Hunter-Hopkins Center, P.A.

Contents Clinical Assessment of CFS / Thanks! Rituximab Hunter-Hopkins Chat On Facebook Ampligen Update Confirm Your Appointment! Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and best wishes for 2013 Research Continues on the Clinical Assessment of CFS For over one year Hunter-Hopkins has been participating in a Centers for Disease Control contract study, the Clinical Assessment of CFS.  [...]

This Month’s Contents Lexington SC Lecture on October 8 Order Your Physician a Primer from the IACFSME Don’t Forget to Vote! Order Your Absentee Ballot NOW Patient Commerce Site on Facebook Ask The Doctor $50 Bonus for Referring to HHC! Sorry We’re Late … Lexington SC Seminar Planned for October 8 Dr. Lapp will be [...]

This Month’s Contents Kentucky Seminars on August 17 and 18 New Physician Primer from the IACFSME New Free-Access Fibromyalgia Management Guide for Primary Care Doctors Risky Business – A Possible Relation of CFS to Cancer Open Medicine Institute NYC Meeting Ask The Doctor $50 Bonus for Referring to HHC! Trouble Getting or Affording Health Insurance? [...]

This Month’s Contents Ask The Doctor Open Medicine Institute considers Ampligen, rituximab Six Month Disability Follow-Ups Recommended $50 Bonus for Referring to HHC! CFS/ME/FM Treatment Website A New Imaging Technique Reveals Brain Wiring Having Trouble Getting or Affording Health Insurance? Ask The Doctor PWCs often want to ask general questions about CFS/ME or FM.  Now [...]

Contents New Research Opportunities Clinical Assessment of CFS Rituximab Fatigue Self-Help Skills Pain Is A Problem! Disposing of Medications Hunter-Hopkins Is On Facebook Ampligen Update Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and best wishes for 2012 New Research Opportunities Hunter-Hopkins has joined with several well-known practices to form the Open Medicine Institute. Using EMR (Electronic Medical Records) [...]

IACFS International Conference Summary The biennial meeting of the IACFS was held in Ottawa, Ontario, this year.  Those who expected Fall leaves and falling temperatures were greeted instead with temperatures in the high 70’s and sticky humidity.   The theme of the conference could have been “Not What You Expected,” instead of “Translating Evidence Into Practice”! [...]

Dr. Dan Peterson and philanthropist Annette Whittemore hosted the 9th International IACFS/ME Clinical and Research Conference March 12-15, 2009. Meetings were held at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada, just blocks from the future Whittemore Peterson Institute for Neuro-Immune Diseases. Click here for Dr. Lapp’s summary and comments. Dr. Suzanne Vernon’s summary for the CFIDS [...]

Calling For Patients: Ampligen Study Is Still Recruiting Hunter-Hopkins Center is one of two sites in the USA currently participating in an open label study of Ampligen. Persons with CFS may qualify to receive Ampligen therapy. Details are available on the US government Clinical Trials website at: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00215813?term=00215813&rank=1 The Hunter-Hopkins program is described at http://drlapp.com/research/ [...]

Medscape‘s “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: From Diagnosis to Management“ Drs. Cindy Bateman and Charles Lapp have authored an educational course in association with the CFIDS Association of America. The highly-rated medical site, Medscape, released this course in October 2008, and is providing CME credits for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists. For more details or to take the [...]

The CFIDS Association of America has published several webinars on CFS-related topics. On May 20th Dr. Lapp hosted a webinar entitled “Treatment of CFS and FM: The Stepwise Approach.” This is an update of our ever-popular treatment approach and is highly recommended for all Persons with CFS/FM, but is also an excellent review for persons [...]