Journal of IiME Volume 2 Issue 1 www.investinme.org PROFILES/PRESENTATIONS at the IiME INTERNATIONAL ME/CFS CONFERENCE (Continued from page 14) There was no toxicity to this long-term antiviral therapy as given. For the non-statistician, the data show that the benefit to the CFS patient has the quality of truth 998 times out of a1,000! For the evidence-based physician requiring placebo controlled double blinded trials for veritude, without recognition of the differences between Group A and Group B CFS patients, as defined here, it is likely that the evidence based trial may have falsely yielded “no benefit” from the antiviral therapy. Additional links for Dr Lerner: • Martin Lerner, Valacyclovir treatment in Epstein-Barr virus subset chronic fatigue syndrome: thirty-six months follow-up. In Vivo. 2007 Sep-Oct;21(5):707-13. PMID: 18019402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] • Martin Lerner, Immunoassay with cytomegalovirus early antigens from gene products p52 and CM2 (UL44 and UL57) detects active infection in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. J Clin Pathol. 2008 May;61(5):623-6. Epub 2007 Nov 23. PMID: 18037660 [PubMed - in process] D Drr JJuull iiaa NNeewwttoonn Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University Dr Newton is Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University. She is the academic lead of the internationally renowned Cardiovascular Investigation Unit (Falls and Syncope Unit) which is arguably the largest autonomic nervous system testing laboratory in Europe. Dr Newton has been working on autonomic dysfunction in ME/CFS patients. She has a reputation in the investigation of autonomic function in the pathogenesis of fatigue with a research programme funded by the MRC, ME Research UK and Liver North. She founded and chairs the local multidisciplinary Fatigue Interest Group. C Coonnffeerreennccee PPrreesseennttaatt iioonn A Auuttoonnoommiicc DDyyssffuunnccttiioonn:: IIddeenntt ii ffiiccaatt iioonn ooff AAeett iioollooggiiccaall llyy DDiisstt iinncctt SSuubbjjeecctt ggrroouuppss wwii tthhiinn MMEE//CCFFSS The talk today will focus on the physiological changes that occur when humans stand, and how autonomic nervous system responses to assuming the upright position may be impaired in those with CFS/ME. Additional links for Dr Newton: • Symptoms of autonomic dysfunction in chronic fatigue Syndrome J.L. NEWTON, O. OKONKWO, K. SUTCLIFFE, A. SETH, J. SHIN and D.E.J. JONES From the Fatigue Interest group and Liver Research Group, Institute for Cellular Medicine,University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK Received 5 March 2007 and in revised form 24 April 2007 Invest in ME (Charity Nr 1114035) Page 15
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