Nightingale Research Foundation

The Nightingale Research foundation is a Canadian organisation for people suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encepahlomyelitis (CFS/ME). It was founded by Dr Byron M. Hyde in 1984. It subscribes to the views of its founder, namely that "chronic fatigue syndrome" and "myalgic encephalomyelitis" are distinct diagnoses rather than two names for the same condition.

The Nightingale Foundation has made several contributions to the care and well being of patients with ME and CFS. It does this primarily been through representation of ME patients in the legal sphere rather than by conducting and publishing research in medical journals.

According to the organisation, it has developed and holds the largest database in the world of ME patients and their accompanying pathologies based on over 23 years experience with ME/CFS patients.