Dr Byron Hyde | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | September 14

Posting the below public service announcement from Geoff Hallmann. It’s exciting that Dr Hyde is now coming to Brisbane as previously Queensland wasn’t on the list – if you know anyone who may be interested (inc your medical people) please spread the word - it’s next week! Other lecture locations in Australia as below.

Melbourne, September 18

Perth, September 9 – 12

Sydney, September 8

ACT, September 3 - 6

Take it away, Geoff:

          Hello all

I am pleased to confirm that I have arranged (with the assistance of many) for Byron Hyde to visit Brisbane for a presentation on Tuesday 14th September 2010.
Lectures
He will be appearing at two lectures.
At 12:30pm he will hold a lecture for medical personnel, allied health practitioners and academics.
At 5:30pm he will present an open lecture to the public.
Venue
The venue is the Main Auditorium of the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Cnr Butterfield and Bowen Bridge Road, Herston in Brisbane.
I believe there is parking on site and it is well accessible to public transport.
Maps and Information
General Website: http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/
Information about UQCCR: http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/about-uqccr.aspx
Detailed Map of Herston: http://www.uq.edu.au/health/docs/2008/080428HerstonMap.pdf
Magnified map of how to get to UQCCR: http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/about-uqccr/how-to-find-us.aspx
Auditorium: http://www.uqccr.uq.edu.au/facilities/main-auditorium-.aspx
Bus Transport
Bus No. #66, #333, #330 #340 from King George Square bus station in the city (along Adelaide St (~100 Adelaide St) - these go to the hospital.
see: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=adelaide+st+Brisbane&rls=com.microsoft:en-au:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&rlz=1I7GGLL_en&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Adelaide+St,+Brisbane+QLD+4000&gl=au&ei=6bCFTJ61J4jEvQOrx6i9BA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ8gEwAA
It is about a 100m flat walk from the Royal Brisbane Hospital and to the UQCCR using the maps above.
Cost
I do not wish to charge people with the condition for the event and I would ask for a $ 5 donation ($ 10 from non-sufferers/non pensioners) to help me offset the costs of hosting this event and bringing Dr. Hyde to Brisbane to discuss his research with everyone. I am a firm believer in education and this is one condition where I think everyone needs to be educated.
RSVP
An RSVP to me via geoffhallmann at yahoo.com would be great.
There are just 120 seats in the auditorium and it would be great to get numbers.
Background
Dr Hyde’s talk will cover the latest research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.), and Fibromyalgia. He will also be discussing diagnosis and treatment, understanding the complexities of these illnesses, and effects on children.
About Dr Byron Hyde and the Nightingale Research Foundation
Dr Hyde is one of the few physicians worldwide whose practice has consisted solely of the investigation of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)patients since 1984. Dr. Hyde collaborated with over 100 experts to edit and publish in 1992 the first comprehensive and authoritative medical reference book on M.E. and CFS.
In order to widen resources to investigate M.E., CFS and related illnesses, Dr Hyde founded the Nightingale Research Foundation in 1988. Nightingale is dedicated to explore, understand and treat patients disabled with M.E. and CFS, fibromyalgia-type illnesses and post-immunization injuries.
Any male, female, child or adult can have M.E. or CFS. Those who have M.E. or CFS usually get the illness between the ages of 12-55 and many children are included in the population of those with M.E. and CFS-like disease. Up to 70 per cent of people with M.E. or CFS are female. A disproportionate number of people with the condition are professionals and semiprofessionals in the teaching, medical and associated disciplines.
The Foundation chose the Tiger for its logo since the animal is a natural killer and “one of the first scientific benchmarks of M.E. and CFS was the fact that patients lacked active natural killer cells.” (NRF website) Natural killer (or NK) cells are an essential part of the immune system.
Today, Nightingale’s priorities are individual patient-based research with total body/brain investigation of M.E. and CFS patients as well as the development of a sophisticated database to consolidate these findings for analysis and publication.
The uniqueness of Dr Hyde’s work is in its emphasis on total body mapping of all systems and organs so that he can understand the nature and complexity of the M.E. and CFS patients’ illnesses. Dr Hyde also manages a detailed data base of information based on his investigations into acute onset and gradual onset central nervous system dysfunction associated with fatigue and pain syndrome. This is from individual M.E. and CFS case research of over 3,000 patients and is more detailed than any other such research in North America.
The Foundation also has a separate, longitudinal database with some records spanning over twenty years. Such resources have led to new findings about the illnesses and Dr Hyde believes the vast majority of gradual onset type CFS patients were misdiagnosed with many subsequently found to have other conditions.
Cheers
Geoffrey Hallmann
B.Bus.(Hons)(UNE-NR), LLB (Hons)(Newcastle), DipLegPrac, DipFinPlan
PhD Candidate
Southern Cross University
School of Exercise Science & Sport Management
PO Box 157
EAST LISMORE NSW 2480
+ 61 2 66241979
+ 61 4 14 014 365
geoffhallmann at yahoo.com