ME Association medical adviser Dr Charles Shepherd is to speak at an international conference on ME/CFS in Italy on Friday. Another British participant will be the epidemiologist, Dr Derek Pheby, who heads up the UK National Research Observatory on ME/CFS. The conference has been organised by University of Pavia immunologist Dr Lorenzo Lorusso. Details of programme below:
PAVIA, 26TH SEPTEMBER 2008
The second International meeting on asthenia and chronic fatigue syndrome
Fatigue: disease or symptom?
Clinical significance and social impact
Chairpersons
Belloni Giovanni, Pavia – Iannello GianCarlo, Pavia
08.30 Authority greeting
09.00 Definition and types of asthenia
Ricevuti Giovanni, Pavia
09.15 Asthenia in general practice medicine
Coronelli Maurizio, Pavia
09.30 Asthenia in infectious diseases
Pizzigallo Eligio, Chieti
09.45 Asthenia related with tumours
Tirelli Umberto, Aviano
10.00 Tools of evaluation for asthenia
Piccolo Giovanni, Pavia
10.15 Coffee break
Chairpersons
Lorusso Lorenzo, Pavia – Ricevuti Giovanni, Pavia
11.00 Elderly: how to recognize the "pathological" asthenia
Bottini Gabriella, Pavia
11.15 Role and experience of health operators in management of asthenia
Ripa Paola,Milano
11.30 Physical exercise in the multidisciplinary treatment of CFS
Jurisic H. Daniela, Pavia
11.45 Legal medicine problems
Avato Francesco Maria, Pavia
12.00 Immunological and immunogentic markers in the CFS
Cuccia Mariaclara / Capelli Enrica, Pavia
12.15 CFS/ME patients in Italy: current situation and future prospects
Beretta Roberta, Associazione malati CFS
12.30 Pain, telling, medicine. Antropological analysis of chronic fatigue syndrome
Nania Walter, Bologna
12.45 Lunch
CFS/ME in Europe: experience and prospects
Chairpersons
Pheby Derek, Hull/ Pizzigallo Eligio, Chieti/ Tirelli Umberto, Aviano
14.00 Epidemiological data on CFS in Europe
Pheby Derek, Hull, UK
14.15 ME/CFS in the UK: the role of patient support charities in providing information, funding research and campaigning for clinical services
Charles Shepherd, ME Association, UK
14.30 European network on CFS/ME: limits and possibilities
Lacerda Eliana, London, UK
14.45 CFS/ME in South America
Nacul Luis, London, UK
15.00 Approach to chronic fatigue syndrome in Belgium: clinical care and research
Greta Moorkens, Antwerp, Belgium
15.15 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Spain
Antoni Fernandez Sola, Barcelona, Spain
15.30 Chronic fatigue syndrome in Latvia: association with HHV-6 and HHV-7 infection
Murovska Modra, Riga, Latvia
15.45 New prospective therapies for CFS
Vermeleuen Ruud, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
16.00 Final discussion and CME evaluation
Comitato scientifico/ Scientific commette:
Lorusso L, Ricevuti G, Tirelli U, Piccolo G, Pizzigallo E.
Aim
The choice of the theme of this meeting is based on demand to study, with national and international experts, an argument of great interest within clinical activity and with wide social impact. The aim is to give practical guide lines on asthenia and chronic fatigue syndromes in clinical routine and to find a solution to reduce the social discomforts too.
Patrocinatori:
ASL Pavia
Associazione Italiana CFS di Aviano
Associazione Malati CFS-Onlus di Pavia
ASP Pavia
Collegio degli Infermieri di Pavia
Fondazione BIRDS "Mauro Baschirotto", Costozza di Longare (Vicenza)
Istituto Neurologico "Casimiro Mondino", Pavia
Ordine dei Medici-Chirurghi di Pavia
Provincia di Pavia
Società Italiana di Geontologia e Geriatria
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Università degli Studi di Chieti
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Further information (in Italian) here
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