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The application for the Disability Tax Credit does not 'fit' our reality. I was receiving the DTC for over 25 years, but it appears that the CRA has made it more difficult to obtain in the last few years. https://globalnews.ca/news/6474047/canadians-disabilities-can-lose-tax-credit/

A bit hyped but could have potential down the track. I wonder if Moreau is onto this team, he likes collaborating and seems keen on measuring stuff with wearables. Brain burnout - January 24, 2020 - Suzanne Ahearne More at link: https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2020+knowledge-brain-burnout+news

Have been going thro this. http://www.bcwomens.ca/health-professionals/professional-resources/complex-chronic-diseases Clinical Protocol http://www.bcwomens.ca/Specialized-Services-Site/Documents/Complex%20Chronic%20Diseases%20%28CCDP%29/Clinical%20Protocol-ME-CFS.pdf

https://www.mefm.bc.ca/post/interview-with-dr-luis-nacul-part-one Part two here, https://www.mefm.bc.ca/post/interview-with-dr-luis-nacul-part-two

A new Canadian initiative has been launched to reach out and educate our new MPs post-election. We hope you'll consider downloading the letter, sending it off to your MP and asking family and friends to do the same. Flooding their offices with our letters will raise awareness and help gain the...

full article here https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/chronic-fatigue-recognition-research-1.5330712

FROM THE ME/FM SOCIETY OF BC The number one question our Society receives, whether by phone, email or via social media: Can you refer me to a doctor? The Problem: The only expert ME doctors in British Columbia, who are currently taking new patients, are at BC Women’s Hospital Complex Chronic...

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Open Medicine Foundation Canada: https://www.omfcanada.ngo/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=news I donate to the OMF - can now receive a Canadian tax receipt ETA: It would be great to see some OMF funds going to Canadian ME researchers - there are collaborations, but I don't know if funds are...

Launch of Canadian research network makes a big statement about ME The Canadian government has announced a modest $1.4 million investment in a new research network and delivered a big message: ME is a serious illness, deserves respect ("Let's remove the insult from this injury") and needs more...

The Canadian Federal Health Minister will make an important announcement about ME at 2pm Montreal time, August 22nd: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/4c38d0bc605415bbd022ed14a/files/15e363f9-003b-4cdd-aee4-ea6040345fc4/Invitation_bilingual_22_aou_t_2019.pdf

Research news from Canada: "In a phase I clinical trial, the research team is the first in Canada to study the use of fecal transplants to alter a cancer patient’s microbiome and improve their response to anti-PD1 immunotherapy drugs."...

From the article: "To qualify for a disability benefit, you must: have a severe and prolonged disability; be under the age of 65 and meet the CPP contribution requirements.... In other cases, however, the determination is a lot more difficult and traditional objective tests are unavailable...

Some local news for once! A rare thing in Canada. Not much groundbreaking stuff in the article but it's a fair and generally accurate portrayal, centered on Dr Moreau's work on twin studies, with a personal account of one of the twins affected by ME. Moreau's team is comparing the twins' mRNA...

Sue Khazaie: Better treatment needed for 77,000 British Columbians with ME Link to article Exerpt: Please click on the link and read, it is beautifully written. Give it traffic, share on social media.

I don't think this article from yesterday has been shared yet on the forum? Nice to see coverage from Canada. White Rock woman shares her struggle with "horrendous" fatigue A report from the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis & Fibromyalgia Society of BC says that Canadian ME research is “essentially...

https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=3056&view=browseActive&sponsor=CIHR-11&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&next=1

Merged thread This is a very long article, i've only gotten through about 20% of it so far https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/05/the-best-viral-news-youll-ever-read-antibiotic-resistance-phage-therapy-bacteriophage-virus/

Bon jour, In May I flew to Montreal for the ME Conference but came thisclose to loosing consciousness on the descent and couldn't sit up without pre-syncope so big beefy paramedics had to carry me off and then an ambulance ride to the hospital (by the way, they wouldn't take me to the hospital...

"House of Commons recognizes ME/FM and the Network In the House of Commons Thursday Dec 13, Member of Parliament Anita Vandenbeld made a very powerful statement recognizing the difficulties facing the ME/FM community in Canada. You can watch her statement here: Youtube...