Clwyd ME Support Group

Research Catalogue

Individual research items and links to websites are included in this catalogue
Title	Description	Year	Link
Invest in ME Website (IiME)	This is the website of an independent UK charity campaigning for bio-medical research into Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), as defined by WHO-ICD-10-G93.3. In particular there is a very good piece written by one of the presenters of this years London conference on this and the need for accurate and agreed diagnosis guidelines and the growing agreement among experts for the need to define Me and CFS separately	2006	IiME Website
Canadian Diagnostic Criteria	A copy of the guidelines which were published in the journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome .	2003	PDF file
Dr Bryon Hyde's Little Red Book	This was published for the 2006 conference and is based on the Canadian guidelines on what is and is not ME and is a lighter read than the full criteria above.	2006	PDF file
IiME 2006 Conference Report	A DVD set of the 2006 is available. Clwyd ME Support Group have purchased a copy and it is available for members to loan. (Contact Barbara)	2006	DVD.
Dr Sarah Myhill's Website	Dr Myhill's information is based on her experience of over 20 years in general NHS practise and private practice. Her special interest is in treating fatigue and in preventive medicine. There are many articles about CFS/ME on this site mainly in the fatigue section	2001 - 2006	Dr Myhill's site - Fatigue section Sleep is important in CFS
Journal: Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental Article authors: Marie A. Thomas, Andrew P. Smith	An investigation of the long-term benefits of antidepressant medication in the recovery of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome	Sept 2006	http://www.cfids-cab.org/rc/Thomas.pdf
Edinburgh Conference		2007	Report by our research office, Fiona Jones, who attended the conference

Other Research Websites

http://www.meresearch.org.uk

ME Research is a Scottish group who are researching the causes of CFS/ME

They also have a section with links to both local groups as well as world wide groups

http://www.meresearch.org.uk/information/links/groups.html

The National M.E. Centre

http://www.nmec.org.uk/mecentre.htm

NMEC

The National ME Centre is a rehabilitation clinic who take referrals from GP`s they will try to set up a suitable programme to assist the ME sufferer.