CFS / CFIDS / ME - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
FM / FMS / Fibro - Fibromyalgia Syndrome
OI / POTS / NMH / MVPS/D - Orthostatic Intolerance Dysautonomias
IBS / IC / MCS / GWI / ... - Overlapping Syndromes, Symptoms to CFS/FM/OI

Table of Contents

1. 2012 Select News Articles, Interviews, TV, Radio, Web Stories
2. 2012 Select Press Releases
3. Year by Year 'In the Media' Directory

• 2011 News
• MVPS/Dysautonomia & Orthostatic Intolerance News Items Only

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Selected Recent News (CFS, MCS, FM, ME, POTS, NMH, MVPS, OI, IBS, Lyme, sleep, etc)

• FDA Panel Considers 1st Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Only some patients got relief from the experimental treatment, experts say
   US News & World Report, HealthDay - 12-20-12
  "Even a single approved therapy, even if it were one I choose not to use, would be very helpful when I am arguing with insurance companies to legitimize the condition and that it is serious enough to require an intervention," Klimas said.
• CFS Patients Suffer From Heart Rate Variability  French Tribune - 11-20-12
  Conna further informed that these people are not at peace even when they are sleeping. It has been found that their stress-responsive neural systems are quite alert and high when they are asleep. The study researchers were able to reach at the above given conclusion after carrying out an experiment.
• Settlement Eases Rules for Some Medicare Patients  NY Times - 10-22-12
  In a proposed settlement of a nationwide class-action lawsuit, the administration has agreed to scrap a decades-old practice that required many beneficiaries to show a likelihood of medical or functional improvement before Medicare would pay for skilled nursing and therapy services.
• The scientist who put the nail in XMRV's coffin  Nature - 9-18-12
  W. Ian Lipkin tells Nature about his efforts to validate the link between retroviruses and chronic fatigue syndrome.
• Chronic fatigue syndrome: Web therapy 'can help'  BBC News - 2-29-12
  Web-based treatment may be better at helping teenagers with chronic fatigue syndrome, according to a study by scientists.
• With Help from Author Laura Hillenbrand,
  Drug Repurposing Comes to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome  Wall Street Journal Health Blog, Amy Dockser Marcus - 2-23-12
  The CFIDS Association of America says that $2 million in funding — backed by individual gifts including a $250,000 donation from best-selling writer Laura Hillenbrand, who has chronic fatigue syndrome– is going to grants and projects designed to accelerate the development of treatments for CFS.
• Fallout From Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Wide  NY Times, David Tuller - 2-6-12
  “I remember reading it and going, ‘Bingo, this is it!’ ” said Heidi Bauer, 42, a mother of triplets in Huntington, Md., who has had chronic fatigue syndrome since her 20s. “I thought it was going to mean treatment, that I was going to be able to play with my kids and be the kind of mom I wanted to be.”
• Recently appointed Hawaii Rep. Okamura resigns for health reasons  The Republic (AP) - 2-2-12.   "Okamura previously served in the House, but chose not to seek re-election in 2000 because he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome."
• Nausea, dizziness, weight loss, headaches, vomiting:
  These symptoms sometimes add up to POTS
  Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome is no fun  Pittsburgh Post Gazzette - 1-30-12
  "It is a chronic disorder where patients feel unwell more acutely when upright and feel somewhat better when they're lying down and where the problem is not primarily a drop in their blood pressure when they're upright, but rather an excessive increase in their heart rate." - Satish Raj
• Suit claims Wingfield developer Whittemore embezzled millions  RGJ.com - 1-28-12
  The suit also names Annette Whittemore, his wife, and the Lakeshore House Limited Parternship.
• Yellow Sub: Greg Resurfaces  SMH Australia - 1-21-12
  In his autobiography, Greg Page wrote about the worst time of his life: handing over his yellow skivvy and leaving what he calls Wiggle World in 2006. Beset by his mystery "vaguing out" illness, dealing with the fallout of a failed marriage and facing the loss of a lucrative 16-year career, Page wrote it was "a terrible time of my life".
• Original Yellow Wiggle Greg Page rejoins the Australian band after 5 years away due to illness  Washington Post - 1-17-12
  The Yellow Wiggle is back. The original lead singer of the world-famous preschool entertainment band The Wiggles has made a surprise return, five years after he left the group because of illness.
  A rare nervous system disorder, dysautonomia, forced Page to retire in 2006.

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Selected Press Releases

• The CFIDS Association of America Breaks Ground on Its 'Institute Without Walls' to Transform Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research  Feb 23, 2012
  The CFIDS Association of America today announces new additions to its comprehensive research initiative to advance objective diagnosis and effective treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): five new grant awards, two new projects using resources from a central biobank and curation of a biomarker "hit list" to guide future research. The new investments total $2 million.
• HELP Committee to Examine Ways to Tackle Epidemic of Chronic Pain, Builds on Landmark 2011 Institute of Medicine Study  Feb 2, 2012
  Chronic Pain Research Alliance (CPRA)'s Campaign to End Chronic Pain in Women
• National Fibromyalgia & Chronic Pain Association will be hosting its first podcast and webinar of 2012  Jan 9, 2012

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