National ME/FM Action Network

• Nearly 700 studies from all around the world confirm the remarkable properties of the ancient spice curcumin. It is showing amazing potential for support of the body’s defenses against a wide variety of ills including Alzheimer's, cancer, arthritis, diabetes and multiple sclerosis to name a few.
  

  Curcumin - a Golden Gift of Nature with Benefits Still Untold 03/2010
  http://www.prohealth.com/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=15196&B1=EG031010N
  

• Repair Damaged Mitochondria & Reduce Fatigue Up to 45%  02/2010
  http://www.prohealth.com/fibromyalgia/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=15150&B1=EM022410N
  
• "Mitochondria are the engines – or energy producers – in each cell that make your “car” run. ... [CoQ10] is the oil that enables the engine to work.
  Coenzyme Q10  The Energy Maker  01/2010
  http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=15078&B1=#EG011310N
  
• More on Coenzyme Q10
• Jangsjoen, P.H. (1994). Introduction to coenzyme q10.
  http://faculty.washington.edu/~ely/coenzq10.html
• Maes M, et al. Coenzyme Q10 deficiency in myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is related to fatigue, autonomic and neurocognitive symptoms and is another risk factor explaining the early mortality in ME/CFS due to cardi... Neuroendocrinology Letters. 2009;30(4). Read Abstract
  
• Myhill S., Booth NE, McLaren-Howard J. Chronic fatigue syndrome and mitochondrial dysfunction. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2009; 2(1): 1–16.
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680051/
• Myhill S. (Oct. 2008) Co-enzyme Q10 in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
  http://www.drmyhill.co.uk/article.cfm?id=428
  

• "As long as psychiatry refuses to clamp down on the con artists of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and "CFS/ME" as they sometimes call it, a thinking professional should run, not walk, from their terminology. The dangers are too great: the risk lies in legitimizing an inherently illegitimate activity."
  
  Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
   Dr. Mary Schweitzer, 12/2009
  
• "This article...(is) based on the 2003 Canadian clinical practice guidelines developed by an international expert consensus panel.  Unlike previous diagnostic criteria ... these guidelines are evidence-based and developed from the best available research."  2009
  BeyondTired   
  Dr. Ellie Stein & Jackie Campbell  2/2009
  
Reprinted with permission from Pharmacy Practice, Dec/Jan 2009 vol. 24 no.10


• "Just the act of rising requires that a complex set of interactions involving the nervous system, blood vessels, muscle and heart work smoothly to keep the blood from draining from out of our upper body into our lower body.
  The Perils of Standing:  Treating Orthostatic Intolerance in ME/CFS
  Cort Johnson    01/2009
  http://www.aboutmecfs.org/Trt/TrtOIIntro.aspx
  

• Tests to Begin for New Chronic Fatigue Therapy
  Louis Bergeron   Jan. 15, 2006
  http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2007/january10/med-fatigue-011007.html
  
• Dr. David Bell on "Intravenous Fluid as a Treatment for ME/CFS"
  Dr. David Bell 11/2006
  http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?id=7552&t=CFIDS_FM
  
• The Marshall Protocol for Treating CFS:  Interview with Dr. Trevor Marshall - Immune Support.com
  http://www.marshallprotocol.com/forum2/13.html
• Marshall Protocol for Treating ME/CFS -  More articles & info
  http://www.marshallprotocol.com/index.php
• The Marshall Protocol for Treating CFS and FM:  Hopeful Results Emerging  11/2006 
  http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?id=5784&t=CFIDS_FM
  
• Treatment of CFS and FM
  Dr. Charles Lapp  07/2006
  http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?id=2926&t=CFIDS_FM
  
• CBT & GET Database - updated 04/2009
  Jodi Bassett
  http://www.hfme.org/cbtandget.htm
  
• Stem Cells In The Adult Human Brain - Good News for ME?
  Dr. Elizabeth Dowsett
  http://www.25megroup.org/Information/Medical/dowsett%27s/Stem%20Cells%20in%20the%20adult%20brain.htm
• Improving Sleep Quality Despite Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Dr. Richard Podell, Quest 61
  
• Review of Dr. Cheney's "Glutathione Deficiency in ME/CFS/CFIDS
  Dr. Philipa Corning, Quest 38
• Harvard Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Chronic Pain Program
  Dr. Alan Logan, Quest 50
  
• A Team Approach to Treating CFS
  Patricia Fennell MSW, LCSW.R; Lucinda Bateman, MD
  http://www.cfids.org/sparkcfs/team.pdf
• Effective Treatment for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia Developed
  Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Quest 48
• CFS/FM Their Cause & How to Treat them Effectively
  Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum
  http://www.co-cure.org/drt3.htm
  
• Nurses Can Play Key Role in CFS Management
  Terri Lupton, RN
  http://www.cfids.org/sparkcfs/nurses.pdf
  
• Occupational Therapy for CFS
  Vicki Walker
  http://www.cfids.org/sparkcfs/o.t.pdf
• Synaptic Technology Study on Pain Control & Associated Conditions & FM/CFS Study
  Rowland Warwick, Quest 45

This page was last reviewed/modified on 03/2010.