The National CFIDS Foundation was created to help fund research and provide a variety of services for those afflicted with CFIDS/ME and related disorders. Whether you are a CFIDS/ME patient or are interested in learning more about these disabling illnesses, the National CFIDS Foundation can provide you with various types of information. The leaders of the National CFIDS Foundation have close ties to many people of the CFIDS/ME community and thereby can provide insight into many current issues that can affect us all.
The National CFIDS Foundation's dues are $10/year. (Waivers are available upon request*, see below.) Members receive two newsletters a year, edited by Gail Kansky, former president of the Massachusetts CFIDS Association and previous editor of the Mass. CFIDS Update. The newsletter Includes:
- submissions from researchers, clinicians, and patients
- medical journal summaries
- news from the research community
- reports of presentations by well-known medical speakers
- summaries of CFIDS/ME related lectures
- a regularly featured column by medical advisor Alan Cochetto
- a column on disability issues by Attorney Bernard Kansky
