Serious Research Begins on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Canada

Marie-Josée Ménard, a teacher in Montreal, started experiencing symptoms of ME/CFS in 2010. At the time, her doctor concluded it was severe depression.

A network of Canadian scientists is trying to make up for lost time in the search for a standard diagnostic test and treatment for a debilitating, poorly understood disease that had long been dismissed as a psychological illness.

Source: After long-awaited recognition, serious research begins on chronic fatigue syndrome | CBC News

ME/CFS is Unreported in Minority Communities

“It is a tremendous injustice, as we all realize the imbalance of access to proper patient care for many patients with ME/CFS, especially African-Americans and Hispanics. The voices of these communities are unheard, ignored and neglected, and most people are unaware of what they have, and most doctors do not even acknowledge or treat the symptoms of this horrific disease,” Linda Tannenbaum said in a statement.

Source: Horrific Disease Ignored, Unreported in Minority Communities
– The White House Chronicle

NEW GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ME/CFS

On March 15-16, leading ME/CFS expert clinicians from across the United States gathered in Salt Lake City for the second annual ME/CFS Expert Clinician Summit. The Open Medicine Foundation was in attendance and has made available a document drafted by the participants that should prove indispensable to clinicians and patients alike:

The basics of diagnosis and management of ME/CFS.

Source: NEW GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING ME/CFS | Open Medicine Foundation