

Wednesday, 13 August 2014 00:00 Last Updated on Friday, 04 December 2020 23:54
We are pleased to bring you the Winter 2020 newsletter, Quest 126
View the pdf HERE
In this issue:
• Changing the Approach to ME and FM
◦ Why change is needed now
◦ Redesigning Health Care
◦ Growing Health Research
◦ Ensuring Disability Supports
• Pacing and Management Guide for ME/CFS (by #MEAction)
• Post-Covid study funded
• Chronic Pain and Opioids
• Dr Houghton wins Nobel Prize
• Proposed British guidelines reject useless chronic fatigue syndrome treatments
• You Don’t Have to Do It All This 2020 Holiday Season
• Innovative clinical diagnostic test to diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)
• Un test diagnostique clinique innovant pour diagnostiquer l’encéphalomyélite myalgique (EM)
• Workshop on Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19
Introduction
CCHS 2019 data on CFS and FM
Information for People Struggling toRecover from COVID-19 5
ME/FM Research Update
Pointers from your colleagues
Speech From the Throne
Quest 124 - COVID Disability Payment
The Parliament of Canada announced a one-time payment to persons with disabilities. In this special edition of our Quest newsletter, we provide details of the program and how to apply.
In this issue:
COVID - Disability Payment
Email From Carla Qualtrough
Disability Tax Credit Basics
Applying for the DTC with ME/FM
Additional Announcements
Government Acknowledges Problems
Your Opportunity to Provide Feedback
How to Apply for the DTC
ME/FM and Covid-19
Letter to the Prime Minister
Feedback from the Community
What Next?
PME/FM-Covid Infosheets from the Bateman Horne Center
Update from ICanCME Research Network
Working for you
Other news in brief
• Federal Government Priorities
• ME in the Education System
• CPP-D Guide 2020 Edition
• Closing the Health Care Gender Gap – ME and FM
• Doctor to Doctor
• Consultation on Chronic Pain
• Consultation sur la douleur
• Update from ICanCME Research Network: Let’s stop ME together
• Mise à jour de la part du Réseau canadien de recherche concertée interdisciplinaire sur l’EM : « Arrête-MOI si tu peux »
FM - A Multi-System Illness