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Archive-name: auto/misc.handicap/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-lists-started

Index Number: 23644

Announcement

An electronic newsletter and a discussion list have just been
created about chronic fatigue syndrome.  CFS-NEWS is independent
newsletter which seeks to serve the CFS community by quickly
disseminating information about current medical research on CFS.
It will be issued about once each month to give updates on these
developments.  Other CFS topics of interest to the readership will
also be covered.  Advice and contributions of news items are
welcome.

CFS-L is a discussion list which seeks to serve the needs of
persons with chronic fatigue syndrome by enabling a broad
discussion of CFS-related topics.  Subscription is open and the
list is unmoderated.  Please note that any advice which may be
given on this list regarding diagnoses or treatments, etc.,
reflects only the opinion of the individual posting the message;
people with CFS ought to consult with a licensed health care
practitioner who is familiar with the syndrome.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is an illness characterized by
debilitating fatigue and a variety of flu-like symptoms.  The
condition is also known as chronic fatigue immune deficiency
syndrome (CFIDS), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) and by other
names, and in the past has been known as chronic Epstein-Barr virus
(CEBV).

To subscribe to CFS-NEWS, send the following command to LISTSERV@NIHLIST or
to LISTSERV@LIST.NIH.GOV:

     SUB CFS-NEWS your_full_name

where "your_full_name" is your name.  For example:

     SUB CFS-NEWS John Doze

Similarly, to join the CFS-L discussion, use the same procedure as
above except you use "CFS-L" in place of "CFS-NEWS".  Please
remember that CFS-L is a LISTSERV list, so that administrative
commands (such as SUBSCRIBE, etc.) must be sent to
LISTSERV@nodename, whereas messages for posting to the list must be
sent to CFS-L@nodename.

CFS patients are also advised to retrieve and read the file named
RESOURCE at the NIH server.  Note that the server is at a different
node address than is the LISTSERV.  To get the file, put the
command GET FTP CFS.RESOURCE in the Subject heading of an e-mail
message (the text is ignored) and send it to SERVER@NIHCU.BITNET or
SERVER@CU.NIH.GOV.  It is also available via anonymous FTP at
cu.nih.gov or 128.231.64.7, password=guest, directory=CFS,
filename=RESOURCE.

-- Roger Burns      bfu@cu.nih.gov  bfu@nihcu.bitnet
                    Editor, CFS-NEWS and Owner, CFS-L