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Subject:      #13 Medical Update from I.F.M.E.A.

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            Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Electronic Newsletter

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 No. 13                    January 19, 1993             Washington DC
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                   MEDICAL UPDATE FROM I.F.M.E.A.

        CONTENTS

 >>>1.  Medical Update from I.F.M.E.A.
 >>>2.  New resources: British BBSs, Ottawa FREE-NET

The ME/CFS movement in Great Britain has recently branched into
electronic networking.  This enables an increased exchange of trans-
atlantic ME/CFS information -- one result being that CFS-NEWS will be
able to present timely reports on the quarterly Medical Update
published by the International Federation of Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis Associations (which is based in Britain).  Article
1 below features this valuable medical resource.

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 >>>1.  Medical Update from I.F.M.E.A.

The International Federation of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Associations (IFMEA) compiles a quarterly medical update which
contains abstracts and reviews, written by medical professionals, of
current research on CFS/CFIDS/ME.  The full text of the Update is
available from the national organizations listed at the end of this
article.  The following is a list of the publications which are
summarized and reviewed in the fall 1992 issue of the Update:

   NEUROLOGY\IMMUNOLOGY

Troughton, AH., Blacker, R and Vivian, G.  99mTC HMPAO SPECT in the
chronic fatigue syndrome.  Clinical Radiology, 1992, 45, 59

Woodward, CG and Cox, RA.  Epstein-Barr virus serology in the chronic
fatigue syndrome. Journal of Infection, 1992, 24, 133-139.

   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Levine, PH., Jacobson, S., Pocinki, AG., Cheyne, P., Peterson, D.,
Connelly, RR., Weil, R., Robinson, SM., Ablashi, D., Salahuddin, SZ.,
Pearson, GR and Hoover, R.  Clinical, epidemiologic, and virologic
studies in four clusters of the chronic fatigue syndrome.  Archives
of Internal Medicine, 1992, 152, 1611-1616.

   PSYCHIATRY/PSYCHOLOGY

Katon, W and Russo, J.  Chronic fatigue syndrome criteria.  A
critique of the requirement for multiple physical complaints.
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1992, 152, 1604-1609.  Also: editorial
by S.E. Straus (p. 1569-70).

Whelton, CL., Salit, I and Moldovsky, H.  Sleep, Epstein-Barr virus
infection, musculoskeletal pain and depressive symptoms in chronic
fatigue syndrome.  Journal of Rheumatology, 1992, 19, 6, 939-43.

   NEW MEASURES

Ray, C., Weir, WRC., Phillips, S and Cullen, S.  Development of a
measure of symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome: the profile of
fatigue related symptoms (PFRS).  Psychology and Health, 1992, 7,
27-43.

   REVIEWS

Fink, H. Chronische mudigkeit.  Natur and Heilen, 1992, 9, 462-468.
(In German).

Schluederberg, A., Straus, SE., Peterson, P., Blumenthal, S.,
Komaroff, AL., Spring, SB., Landay, A and Buchwald, D.  Chronic
fatigue syndrome research - definition and medical outcome
assessment.  Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992, 117, 4, 325-331.

Serratice, G.  Le syndrome de fatigue chronique.  Semaine Des
Hopitaux, 1992, 68, 24, 684. (In French)

   MISCELLANEOUS

Alexander, EL., Kumar, AJ and Kozachuk, WE.  [Letter] Chronic fatigue
syndrome controversy.    Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992, 117, 4,
343-4.  Response by Komaroff et al.

Berman, DS and Wenglin, BD.  [Letter] Chronic fatigue syndrome and
psychiatric disorders.  American Journal of Medicine, 1992, 92, 6,
710.

Chao, CC., DeLahunt, M., Hu, S., Close, K and Peterson, PK.
Immunologically mediated fatigue - a murine model.  Clinical
Immunology and Immunopathology, 1992, 64, 2, 161-166.

Da Costa, Brostoff, J., Douli, V and Ell, PJ.  Brain stem hypo
perfusion in patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis  chronic fatigue
syndrome.  European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1992, 19, 8, 733.

Dooley, DP.  Commercial laboratory testing for chronic fatigue
syndrome.  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992, 268, 7,
873-4.

Durlach, J.  Chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic primary magnesium
deficiency (CFS and CPMD).  Magnesium Research, 1992, 5, 1, 68.

Elnicki, DM., Shockcor, WT., Brick, JA and Benyon, D.  Evaluating the
complaint of fatigue in primary care: diagnoses and outcomes. The
American Journal of Medicine, 1992, 93, 303-306.

Faas, RJE.  Het chronischemoeheidsyndroom.  Nederlands Tijdschrift
voor Geneeskunde, 1992, 136, 41, 2037. (In Dutch).
In this letter

Fuchs, D., Weiss, G and Wachter, H.  Pathogenesis of chronic fatigue
syndrome.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1992, 53, 296.

Howard, JM., Davies, S and Hunnisett, A.  Magnesium and chronic
fatigue syndrome.  Lancet, 1992, 340, 426.

Hume, MC.  [Letter] Self help organisation's advice on myalgic
encephalomyelitis.  British Medical Journal, 1992, 305, 649.

Lynch, SPJ., Seth, RV and Main, J.  Monospot and VP1 tests in chronic
fatigue syndrome and major depression.  Journal of the Royal Society
of Medicine, 1992, 85, 537-40.

MacPherson, H and Blackwell, R.  Tired out.  Journal of Chinese
Medicine, 1992, 40, 13-20.

Pamphlett, R and Odonoghue, P.  Antibodies against sarcocystis and
toxoplasma in humans with chronic fatigue syndrome.  Australian and
New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 1992, 22, 3, 307.

Price, RK., North, CS., Wessely, S and Fraser, VJ.  Estimating the
prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome and associated symptoms in the
community.  Public Health Reports, 1992, 107, 5, 514-522.

Reeves, WC., Pellett, PE and Gary, H.  [Letter] The chronic fatigue
syndrome controversy.    Annals of Internal Medicine, 1992, 117, 4,
343.  Also: reply by Komaroff et al. on p. 344.

Scheffers, MK., Johnson, R., Grafman, J., Dale, JK and Straus, SE.
Attention and short term memory in chronic fatigue syndrome patients
an event related potential analysis.  Neurology, 1992, 42, 9,
1667-1675.

South African Medical Journal, 1992, 82, 1, 3-4.

Steer, RG.  Echovirus 16 orchitis and postviral fatigue syndrome.
Medical Journal of Australia, 1992, 156, 11, 816.

   RESEARCH RELATED TO OTHER DISEASES

Bonne, O., Krausz, Y and Lerer, B.  SPECT imaging in psychiatry. A
review.  General Hospital Psychiatry, 1992, 14, 296-306.

Dolan et al. Regional cerebral blood flow abnormalities in depressed
patients with cognitive impairment.  J. Neurol. Neurosurg.
Psychiatry, 1992, 55, 768-773.

Carette, S., Dessureault, M and Belanger, A.  Fibromyalgia and sex
hormones.  Journal of Rheumatology, 1992, 19, 5, 831.

Finn, R.  Food allergy - fact or fiction: a review.  Journal of the
Royal Society of Medicine, 1992, 85, 560-563.

Kaplan, RF., Meadows, M.E., Vincent, LC., Logigian, EL and Steere,
AC.  Memory impairment and depression in patients with Lyme
encephalopathy: comparison with fibromyalgia and nonpsychotically
depressed patients.  Neurology, 1992, 42, 1263-1267.

Weisse, CS.  Depression and immunocompetence: a review of the
literature.  Psychological Bulletin, 1992, 111, 3, 475-489.

   BOOK REVIEW

Hyde, BM, Goldstein, J and Levine, P (Eds.)  The Clinical and
Scientific Basis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome. Ottawa: The Nightingale Research Foundation. 1992.

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To obtain copies of the full text of the IFMEA Medical Update which
summarizes and reviews the publications cited above, contact one of
the member national organizations listed below:

 USA:  CFIDS Association, P O Box 220398, Charlotte, NC 28222-0398
 the IFMEA Medical Update is available at $3 per copy

 UK:  M.E. Association, Box 8, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 8EX
annual subscription to quarterly IFMEA Medical Update is #8/yr.

 Netherlands:  M.E. Stichting, Postbus 57436, 1040 BH Amsterdam
 the IFMEA Medical Update is summarized in the MEdium newsletter
(printed in Dutch only, 30 guilders/yr.); the full text of the Update
is available for the cost of copying & postage -- contact the office
to ask what the exact price is (it is different for each issue)

 Norway:  Norges M.E. Forening, Eikveien 96A, 1345 Osteras
 for now, the IFMEA Medical Update is provided at no charge to
members (membership dues are 200 krona per year)

[Information provided by IFMEA and through the invaluable assistance
of David Axford]


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 >>>2.  New resources: British BBSs, Ottawa FREE-NET

An electronic information resource in Britain for CFS/ME has been
established: it's the Shaking Hands BBS (Fidonet 2:252/160) located
in Fleet, Hampshire county.  It can be reached at telephone
44-252-626233.  Thanks to David Axford and Jeremy Browne for setting
up the CFS/ME section on this BBS.  Also, the Focus Medical Resource
Centre BBS (Fidonet 2:252/200) in Portsmouth, Hampshire county
(telephone 44-489-577514, sysop George Cordner) is now carrying the
CFS echo, the international CFS/ME discussion group on the Fidonet
network.

In Canada a Free-Net service has just been established for the city
of Ottawa and it includes a CFS/ME section for messages and
information files, as well as Internet access, USENET newsgroups and
other services.  The Ottawa Free-Net, available to the public at no
charge, can be reached by dialing in to tel. 1-613-780-3733.  Thanks
to Mr. Sandy Shaw for setting up the CFS/ME section of this resource.

[Information provided by David Axford, Lloyd Hopkins and Sandy Shaw.]


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