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Stop the HHS-IOM contract and accept the CCC definition of M.E.

Stop the HHS-IOM contract and accept the CCC definition of M.E.

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Patricia C.
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Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States of America
Millions of people worldwide suffer from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.). For decades, sufferers have been left with no real biomedical research and no effective treatments. Now the HHS is attempting to prolong this time by contracting with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to redefine the illness. This is unnecessary because experts in the illness, researchers and clinicians alike, have reached a consensus that the Canadian Consensus Criteria (CCC) should be used for both research and clinical purposes. They have sent an Open Letter to Secretary Sebelius expressing their support for the CCC. (See: http://www.mecfsforums.com/wiki/Open_Letter_to_Hon._Kathleen_Sebelius_9/23/2013 ). This HHS contract with IOM would simply be a waste of precious resources.
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