• Dr. David Bell on IV Fluid as a Treatment for CFS
• The Marshall Protocol - hopeful results emerging
• Consumer Reports on sleep drug marketing, risks
• D-ribose reduced CFS/FM symptoms & other abstracts

• "Wacky Doc Sayings" and more letters from readers
• Conference to feature unifying theories of CFS & FM
• A story of "amazing recovery" on Marshall Protocol
• Weekly Inspiration & more

CFS Name Change Advisory Committee Grows

This week we welcome Dr. Nancy Klimas, MD, to the CFS Name Change Advisory Committee. Dr. Klimas, who has dedicated much of her career to solving the mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, heads up a center for CFS studies at the University of Miami School of Medicine. As one of the world's leading authorities on CFS, she is also president of the International Association for CFS (IACFS), and co-editor of the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Dr. Klimas joins a team of other widely published, quoted, and respected CFS experts in the U.S. - Dr. Daniel Peterson, Dr. David Bell, Dr. Leonard Jason, Dr. Charles Lapp, and Dr. Lucinda Bateman.

It is clear that the present name is trivializing, demeaning, hurtful, and possibly discriminatory. Who could argue that the label Chronic FATIGUE Syndrome does not conjure up images of someone who needs more sleep? And when you consider the CDC's report that 25 percent of patients with CFS are disabled, it's clear we're talking about a very serious and devasting disease.

We'll soon be at the point where patients can discuss the name suggested by the Name Change Advisory Committee. If we embrace it we'll start organizing and mobilizing. We control our own destiny and it's up to us to right this injustice.

Sincerely,

Rich Carson
ProHealth Founder and CFS Patient

PS: To the hundreds of people who have written to volunteer their time and talents for this work so far, we'll be in touch. Stay tuned, take good care of yourself, and keep the faith.

Dr. David Bell on "Intravenous Fluid as a Treatment for ME/CFS"

This "is the most effective treatment for severe ME/CFS that I have found in my 21 years of looking," says Dr. Bell. "But it has serious drawbacks and risks."   more

The Marshall Protocol for FM and CFS - Hopeful Results Emerging

Many patients with CFS, FM, lupus, RA, Lyme disease, and other chronic "Th1" conditions are reporting life-changing improvements with a new - albeit controversial - experimental protocol developed by Trevor Marshall, PhD. Possible ability to benefit is gauged by two blood tests.*   more

Consumer Reports Criticizes Sleeping Pill Advertising, Warns of Risks

Encouraged by heavy, artful, advertising of prescription sleep drugs, consumers may be assuming unnecessary risk because they're ill informed about proper use of these "sedative/hypnotics" and safe alternatives.   more

Major Late-Round Ampligen® Trial Recruits in Seven States

Leading CFS doctors Daniel Peterson, Lucinda Bateman, and Charles W. Lapp are principal investigators in this study of the antiviral drug Ampligen® for treatment of severely debilitated CFS patients.   more

• D-ribose significantly reduced clinical symptoms in CFS & FM pilot study
  
  
• Central sensitization: Biopsychosocial explanation for chronic widespread pain in FM and CFS
  
  
• Urinary Cortisol and Cortisol Metabolite Excretion in CFS
  
  
• Sleep characteristics of persons with CFS and non-fatigued controls
  
  
• CFS patients report above-normal physical activity prior to illness
  
  
• Drug residue effects on neuroendocrine balance & behavior - Hubbard sauna regimen to remove toxins, restore health
  
  
• New method for detecting gene-gene interactions, quantifying disease risk
  
  

National Conference to Feature "Unifying Theories" of CFS and of FM

What is all the new research telling us about CFS and FM - and how they might be related? On May 4-5, 2007, a high-profile cast of top U.S. CFS and FM researchers will convene in Salt Lake City to explain their "Advances in Understanding and Treating CFS and FM." Here's the program so far.   more

One Woman's "Amazing Recovery" on the Marshall Protocol

After 20 years of chronic illness with many diagnoses, a Texas woman discovered she had Lyme disease. Then followed six years of fruitless antibiotic therapy. Finally she embarked on the Marshall Protocol.   more

The "Invisible Elephant": What Our Friends Might Like to Know

From the journal of Karen Dickson, a CFS/ME patient in the UK.   more

"Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes."
- Anonymous

The Beautiful Simplicity of Kindness

For those of us who missed World Kindness Week this year, the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation ( www.actsofkindness.org ) offers kindness-inspiring ideas, materials, and guides completely free to all - individuals, groups, teachers, students. To quote a few who are already "with the program":

• Do your little bit of good where you are. It's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. - Desmond Tutu
  
  
• Wherever there's a human being, there's an opportunity for kindness. You don't have to plan some big event. You can be strolling the hall in school and say "hi" to a stranger. Simplicity is the way, you know? - a student
  
  
• My religion is simple. It is kindness. - Dalai Lama

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