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Talking Point

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Talking Point

2002 Issue 4

Section 1: General
Section 2: Medical Matters
Section 3: Society Matters

Section 1: General

•	Editorial By Paul Leverenz and Farrah Tate.
•	President’s end of year reports 2002 Paul Leverenz reports on the state of the Society for the year.
•	Letters to the Editor
•	CFS discussion in the Medical Journal of Australia This article also appeared in the Talking Point 2002 Issue 2. Reproduced with permission.
•	Multiple Chemical Sensitivity motion to South Australian Upper House Full speech given by Hon Sandra Kanck MLC, Democrats Deputy Leader (SA), about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity to the Legislative Council.
•	Public Health Association of Australia: letter to the National Health and Medical Research Council By Pieta Laut, Executive Director of the Public Health Association of Australia.
•	Successful grant applications for 2002 By Paul Leverenz and Peter Worsley.
•	Commotion on the Murray By Ash Thompson and Nathan Fenton. For more information visit the Commotion on the Murray Web site.
•	What gets in the way of being sensible? Frankie Campling, author of CFS/ME: The Facts, takes a look at what can get in the way of effective pacing. Used with permission from Action for ME.
•	Personal story: An ME clinic turned my life around By Abigail Owen. Reprinted from InterAction Issue 41, the magazine of Action for ME. Used with permission.
•	Special Feature: School and kids with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome By Mary Campbell. Reprinted from from the Spring 2002 issue of ChaMEleon, the magazine of the ACT ME/CFS Society. Used with permission.
•	Thank you to Microsoft

Section 2: Medical Matters

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Persistent pain in patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Laurence A Bradley, PhD, University of Alabama. Reprinted from the Summer 2002 issue of The CFIDS Research Review. Used with permission from The CFIDS Association of America.

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Neuroendocrinology, genetics and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Dr David J Torpy, MBBS, PhD, FRACP.
Dr Torpy is based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and is the Society’s keynote speaker appearing at our Awareness Seminar in May 2003. He is the lead author of a study on a newly described genetic mutation that has been associated with fatigue and relative hypotension.

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Miscellaneous abstracts

Includes:

The effect of a polynutrient supplement on fatigue and physical activity of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome – a double-blind randomized conrtolled trial;

High prevalence of mycoplasma infection among European chronic fatigue syndrome patients – examination of four mycolpasma species in blood if chronic fatigue syndrome patients;

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity in chronic fatigue syndrome and health under psychological, physiological, and pharmacological stimulation; and

Treatment with staphylococcus toxoid in fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome – a randomised controlled trial.

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Brain abnormalities and CFS pain
By Laurence A Bradley, PhD, University of Alabama. Reprinted from the Summer 2002 issue of The CFIDS Research Review. Used with permission from The CFIDS Association of America.

Section 3: Society Matters

•	Awareness Week 2003: May 10 to 17 Details on the ME/CFS Awareness Seminar.
•	SAYME: End of year report By Peter Worsley.
•	Questionnaire 2002 Results from the Society’s most recent questionnaire to Society members.
•	Volunteer positions available: Office
•	Food for thought Dr Bogushka Paks discusses various aspects of nutrition, diet ME/CFS in general, and a good place for eating out. Reprinted from the Autumn 2002 issue of Emerge, magazine of the Victorian CFS/ME Society. Used with permission.
•	Support Group report By Bill Daniels.
•	Support Groups
•	What is ME/CFS?