ME Association medical adviser Dr Charles Shepherd will be giving a presentation at this Dutch medical conference on how current research findings relating to infection, immunology, neurology (including post-mortem findings), neuroendocrinology and muscle pathology have been translated into treatments aimed at the underlying disease process in ME/CFS.
Full conference programme:
ME/CFS Symposium
12 May 2011, Amstelveen
09.00 registration and welcome
09.45 Introduction by the chairman, Henk Oosterling
10.00 Better and faster recognition of ME/CFS, Theo Wijlhuizen
10.30 The diagnostic approach to extreme tiredness by the GP, Rik Kaarsgaren
11.00 coffee break
11.30 Overview of the possible causes, including current research, Dr. Charles Shepherd
12.15 The central nervous system and CFS: cause of many problems, or the key to a solution? Prof. Jo Nijs
12.45 Discussion
13.00 lunch
14.00 Meet a ME/CFS patiënt, Goska Sixma
14.30 Behavioural therapy in ME/CFS, Prof.Dr. Gijs Bleijenberg
15.00 tea break
15.30 ME/CFS and work, Monique Broekhuizen
16.00 The need for a muti-disciplinary guideline, Nettie Blankenstein
16.30 Discussion
17.00 end