyalgia'. 

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Addendum to article 'Detection of an Infectious Retrovirus, XMRV, in Blood Cells of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome' - Aug 04th, 2010

In October 2009, first direct isolation of infectious xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) was reported. In that study, the scientists used a combination of biological amplification and molecular enhancement techniques to detect XMRV in more than 75% of 101 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

Conference Report: Repeated detection of infectious XMRV in human neoplasia and neuroimmune diseases - Jul 29th, 2010

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 - Jul 29th, 2010

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

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