Criteria Questionnaire:

 International Consensus Criteria Questionnaire for patients over 18:  "Do I fit the ICC?"

ME Background Information:

Quick Summary Sheets

Simple ME Fact Sheet

Brief ME History

ME Science Links - published studies on myalgic encephalomyelitis

Important ME Quotes

ME Video Links

Medical Information:

Canadian Consensus Criteria - Clinical and Case Definition for ME (2003) - this is the definition the M.E. expert doctors, researchers and clinicians would like to see implemented immediately

1. Short summary - (towards the bottom of the page)

2. A Clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners (2005)

3. Full Version

Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria - an even newer definition (2011), starting with the Canadian Consensus Criteria as a basis

• ME International Consensus Primer for Clinical Practitioners - how to understand, diagnose and manage the symptoms of ME - this primer is superior to information on the CDC website.

Summary of ME Medical Abnormalities in Peer Reviewed Literature

Documentaries:

The following documentaries help bring awareness to severe ME.

What About M.E.? - Trailer for documentary released 2016. Facebook page.

Invisible Illness - Stories of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - 11 minute mini documentary produced by Palo Alto Online, featuring severe ME patient Whitney Dafoe, and his father, ME researcher, Ron Davis.

Blue Ribbon: Sneak Peak and Blue Ribbon (Promo)  - these are trailers for the documentary Forgotten Plague, released in 2015.

Voices from the Shadows trailer (2011) - full documentary available on Vimeo

Political:

There is a long history of government interference in ME, which is still ongoing.

Thirty Years of Disdain - How HHS and A Group of Psychiatrists Buried Myalgic Encephalomyelitis by Mary Dimmock Matthew Lazell-Fairman (December 2015) - short version of the document listed next.

Thirty Years of Disdain - How HHS Buried M.E. by Mary Dimmock and Matthew Lazell-Fairman - New publication (updated December 2015) which covers similar territory to Osler's Web, up to the current day.

Osler's Web by Hillary Johnson - The definitive account of the history of the government vs. ME. Details of the misdeeds and wrongdoings of the CDC. Patients have a long memory, and this is why they mistrust the HHS.

What's Wrong With ME Information on the CDC Website? This blog post by journalist Mindy Kitei explains the many problems with the CDC Toolkit for "CFS" - CDC Toolkit for CFS: Despite Its Inaccuracies, CDC Won't Remove It

Issues:

NIH Sidesteps Critical Problems with the ME/CFS Study 

Systemic Bias Continues at NIH