Australia’s University of NSW’s Psychiatry Department tested a graded activity program on 25 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Before the study, patients could complete around 4 hours of ‘moderate intensity exercise’ a week (self-reported). It was not measured or recorded at the end of the program but the study found small improvements in cognitive performance, with some caveats.
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Australian capital cities light up blue for ME Awareness Week from 11-17 May.
Meet the Scientists: Meet Dr Sarah Knight, looking at brain scans for neurological markers in children and adolescents with ME/CFS (Canadian Consensus Criteria).
Meet Dr Brett Lidbury, biometrics researcher at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Write to the University of New South Wales and ask them not to allow a trial to train health professionals in graded exercise therapy and cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome patients in Australia.
Two studies at the University of NSW are using the ‘potentially harmful’ 2002 Australian guidelines. It is time for Australia to adopt the International Consensus Criteria.
Australia: Write to the National Health and Medical Research Council about funding research and updating criteria.
Want to write to the Health Minister but need a hand? Here’s a handy guide to creating your own letter.
Now’s the time to write, before the election!
Australian scientists say they are close to marketing a diagnostic test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
