About this Publication
Addison's Disease Self Help Group newsletter, issue 101, September 2010
Welcome to the autumn 2010 newsletter. We have some good news to announce, highlighted here on page 1, in the support we are receiving from the College of Emergency Medicine. The college has generously offered to endorse our emergency treatment instructions, by allowing its official logo to be printed on our red emergency card. This badging should help to ensure that our needs are given immediate recognition by Accident & Emergency staff in future.
Page 1: Front page
Waving the red card
Endorsement from College of Emergency Medicine
Page 2: From the President
Members' donations
Alfred Potter Memorial Research Award
Pages 3-4: Recent drug news
Hydrocortisone price increase
Prescription medication: who pays what?
Alternatives to hydrocortisone?
Page 5: Personal experience
The Fred Whitton challenge
Pages 6-8: AGM
Social report
Minutes
Chair's remarks
Treasurer's report
Webmaster's report
Pages 9-12: Medical lecture
Should everyone with Addison's be taking DHEA?
Pages 13-14: In memory
An untimely death
Pages 14-15: Medical news
Media misrepresentation
DuoCort update
Feedback on GP leaflets
Pages 16-17: Personal experience
Thigh high club: a Cornish experience
Travelling light
Page 18: Around the group
Les says: fundraising update
Page 19: Social update
Regional meetings
Page 20: Back page
Reminders