|
ME/CFS South Australia Inc supports the needs of sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses. We do this by providing services and information to members.
Disclaimer
ME/CFS South Australia Inc aims to keep members informed of various research projects, diets, medications, therapies, news items, etc. All communication, both verbal and written, is merely to disseminate information and not to make recommendations or directives.
Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed on this Web site are not necessarily the official views of the Society or its Committee and are not simply an endorsement of products or services.
| Become a Member | ||||
|
||||
Carol Head Named 2017 Health Hero By O, The Oprah Magazine
Tuesday 13 December 2016
From the Solve ME/CFS Initiative (via email):
 |
Carol Head Named 2017 Health Hero by O, The Oprah Magazine
SMCI President Carol Head has been honored by O, The Oprah Magazine as a 2017 “Health Hero," one of fourteen “visionaries who are healing bodies, minds, and communities.” Go here to see the article.
Although we would have preferred a more substantive piece (and inclusion of "myalgic encephalomyelitis," or ME, as our disease name), we are touched that Oprah has recognized the importance of featuring this devastating disease. With over 2.4 million paid subscribers, being featured in O, The Oprah Magazine is much-needed exposure for our disease.
Carol humbly accepts this honor in the name of the hundreds of advocates who work for recognition of this disease and the millions of patients who continue to suffer.
--------------------------------
From the Oprah Magazine article:
The Tireless Advocate
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is the Rodney Dangerfield of diseases: It gets next to no respect. “We’re all fatigued” is the response Carol Head sometimes hears when she tells people she’s fundraising on behalf of CFS. “They don’t realize it’s a debilitating condition affecting up to two and a half million Americans,” she says. Since becoming the president of the nonprofit Solve ME/CFS Initiative in 2013, Head has fought attempts to ax federal funding for research, called for a more legitimate-sounding name for the disorder, and orchestrated a public awareness campaign with a video in Times Square—where up to one and a half million people a day learned about a disease that makes people sick, not just sleepy.
– C.P.
blog comments powered by Disqus
Previous Page |
Registered Charity 3104
Email:
sacfs@sacfs.asn.au
Mailing address:
PO Box 322,
Modbury North,
South Australia 5092
Phone:
1300 128 339
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday,
10am - 4pm
(phone)