Welcome to NJCFSAWe are patients and families with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and we are here to support, inform and help you to deal with this serious illness. Follow the links below for quick answers to Frequently Ask Questions, or scroll down for recent news items featuring NJCFSA and developments in the CFS community. Contact information can be found at the bottom of this page. You can also explore our site using the navigation pane at left. Please show your support for what we do by joining NJCFSA now. Fill out and send in a membership form today.
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CFS News Flash - Latest Breaking News:
NJCFSA Trustee Dr. Kenneth Friedman grants part two of his interview series on ME/CFS Research: http://phoenix-cfs.org/InterviewFriedmanResearch.htm
New Research Study Seeks Young CFS Patients
Dr. Julian Stewart, director of the Center for Pediatric Hypotension is looking for CFS patients aged 15 to 29 to join a study investigating Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).Congratulations to the 2008 College Scholarship winner Christine TynesThe NJCFSA College Scholarship Committee is proud to announce that Christine Tynes, from Tinton Falls, NJ, is our 2008 scholarship winner.
Christine attends Monmouth Regional High School and is going to attend Brookdale Community College, Monmouth County, in the Fall.Read Christine's winning essay and previous winning essays
on the Essays Page.
Governor Corzine Proclaims May 2008
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
2008 NJCFSA Medical School Scholarship
Applications now available.Click here for more details
First of its Kind Established at State Medical Schools
You can support publicizing the care and treatment of CFS Patients to Medical Students by contributing now to the NJCFSA Medical School Scholarship fund.
Visit our Medical School Scholarship page to learn how.
2007 Fall Conference DVD Now Available for $15
Featuring Richard Podell, MD
Dharam Ablashi, D.V.M., M.S., Dip. Bact.
Susan Levine, M.D.Click here for more information
The DVD is also available to NJCFSA members through the NJCFSA Library.
New Pediatric Case Definition Published
A new case definition from the International Association for CFS/ME has been published in the Journal of CFS. Copies of the definition and articles on Pediatric CFS by NJCFSA Trustees Drs. Kenneth Friedman and Rosemary Underhill are available for viewing and printing on our Youth Corner page.
CFS Blue Ribbon Awareness Pins
1” high x ¾ “ wide
$3.00 each plus $2.50 Shipping and Handling
($.50 extra for S&H each additional pin purchased at that time)
Please send check made out to “NJCFSA, Inc.” to
NJCFSA – Blue Ribbon Pin
PO Box 477
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Use GoodSearch & Raise Funds for NJCFSA
You can help support the New Jersey Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association by searching the Internet or shopping online with GoodSearch- www.goodsearch.com powered by Yahoo! Each search will result in a donation to NJCFSA! Visit the GoodSearch website for instructions on how to participate.
Seaside Park Travel will give NJCFSA 50% of its travel commissions for your trip
Book your leisure travel through Seaside Park Travel. Tell your friends, and you and they can get a great price and support NJCFSA at the same time! Just tell Seaside Travel that you want to support NJCFSA when you book your trip. They can handle all types of leisure travel including cruises, tours and hotel arrangements. Contact:
Paul Cunningham
Seaside Park Travel
131 K Street
Seaside Park, NJ 08752-1319
Telephone: 1-732-854-7137
Fax: 1-732-793-0594
Website: www.cruiseformycharity.com
Email: paulc@cruiseformycharity.com
A Consensus Manual for the Primary Care and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Anyone may download an electronic copy of the Manual in Adobe Acrobat® Reader portable document format (PDF). To view the manual, Acrobat Reader software, available free from Adobe , is required. Download the CFS Manual (PDF file size 785K) at CFS Consensus Manual.pdf.
Physicians only: a limited number of printed copies are now available for physicians. Please call the NJCFSA Helpline at 888-835-3677.
Check out our new Youth Corner for Children, Adolescents and Young Adults.
Also read testimony from the CFS Advisory Committee meeting, January 10, 2005:
What NJCFSA Has Done For Children
"WRITE NOW: a Guide to Maintaining a Creative Spirit Through Writing"
by former NJCFSA trustee and long time member Susan Dion is now available for downloading onto your computer. Click here for all the information.
