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Register for the IACFS/ME Conference

August 3, 2021 No Comments

Join IACFS/ME, the International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and people with ME, supporters, clinicians, and researchers for the 2021 IACFS/ME Virtual Conference, held August 19-21, 2021. Attendees will have access to three days of virtual workshops, lectures, and updates on recent developments in ME/CFS research. Some of the conference events include: “Orthostatic Intolerance

Apply for Stanford Medicine X Conference as ePatient or Presenter – deadline Jan. 31st

January 4, 2019 No Comments

Stanford University hosts an annual academic conference, Medicine X, every September to bring together community stakeholders, innovators and leaders in health care to empower collaborative change. This year’s Medicine X | Change conference will be held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on Sept. 20 – 22, 2019. Stanford describes the conference as, “less

Attend the IACFS/ME conference this month

October 10, 2016 No Comments

Where does rituximab fit in among the treatment options for ME/CFS? What is the US government’s research plan? How can I increase the chances my disability application will be or continue to be approved? What medications can I try for fibromyalgia now that morphine and related prescriptions are restricted? Come to our international scientific

Rehmeyer makes statisticians’ “jaws drop” over PACE

August 8, 2016 9 Comments

Science writer Julie Rehmeyer presented a critique of the PACE trial to North America’s largest gathering of statisticians in Chicago earlier this week. Her talk was titled, “Bad Statistics, Bad Reporting, Bad Impact on Patients: The Story of the PACE trial”. Rehmeyer explained to the 200-strong audience some of the problems with the trial, including

2016 Invest in ME Conference write-up on PR

July 18, 2016 No Comments

Phoenix Rising’s Mark Berry was at the recent Invest in ME conference and has written an excellent report: A New Decade of ME Research: The 11th Invest in ME International ME Conference 2016 As the article is quite long, here are some tasters (my summaries, with quotes from Mark’s article) to whet your appetite for

IACFS/ME conference to include Koroshetz and Fluge

May 12, 2016 No Comments

This year’s conference of the International Association for CFS/ME (IACFS/ME) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 27–30 October will include speeches by Dr. Walter Koroshetz and Dr. Øystein Fluge. Dr Koroshetz, who is Director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and head of the Trans-NIH ME/CFS Working Group, will give the conference’s keynote