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ME/CFS AUSTRALIA (SA) INC

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Talking Point

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Talking Point

2002 Issue 2

Section 1: General
Section 2: Medical Matters
Section 3: Society Matters

Section 1: General

•	Editorial By Paul Leverenz.
•	President’s Report (June 2002) Paul Leverenz reports on the current state of the Society.
•	Letters to the Editor
•	RACP Guidelines: debrief on the Guidelines
•	RACP Guidelines: joint letter to MJA Editor Letter to MJA Editor from Professor Richard Larkins and Mr Simon Molesworth.
•	Report on chronic fatigue fuels row By Julie Robotham. Reprinted from The Age, April 29, 2002. Used with permission.
•	Riddle of the quiet killer By Julie Robotham. Reprinted from the Sydney Morning Herald, May 4, 2002. Used with permission.
•	Neurotic or misunderstood? By Daniel Williams. Reprinted from TIME pacific, May 20, 2002. Used with permission.
•	Personal story: Jo Tonkin By Jo Tonkin.

Section 2: Medical Matters

•	The place of psychiatry in the CFS debate – prejudice, power and pitfalls By Dr Nicole K Phillips, MBChB Dip RACOG DPM FRANZCP. This paper was presented at The Third International Clinical and Scientific Meeting for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Sydney, Australia in December 2001.
•	Battle fatigue By Jerome Burne. Reprinted from The Guardian, March 30, 2002. Used with permission.
•	The cause and treatment of post-polio fatigue By Richard L Bruno, Nancy M Frick, Susan J Creange, Todd Lewis, and Terry Molzen. Used with permission. For more information on post-polio: members.aol.com/harvestctr/pps/polio.html www.postpolioinfo.com/
•	Letter from The University of Newcastle: new directions for researchers of chronic pain disorder By Associate Professors Hugh Dunstan and Tim Roberts. An information brochure on the Gideon Lang Research Foundation, recently formed by Associate Professors Dunstan and Roberts was attached to the letter.

Section 3: Society Matters

•	Meeting with Fibromyalgia SA A report on the meeting between delegates from the Management Comittee and their counterparts from Fibromyalgia SA.
•	ME/CFS Awareness Evening and Expo A report on the May 13 Awareness Evening and Expo. By Peter Cahalan.
•	ME/CFS Awareness Evening and Expo video Couldn’t make it to the Awareness Evening and Expo? Purchase the video.
•	Suggested reading
•	Badge Day: May 31, CBD By Adrian Hill.
•	Collectors needed
•	People Profile: Peter Worsley By Peter Worsley.
•	Items available from the Society
•	Out and About By Sue Heard.
•	Recipe Corner Pumpkin and Parsnip Soup; Cheesy Vegetables; Fruit Smoothies; and Fruit Crumble. Thanks to Margaret Jackson for supplying these recipes.
•	Support Groups
•	What is ME/CFS?