United States Sources:

The CFIDS Association of America

•   The CFIDS resources for Medical Professionals
•   Complete Text of Revised Case Definition
        Fukuda et al, Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 121, December 15, 1994, pp. 953-959.
•   Research
•   The CFIDS resources for Patients
•   Patients: Newly Diagnosed
•   The CFIDS Self-Help Course
•   Patients: Long-term Patients
•   Patients: Pregnancy and CFIDS
•   Women and CFIDS Fact Sheet
•   For those who care
•   Starting a Support Group
•   What is CFIDS in Youth?
•   Materials for School Nurses
•   Materials for School Nurses
•   Evaluating CFIDS: A Checklist for School Nurses
•   Tips for Teachers of Young People with CFIDS
•   Neurocognitive Problems and the CFS Student
•   Strategies for Learning with CFIDS
•   Energy Saving Tips for YPWC Students
•   Back to School Without Your Sibling
•   Calen's Story: A Child's Journey Through CFIDS
•   Tips for parents
•   Pediatric CFIDS
•   Symptoms   Chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS)
•   CFIDS Prevalence
•   The CFIDS Diagnosis
•   CFIDS Treatment
•   The CFIDS Medication List
•   Analgesic (Pain Relief) Drugs
•   Immune and Endocrine Drugs
•   Sleep Aids
•   Antidepressants
•   Gastrointestinal medications
•   Stimulants
•   Muscle Relaxants
•   Orthostatic Intolerance
•   19 minute Video - CNN interview with USA CFIDS Assn, July 2003 - Windows version
•   19 minute Video - CNN interview with USA CFIDS Assn, July 2003 - Realplayer version

  The National Fibromyalgia Partnership (NFP)
  

• Fibromyalgia: The Physician's Curse   (in MSWord)
  
• On Adjusting   (in MSWord)
  
• To the Newly Diagnosed Patient   (in MSWord)
  
• The Art of Drawing a Blank:   Fibromyalgia & Memory   (in MSWord)
  
• FM's analogy for the six blind men & an elephant   (in MSWord)
  
• Up the Down Staircase:  Work & Fibromyalgia   (in MSWord)
  
• Post-Traumatic Fibromyalgia:  A New Paradigm   (in MSWord)
  
• A Novel Holistic Explanation for the Fibromyalgia Enigma:   Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction   (in MSWord)
  
• The Abnormal Central Pain Processing Mechanism in Patients With Fibromyalgia   (in MSWord)
  
• Science of Fibromyalgia - for Physicians
• Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)
• The Expert Patients Programme - UK
• Stanford Self-Management Programs
• British Medical Journal - FM & Exercise
• The Canadian Pain Society
• NIAMS Fibromyalgia Program Assessment
• Devin Starlanyl's site, with books
• Hannah's site, Fighting M.E., a personal site.

  Dr. Devin Starlanyl

• "Devin's Diagnostic" - FMS & CMP
• The FMS/CMP definition page
• Perpetuating Factors
• New Test for FMS: Algotensiometry
• 18 Medical Handouts for the Health Team - Devin Starlanyl
  
• Fibromyalgia and Chronic Myofascial Pain: Keys to Diagnosis and Treatment
• Information for Everyone on Your Health Care Team
• Information for Cardiologists
• Information for Endocrinologists
• Information for Mental Health Care Professionals
• Information for Ob./Gyn. Health Care Professionals
• Information for Primary Care, Physiatrists and Rheumatologists
• Information for Surgeons
• Information for Pharmacists
• Information for Neurologists
• Information for Eye Care Professionals
• Information for Dentists
• Medications
• Devin Starlanyl - Exercise Hints
• Free Yoga classes - online instruction & videos

   

  
   
  

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  UK Resources:

  The ME Association (UK)

• The Symptoms and Diagnosis of ME/CFS
• Prognosis
• Treatments
• Precipitating & Perpetuating Factors
• ME/CFS - An Overview

  Action for M.E. (UK)

• Guidance on the management of CFS/M.E.
  This guide, based on the Chief Medical Officer's report, has been produced by the U.K.'s Action for M.E. to assist GPs in the assessment and management of patients with CFS/M.E.
• M.E.   A Guide to the Symptoms, Cause, and Treatment
• Your Child & M.E.
• What causes M.E?
• What are the symptoms?
• Controlling symptoms
• Guidance on seeing a private practitioner
• Controlling symptoms

  Fibromyalgia Association UK

• GPs leaflet by Fibromyalgia Assn UK
• Who Cares?
• Fibromyalgia Association UK - What is Fibromyalgia?
• Exercise and Fibromyalgia
• Children & Young People
   
  

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  From immunesupport.com
  
• Robert Bennett, M.D., on Treatment of Fibromyalgia in Detail
• Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia By Leon Chaitow N.D., D.O., M.R.O.
• Medications for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Charles Lapp, M.D., on the Effective Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia
• Kent Holtorf, M.D., on Effective Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia

   

  And many other valuable sources
  

• Useful treatments for fibromyalgia syndrome (JAMA 2004)
  
• FIBROpedia: dictionary created by participants in alt.med.fibromyalgia.
• FIBROMYALGIA: IT'S A PERSONAL JOURNEY, By David Saul, M.D.
• How to deal with Stress - FamilyDoctor.org
• Men with Fibromyalgia - a site meant for men.
• Maintaining a Positive Attitude: Ten Strategies
• Nightingale Research Foundation - various articles on CFS
• Colorado Fibromyalgia Research and Information Library
• MARRTC - Missouri - FM site - Provides a good ranking of other sites.
• The Oregon Fibromyalgia Foundation - a useful site
• The American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Centre for Disease Control (US)
• OHSU Fibromyalgia First Visit Questionnaire
• Science of Fibromyalgia - for Physicians
• A Physician's Guide to Fibromyalgia Syndrome
• A Patient's Frequently Asked Questions about Fibromyalgia
• Diagram - FM Tender Points
• Dr. Cheney's Basic Treatment Plan for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• US Center for Disease Control - CFS information
• US CDC - CFS - their definition
• Chronic fatigue syndrome information for medical doctors
• CFS treatment info for medical doctors
• CFS Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment -- by David S. Bell, MD
• CDC - CFS Research Definition - full text
• The Prevalence of CFS: A Review of Efforts --Past and Present

   

  Other Important Organisations
  

• Self-Help Group Resource Center
• The North American Chronic Pain Association of Canada
• The Chronic Pain Association of Canada
• A Report of the CFS/ME Working Group (UK Govt.)
• The American Chronic Pain Association
• The International Association for the Study of Pain
• Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain
• Toronto Western Hospital - Musculoskeletal pain
• Wasser Pain Management Centre at Mount Sinai
• Centre for the Study of Pain at the University of Toronto
• Pain Research & Management - Canadian Pain Society journal

   

  Journals
  

• Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• The Journal of Rheumatology
• Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain
• Journal of Social Work in Long-Term Care

   

  Reference Sources
  

• Fibromyalgia References from 1981 to March 2002
• OHSU Fibromyalgia First Visit Questionnaire
• Chronic fatigue syndrome information for medical doctors
• A Review of different countries and the illness
• RemedyFind - a non-commercial, non-sponsored, patient owned site that allows individuals and healthcare professionals to rate the effectiveness of the treatments they have used for specific illnesses
• Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Other Medical Information - Lois Randall's web site
• Stats Can page for Chronic Illnesses
• MediConsult - a site listing many ME/CFS resources, includes A-Z Medical Directory, Medical Library and Discussion Groups
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - many useful links to resources
• The Cheney Clinic on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• A Physician's Guide to Fibromyalgia Syndrome
• U.S. National Library of MedicineMedlinePlus
• Medline Fibromyalgia section
• A randomized, controlled trial of exercise and education for individuals with fibromyalgia.
• Dawn Jones - exercise videos for people with FM
• The Chronic Syndrome Support Association
• A USA law suit wins insurance for FM/CFS patient
• A letter to people without the illness, from one who does.

   

  Various other useful resources:
  

• Guidance on the management of CFS/M.E.
  This guide, based on the Chief Medical Officer's report, has been produced by the U.K.'s Action for M.E. to assist GPs in the assessment and management of patients with CFS/M.E.
• M.E.   A Guide to the Symptoms, Cause, and Treatment
• Your Child & M.E.
• Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
• Practical Self Help Guide
  From the UK - Kings College Hospital
  
• A Patient's Frequently Asked Questions about Fibromyalgia
• The FIBROM-L Home Page - online discussion group on FM
• Diagram - FM Tender Points
• Fibromyalgia: The basicsWilliam S. Middleton VA Hospital, USA
• Fibromyalgia: Helpful Behavioural ChangesWilliam S. Middleton VA Hospital, USA
• Anatomical Drawings - The Merck Manual

FM-CFS Canada recognized that short Overviews of the Consensus Documents may be of further assistance to busy medical practitioners. In response to the request from FM-CFS Canada, Dr. Bruce Carruthers, principal author of the ME/CFS Consensus Document and Co-editor of the FMS Consensus Document, and Marjorie van de Sande, Consensus Coordinator for both the ME/CFS and FMS Consensus Documents, kindly wrote such Overviews. These Overviews are follow-ups of the Canadian Consensus Documents and have been reviewed by the Expert Consensus Panels. In order to ensure that the integrity of the Consensus Documents and the Overviews is maintained, Dr. Carruthers and Ms. van de Sande wrote and published the Overviews independent of any organization.
 

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