Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) Conference Reports
The 2009 IACFS/ME Conference in Reno, Nevada
The Conference Reports From Phoenix Rising
2009 Invest in ME Conference
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Chris provides another fine conference report.
The May 2008 'Invest In ME' Conference
A report from Chris, a frequent conference attendee and father of a daughter with fibromyalgia.
The Symposium on Viruses and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) 2008)
- The first ever symposium on viruses
and ME/CFS occurs in conjunction with the International HHV-6 Conference. By Cort Johnson
- Part One - Valcyte Trials, Endogenous Retrovirus, the Sith Returns,
Smoldering Infection in the Heart? and more.
- Part Two-
Neuro-Immune Subset, Breakthrough in Dubbo, Biomarker(?), Dirt in the
Gears, Future Antivirals and more.
The 2007 P.A.N.D.O.R.A./ IACFS/ME 8th International Patient Conference
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Patient Conference organized by Marla Silverman and P.A.N.D.O.R.A. occupied two
days and featured many of the top names in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).
The Phoenix Rising Reports From Cort Johnson - The only extensive coverage of the patient conference was written by a patient for patients.
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Part I:
Politics and Advocacy / Dr. Teitelbaum and D-Ribose / Ask the Experts
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Part II:
Sleep and CFS / Dr. De Meirleir and the Gut / P.A.N.D.O.R.A. Sand Castle
Awards / Dr. Cheney's Keynote
Address
The 2007 IACFS/ME 8th International Research Conference
- The four-day conference was full of
intriguing presentations and prompted the production of several more or less comprehensive overviews.
The Phoenix Rising Reports From Cort Johnson - The most extensive coverage of the conference was written by a patient for patients.
- Part
I:
Fatigue Session / Introduction /
Vascular & Cardiovascular / Exercise Studies
- Part II: The
Brain / Gene and Genetics Studies
- Part III: The Immune System
/ the Gut /Pain / and Sleep
- Part IV: The Clinical Trials
- Part V: Defining ME/CFS /Costs /Takeaway Points
Other 2007 IACFS/ME Conference Reports
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Dr. Vallings
- Dr. Vallings has been doing these reports for almost ten years now.
Her reports have the
distinction of covering every talk, paper and poster covered in the conference
(!)
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Dr Charles Lapp- As always Dr. Lappe's report
is engaging and informative. Not only does he summarize most of the
papers/presentations he gives us his comments on many of them plus at the end
of the paper he tells how this conference will change
his practice.
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Virginia Teague - From the IACFS/ME website Virginia Teague gives her
illuminating retrospective on the Conference
The 2005 Fatigue Science Conference in Japan -
this major
conference on the cause of fatigue featured many internationally known CFS
researchers
AACFS 2004 Seventh International Conference
Rich Von Konynenburg - an independent
CFS researcher and longtime contributor to numerous chat groups, Rich gave
us detailed overviews of four talks;
The
Vallings Reports
Dr. Vallings, a general practitioner from Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand
whose practice consists mostly of CFS patients, has consistently given us
detailed reports from the AACFS/IACFS Conferences over the past seven years.