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ME/CFS HealthWatch

June 18, 2008

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  FEATURED ARTICLE June 18, 2008
  
Improving Patient-Doctor Communication
In an international survey, 57% of ME/CFS & FM patients admitted they don't feel safe talking truthfully about their illness with doctors. But even the other 43% can use Karen Lee Richards' guidelines for building a better relationship.


  ARTICLES, EVENTS, SOLUTIONS More new articles
  
Muscle Pain and ME/CFS - Often Found Together
ME/CFS and generalized muscle pain involve some common problems, such as mitochondrial dysfunction, and benefit from some of the same management strategies, writes fatigue specialist Sarah Myhill, MD.

Cort Johnson Interviews ME/CFS Innovator Martha Kilcoyne
Research reporter Cort Johnson probes details of how Martha researched and innovated to devise a protocol that worked for her, described in her book Defeat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

FDA Approves Cymbalta (Duloxetine) for Fibromyalgia
A second FM drug was approved Monday, for pain management.

Why Do Different Things Work for Different People? Research Explains
More than 800 human enzymes use vitamins or minerals as co-factors, and the average person has nutrient-treatable problems with at least 5 of them.


  RESEARCH ABSTRACTS More new abstracts
  
Newly-recognized syndrome may exist in ME/CFS subset
Nightingale Foundation believes this thyroid & osteoarthritic-related syndrome may affect 6% of the ME/CFS population (with & without FM).

Gait of ME/CFS patients abnormal by several measures
Findings reinforce hypothesis that the central nervous system is directly involved in onset of the illness.

Study highlights patient damage done by physician ignorance of ME/CFS
Patients see MD scepticism & ignorance resulting in improper assessment & management.

ADHD drug promising treatment for cognitive symptoms of ME/CFS?
Why Ritalin may be used more broadly for brain fog in ME/CFS & FM.

Harvard links warm, attentive physician attitude to IBS symptom benefits




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