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Exclusively Online* Media CoverageThis list represents original content posted to news and information web sites. In “Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS),” an article posted on ezinearticles.com, the author describes the frustration surrounding diagnosing, treating and living with CFS and describes the illness’s symptoms. (6/27/09) Buzzle.com offers “Causes of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” a thorough and accurate description of the illness that summarizes some theories about its origins. (6/20/09) iloveindia.com posts “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” a short article that cites the CDC’s symptom list among some mis-information about the illness. (6/20/09) The Mayo Clinic has updated its CFS pages. (6/19/09) WTNH-TV Channel 8’s “Community Calendar” offers details about The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s local display. (Connecticut) (6/15/09) The events calendar of The Record-Journal includes information about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in Meriden. (Connecticut) (6/15/09) NBCConnecticut.com provides details about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s local display in its “Around Town” events calendar. (Connecticut) (6/15/09) The blog PhenomenalContent.com notes the CDC’s acknowledgement of CFS as a valid illness in a post titled “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients - Sick and Tired of It All” that educates readers on how to be supportive of those who suffer from the illness. (6/12/09) A post on the InvestorsHub.com blog provides a few facts about CFS and a link to the CDC’s CFS pages. (6/12/09) A post on the ParentingExaminer blog, while ending in a sales pitch for a probiotic product, includes a link to the CDC’s CFS pages as the writer shares her family’s search for a diagnosis for her husband’s health issues. (6/12/09) Information about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit is included in the iTowns event calendar for Meriden on the website of The Hartford Courant. (Connecticut) (6/11/09) The MyDisability blog offers basic facts about CFS, including symptoms and prevalence, in a post that describes the Association-funded project of Canadian researcher Gordon Broderick. (6/10/09) A post on UberArticles.com titled “Extreme Fatigue: Advice to People Suffering from Chronic Tiredness” cites the CDC’s Body Burden Study that “analyzed hundreds of people to see how many people had bio-accumulated toxic pollutants” and suggests that “extreme fatigue may have one of its major causes arising from pollutants.” (6/09/09) A post on the Linkroll blog titled “Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” provides basic facts about the illness. (6/09/09) The Parenting Toolbox blog introduces a 10-part series titled “Chronic Fatigue Parenting” with a brief overview of the illness. (6/04/09) ProHealth posts links to the video archive and online transcripts of the May 27 – 28 federal CFS Advisory Committee meeting, including testimony and reports from CDC officials about the CFS research program, on its blog. (“The May 27-28 CFSAC meeting – A landmark event shared worldwide via video coverage... Now what?”) (5/28/09) Zip06.com, an information Web site for central Connecticut, includes information about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in Meriden in June. (Connecticut) (5/28/09) “What Causes Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?” a post on the TheHealthierLife blog, summarizes many of the studies conducted into the cause(s) of CFS. (5/26/09)
The website of WWAY-TV Channel 3 in Wilmington, N.C., includes a brief story about local CFS patient Sandra Honeycutt, who alerted the station to CFS Awareness Day with a letter. The story includes a few basic facts about the illness. (North Carolina) (5/21/09) “Dealing with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” a post on ContentCaboodle.com, sprinkles facts about CFS throughout. (5/16/09) An article in the e-newsletter of New York-Presbyterian Hospital notes that a “Study Finds Link Between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and High Lactate Levels in Brain.” It explains, “A recent brain scanning study by NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Radiology Professor Dikoma C. Shungu, Ph.D. and colleagues may help open the way to diagnostic clarity. The study showed that a diagnosis of CFS is linked to elevated levels of lactate in the cerebrospinal fluid.” Dr. Shungu is a recipient of the Association’s Accelerating CFS Research initiative. The story quotes CDC information about CFS. (5/15/09) The ME/CFS Awareness blog plugs upcoming displays of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in a post titled “Photo Exhibit: The Faces of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from CDC (US).” It includes images from the exhibit. (5/14/09) “Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS),” published on ezinearticles.com, offers general information about the illness. (5/13/09) CFS patient Christina Gleason includes a post on her blog, christinagleason.com, acknowledging May 12 as CFS Awareness Day. She notes that the CDC and the SSA have recognized CFS as a serious illness and discusses the difficulties of the illness. (5/12/09) ezinearticles.com posts “Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia,” an article that explores similarities and differences between the two syndromes. (5/12/09) HealthNewsDigest.com publishes “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day” by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, a question-and-answer feature in which he dispels some myths about CFS and notes that the CDC has recognized the illness as a serious health issue. (5/12/09) The MYConfidential blog includes basic facts about CFS and quotes from the CDC in a post titled “Chronic fatigue syndrome.” (5/11/09) Fox6now.com includes information about the Wisconsin display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at Mayfair in its Community Calendar. (WI) (5/08/09) VitalSourceMag.com’s events listings provide details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at Mayfair in Wauwatosa, WI. (5/08/09) CFS patient and college student Amanda Rinkel posts “Five Things You Should Know About CFS” on her blog at Seattle University’s SpectatorBlog.com. (5/07/09) A blog titled ME/CFS Awareness posted the TV public service announcement, an element of the public awareness campaign. (5/06/09) An interview with Kimberly McCleary, president and CEO of the CFIDS Association of America, is posted on Internet radio site WomensRadio.com. She talks with “SpeakUp!” host Pat Lynch about the illness in a segment titled “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is Not a Hoax!” (5/05/09) ESPNMilwaukee.com posts details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at Mayfair on its events page. (Wisconsin) (5/01/09) WLDB-FM 93.3 includes information about the Mayfair display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit on its website’s community events calendar. (Wisconsin) (5/01/09) Details about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s display at Mayfair are included in the community calendar on WDJT-TV Channel 58’s website. (Wisconsin) (5/01/09) The Sheboygan Press provides information about the Mayfair display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit on its website’s events calendar. (Wisconsin) (5/01/09) WISN-TV Channel 12 includes information about the Mayfair display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit on its website’s community events calendar. (Wisconsin) (5/01/09) ArthritisToday.com posts “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia:
Q. What is the difference between chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia?” on its Web site. The response, penned by John Klippel, MD, Rheumatologist, notes that “…that the conditions are similar and probably related. … However, a practical way to differentiate the disorders is that pain is the predominant problem in people with fibromyalgia, whereas fatigue is the major complaint in people with CFS.” He quotes directly from CDC information about CFS. (4/30/09) Although a sales pitch for various herbal remedies for CFS a post on Home-Remedies-Digest.com includes credible information about the illness, including prevalence, symptoms and diagnosis. (4/24/09) The DailyRiverfrontTimes.com noted the opening of the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at St. Louis Mills. (Missouri) (4/23/09) KDNL-TV Channel 30 in St. Louis provides details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at St. Louis Mills in its community calendar. (Missouri) (4/17/09) Hallelujah1600.com includes details about the St. Louis display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in its community calendar. (Missouri) (4/14/09) Alternativehealthjournal.com hosted a nationally broadcast conference call that focused on CFS, “Ask Dr. DeSilva” on April 14. Association President and CEO Kimberly McCleary and Dr. Suzanne D. Vernon, Association scientific director, chatted with host Dr. Derrick DeSilva and responded to callers’ questions about the illness. (4/14/09) KATZ-AM 1600 includes information about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in St. Louis in its online community calendar. (Missouri) (4/14/09) The Community Calendar of the Suburban Journals, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area and surrounding Missouri and Illinois counties, includes details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at St. Louis Mills. (Missouri) (4/06/09) MilwaukeeMoms.com, the blog of Metroparent magazine, provides information about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit, set to display at Mayfair in Wauwatosa. (Wisconsin) (4/06/09) eMissourian.com, the online edition of The Missourian newspaper, provides details about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit, on display at St. Louis Mills. (Missouri) (4/1/09) A post on the LiveJournal.com blog includes information from the CDC about CFS. (4/01/09) STLToday.com, the website of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, includes details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at St. Louis Mills in its events calendar. (Missouri) (3/27/09) Information about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s display in St. Louis is included in the website calendar of The Telegraph. (Illinois) (3/27/09) CFS is number two in MSN.com’s list of “Top 10 Mysterious Diseases.” (3/27/09) A post on the MicroNutra Health Journal titled “Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” recognizes the individuality of CFS, notes the difficulty in diagnosing it, offers coping advice and provides helpful links, including one to the CDC’s CFS pages. (3/23/09) Another post on the MicroNutra Health Journal, “Hormone Imbalances Result In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome For Women,” provides basic CFS facts and discusses the role of cortisol in the illness. It also offers a link to the CDC’s CFS web pages. (3/23/09) ArticleDashboard.com publishes “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And The Psychological Aspect.” The article provides basic facts about the illness and comments on its similarity to psychological illnesses. (3/22/09) Online journal Helium.com posts “Causes of chronic fatigue syndrome,” an article in which author V. Kumar describes CFS and outlines potential causes including infections and hormonal and immunological disturbances, among others. (3/22/09) MicroNutra Health Journal posts “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Cause Unknown, Diagnosis Difficult.” The article describes the difficulties in defining and diagnosing CFS and provides links to resources such as the CDC’s CFS pages. (3/22/09) Helium.com posts “Chronic fatigue syndrome: Symptoms and treatment,” which draws heavily from information posted on the CDC’s CFS Web pages. The article provides basic facts and coping techniques. (3/17/09) A post on GoArticles.com titled “The Signs of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are Many” provides basic facts about the illness. (3/14/09) Zvents promotes the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit at St. Louis Mills in Hazelwood, Mo., in April. (3/11/09) BellaOnline notes that “CDC Says CFS can Co-exist with Hypothyroidism” on its Thyroid Health pages. Editor Jim Lowrance says the CDC’s CFS information “…state[s] that symptoms of CFS and hypothyroidism are similar and that when low thyroid hormone has been treated sufficiently, a diagnosis of CFS may still be included if the chronic (severe and ongoing) fatigue and other symptoms persist. … This is a very important consideration for doctors to recognize in my opinion because patients treated for chronic illnesses could very well also be suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.”
(3/11/09) Online journal Helium publishes “Chronic fatigue syndrome: Symptoms and treatment” by author Jonnie Chastain. She provides basic information, including a symptom list and suggested treatments. (3/10/09) The Reno News & Review includes details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in its events calendar. (Nevada) (3/06/09) Association President and CEO Kimberly McCleary and Dr. Suzanne Vernon, Association scientific director, were guests on Health Radio Network’s internet radio program “Ask Dr. DeSilva.” CFS was the topic of the hour-long show hosted by practicing internist and media personality Dr. Derrick DeSilva. Following are links to each of the show’s four segments (3/5/09):
The Lahontan Valley News includes information about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in Reno in its online events calendar. (Nevada) (3/2/09) The KRZQ-FM Web site includes details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in its events calendar. (Nevada) (2/25/09) Information about “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s display can be found in the community calendar on KJZS-FM’s Web site. (Nevada) (2/25/09) WomensRadio.com provides details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in its Women’s Calendar event listings. (Nevada) (2/25/09) On the Chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia blog, health researcher Adam Ashford posted an article titled “How to Determine If You Have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Or CFS.” He includes basic facts about the illness. (2/21/09) The Nevada Appeal’s events calendar offers details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in Reno. (Nevada) (2/17/09) A post on the About.com Fibromyalgia & CFS blog discusses the differing case definitions of CFS. In “Controversial Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Definition Examined,” author Adrienne Dellwo broadly describes both the Fukada and CDC empirical definitions and notes that “A new study published in the Journal of Disability Policy Studies Online says the empirical definition is seriously flawed” before offering her personal opinion on the topic. (2/16/09) The Record-Courier’s events calendar offers details about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in Reno. (Nevada) (2/16/09) Information about “The Faces of CFS” photo exhibit display in Reno is highlighted in the events calendar of The North Lake Tahoe Bonanza. (Nevada) (2/16/09) The Reno Gazette-Journal provides information about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in that city in its events calendar. (Nevada) (2/09/09) “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit’s display in Reno is included in Nevada Magazine’s events calendar. (Nevada) (2/09/09) The Daily Sparks Tribune posts information about the display of “The Faces of CFS” traveling photo exhibit in Reno in its online events calendar. (Nevada) (2/09/09) A post on the About.com Fibromyalgia & CFS blog titled “Spreading the Word About Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome” notes the “social battle” that sufferers of these illnesses face. It includes a link to the CDC’s CFS Web pages with the TV and radio PSAs. (2/08/09) A post on UP Ibalon Bicol, the online newsletter published by alumni of the UP Ibalon in the Philippines, the author quotes extensively from the CDC’s CFS Web pages in a discussion of the illness affecting Philippine Senator Miriam D. Santiago. (“‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ and Sen. Miriam D. Santiago’s tiredness”) (2/07/09) An updated post on NOAH, New York Online Access to Health, titled “What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?” answers that question with a series of links to information about the basics, causes and risk factors, diagnosis and care and treatment. Two of the links lead to the CDC’s CFS pages. (2/06/09) The February issue of the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Association of America’s MCSA News e-newsletter includes an article titled “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment Part 1.” It quotes extensively from CDC information as it educates readers about symptoms, prevalence, diagnosis and co-morbid conditions. (2/09) A report on EureAlert! reports on the publishing of a study of a therapeutic model that stimulates recovery from chronic stress disorders in the journal PLoS Computational Biology. The Association’s Scientific Director Dr. Suzanne Vernon teamed with Canadian researchers to “use … a relatively simple mathematical description of the HPA axis to show how the complex dynamical behavior of this system could accommodate multiple stable resting states; some corresponding to chronic loss of function characterized by low cortisol, a hormone that modulates immune function. A robust treatment strategy was designed to take advantage of the body’s existing homeostatic mechanism, using a short-duration intervention to assist the HPA axis in re-asserting homeostasis about a healthy equilibrium. Akin to pulling back a slingshot, temporarily reducing the bioavailability of cortisol pharmacologically causes the HPA axis to overcompensate and launch itself back into a correct regulatory regime.” The article cites the CDC’s prevalence rates for and economic impact of CFS. ("Recalibrating 'fight or flight'") (1/22/09)
In a post titled “Who put the Syndrome in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?” on the Thaimarathon..com blog, writer Douglas Hanna breaks down the word “syndrome” in CFS and quotes symptom information from the CDC as he discusses the difficulty in diagnosing the illness. (1/15/09) A post on the Thaimarathon.com blog asks “Are you suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?” It cites CDC information in providing a thorough list of symptoms and noting the difficulty in diagnosing the illness. (1/13/09) Bloomberg.com reports on a study conducted by researchers at Emory University and the CDC that concludes that CFS and childhood trauma are linked. In “Chronic Fatigue, Childhood Abuse Linked in U.S. CDC Study,” researchers “found that adults who reported having suffered sexual, emotional or physical abuse or neglect as children were six times more likely to have the syndrome.” The article was posted on major national and international news websites including YahooNews, USA Today, the BBC, WebMD, Ivanhoe.com, Science Daily, Detroit Free Press, The Washington Post, HealthDay, MSN, US News & World Report, UPI, ModernMedicine.com, HealthCentral.com, Discovery Health and more than 130 others. (1/05/09) |
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