Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a severe, complex, acquired illness with numerous symptoms related mainly to the dysfunction of the brain, gastro-intestinal, immune, endocrine and cardiac systems. ME has been classified as a neurological disorder in the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases  since 1969 (ICD 10 G93.3).

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The NSW Society and Management Committee would like to wish all ME/CFS/FM mums and the mum’s  who care for a mecfs sufferer a very Happy Mother’s Day. We would like to acknowledge the effort and pain you put yourself through to be the best mum who can be.

Please remember it is better for your children to have you rather than not having a mum at all.

We also what to send a big mothers day hug and thank you to those mecfs mum’s who’s children have moved on and left home and tend to forget about their sick mothers. Any special day can be difficult for these mothers and the NSW Soclety will never forget about you. Please utilise our services to help you through the good days and those though days. May, God Bless you and keep you safe and happy.

happy mother’s day, I love you mum xxx

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CFS victim locked up after euthanasia attempt

A Perth woman battling chronic fatigue syndrome was committed to the locked ward of Fremantle Hospital after an attempt to euthanise herself in a desperate bid to address her crippling condition.

A Success Story

One sufferer tells her story of how CBT can be used in self-management. New self-management classes begin online on the 21st March.

PACE Trial on ME/CFS

Response from ME/CFS Australia to the UK Medical Research Council PACE trial findings.

Spinal Fluid Proteins

Spinal fluid proteins distinguish Lyme disease from ME/CFS.... both conditions involve the central nervous system and protein abnormalities in the CNS are causes and/or effects of both conditions.

Author Escapes From CFS

Laura Hillenbrand's newest book, “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption,” is a riveting tale of the life of an athlete and war hero. Ms. Hillenbrand’s ability to transport her readers to another time and place is all t…

The Pacific Fatigue Lab

Could a small lab in the Central Valley of California change how CFS is viewed? The lab focuses on a very basic and still very misunderstood aspect of CFS – why patients have so much trouble with exercise.

Acylcarnitine deficiency in CFS

Recent research from the University of South Australia: ... in light of carnitine’s critical role in mitochondrial energy production, it has been suggested that chronic fatigue syndrome may be associated with altered carnitine homeostasis. This study…

Exhausted by Illness, and Doubts

A New York Times report on the XMR virus and CFS. "XMRV was first identified in 2006.... It was linked to chronic fatigue syndrome in October 2009 in a paper in the journal Science by researchers from the Whittemore Peterson Institute....The research…

Australian CFS Symposium Overview

A summary of the presentations at the International Science Symposium on ME/CFS, 3-4 December 2010, Bond University, Queensland, Australia.

Plasma neuropeptide Y

Plasma neuropeptide Y: a biomarker for symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Welcome

The ME/CFS Society of NSW Inc. is a Registered Charity that aims to provide information and support to all who are affected by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis ("ME") also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ("CFS") and any related illnesses, to promote accurate awareness of ME/CFS within medical and scientific communities and the wider public, and to support research into the treatment of ME/CFS.