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Immune Dysfunction (ME/CFS) Awareness Panel 2016 05/12/2016

May 12 is International Awareness Day for ME/CFS. Because of the overlap of ME/CFS with Fibromyalgia & Lyme Disease, ImmuneDysfunction.org, a 501(c)3 private foundation, hosts a panel discussion to explore the ramifications of these diseases in Vermont, the current specifics and trends in research, and clinical care.

Rik Carlson, Director ImmuneDysfunction.org

Chittenden County State Senator David Zuckerman, an outspoken advocate for Lyme Disease reforms and candidate for Lt. Governor.

Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D. Adjunct Instructor, Natural Sciences, Castleton State College.

David W. Maughan, Ph.D. Research Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Vermont.

Terry Naumann, M.D. Volunteer Physician at Open Door Clinic in Middlebury and Vergennes, and at The Peoples Health and Wellness Clinic in Barre, VT, Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Family Practice, University of Vermont, College of Medicine.

Jeff Wulfman MD, ABFM, ABIHM. Dr. Jeff Wulfman is a Family Physician practicing primary care in Bristol Vermont. He is Board Certified both in Family Medicine and Integrative Holistic Medicine.

More information available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

Update on ImmuneDysfunction.org 12/17/2015

Rik Carlson, Director of ImmuneDysfunction.org is joined via skype by Dr. Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D, Author and Board Member of multiple national and international Chronic Fatigue Syndrome organizations, including VT CFIDS (immunedysfunction.org). The two share information on the activities and mission of VT CFIDS whose mission statement reads: The goals of the Vermont CFIDS Association are to: (1) raise public awareness of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), (2) support and advocate for Vermonters who suffer the debilitating symptoms of this and related disorders, and (3) facilitate the education of patients, families, healthcare providers and primary care physicians in order to validate and establish a recognized and acceptable protocol for the diagnosis and treatment of CFIDS.

More information available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

Immune Dysfunction 05/07/2015

The Disease With Too Many Names, May 12, 2015 is International Awareness Day. Too Many names, Too little attention, Thousands strugling in Vermont. Rik Carlson, Director of ImmuneDysfunction.org shares information on the disease and efforts to educate the public and medical establishment on the newly recommended name by the Institute of Medicine, Systemic Exertional Intolerance Disease (S.E.I.D.) More information available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

2014 Immune Dysfunction (ME/CFS) Awareness Panel 05/12/2014

Monday May 12 is International Awareness Day for ME/CFS. Because of the overlap of ME/CFS with Fibromyalgia & Lyme Disease, ImmuneDysfunction. org, a 501(c)3 private foundation, hosts a panel discussion to explore the ramifications of these diseases in Vermont, and the current specifics and trends in research, and clinical care. Panelists have a combined experience of over one hundred years with these diseases in Vermont. Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D. Adjunct Instructor, Natural Sciences, Castleton State College - David W. Maughan, Ph.D. Research Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, The University of Vermont - Terence Naumann, M.D. Volunteer Physician at Open Door Clinic in Middlebury and Vergennes,and at The Peoples Health and Wellness Clinic in Barre, VT Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept of Family Practice, University of Vermont, College of Medicine - Carol Joy Gardner, D.O. Osteopathic Medical Physician, Nutritional Medicine Family Practice, Colchester,VT. - Rik Carlson Author: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the Politics of Disease, Director: INVISIBLE: a 60 minute
documentary film. More information available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

2013 Medical Scholarship Presentation - ImmuneDysfunction.org 10/10/2013

Rik Carlson, Director of the Immune Dysfunction organization (d.b.a. The Vermont CFIDS Assoc. Inc.), is joined by Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D and Dr. David Maughan, University of Vermont, to award a scholarship on behalf of ImmuneDysfunction.org .The 2013 Medical Scholarship Awardee is Tamar. N. Goldberg of the University of Vermont College of Medicine. The award event will include a panel discussion. More information available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

Panel Discussion - Immune Dysfunction: What's in a Name? 05/14/2013

Thousands of Vermonters are homebound, disabled, misdiagnosed, and misunderstood while living with the realities of immune dysfunctions. Rik Carlson, Director of the newly established Immune Dysfunction organization (d.b.a. The Vermont CFIDS Assoc. Inc.), leads a panel discussion on the need for this newly established organization. Joining Rik are, David Maughan, Ph.D., and Kenneth J. Friedman, Ph.D.. More informaiton available at: www.ImmuneDysfunction.org

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Federal Funding Cuts Impact CCTV Programs Serving Vermont Communities

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is experiencing direct impacts from recent federal funding cuts, including reductions to programs that support the CCTV Archives and the Vermont Language Justice Project (VLJP). These cuts have a significant impact on CCTV’s ability to meet community needs. Read the full update here.