REMINDER OF UP-COMING ME/CFS CONFERENCE IN CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - PROFESSIO

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Dear Friends:

This is a reminder of the up-coming ME/CFS Conference in Calgary, November

7th - 9th, 2008.

 

Please fax and/or email this announcement now to as many people and

organizations as you can who would be interested in such an important event.

To keep

in mind that many cannot receive attachments, the announcement is displayed

below but for those who would like to receive this bulletin as an attachment,

please email me at ag922 and I will be pleased to do so. If you

would rather receive it by fax, please let me know your fax number and I will

be

happy to do so.

 

Please participate.

 

Sincerely,

Lydia E. Neilson, M.S.M.

Chief Executive Officer

National ME/FM Action Network

512 - 33 Banner Road

Nepean, ON K2H 8V7 Canada

Tel. (613) 829-6667 - Fax (613) 829-8518

E-mail: ag922

Web: _www.mefmaction.net

_ (http://www.mefmaction.net/)

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

 

 

340,000 patients in Canada (Statistics Canada 2007)

need more informed Health Care Professionals

 

Attend the University of Calgary CFS/ME Program November 7 – 9 2008

 

 

 

Friday November 7th: Clinical Management of CFS/ME

Approved for: 3.25 hours of MAINPRO M1 credits or

3.25 hours RCPSC Category 1 credits

Saturday November 8th: Research Symposium on Disabling Fatigue in Chronic

Illness

Sunday November 9th: Public Lecture

 

Keynote speakers:

Alison Bested MD FRCP© 17 years clinical experience, author " Hope and Help

for CFS and FM " , Private Practice in Toronto

Nancy Klimas MD Professor Immunology, University of Miami

Leonard Jason PhD Professor Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago

Staci Stevens MSc Professor Kinesiology, University of the Pacific

 

 

 

To Register go to: _http://www.cme.ucalgary.ca_ (http://www.cme.ucalgary.ca/)

 

Look for the Short Course on CFS/ME Part II, Research Symposium on Disabling

Fatigue and/or Public Lecture

 

Part I of the CME course held on October 24, 2008 will be available by

podcast free of charge prior to November 7th for those unable to attend both

parts.

 

 

Sponsors (in alphabetical order): Alberta Ministry of Health, Alison Hunter

Memorial Foundation, Bayda Ludwar Law Firm, Calgary Health Region, Canadian

Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), ME/FM Society of Alberta, Metagenics

Canada, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Pfizer Canada, Public Health

Agency of Canada (PHAC), Script Pharmacy, Varsity Natural Health Center