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Be Aware and Beware: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is an Equal Opportunity Disease
05/20/2016 04:41 pm ET | Updated 2 hours ago
- Maureen HansonResearcher; Geneticist; Professor, Cornell University
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or CFS, is an innocuous name given to a debilitating disease. Its seriousness is better indicated by the term Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), a label preferred by many of its victims. On May 17-18, the Department of Health and Human Services hosted the biannual public meeting of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee by webinar. This was a fitting time for such a meeting, as May is International ME/CFS Awareness Month.
The trigger for CFS/ME is not known. The lack of research on the disease means there is no truly effective and widely available therapy that would allow the more seriously ill victims to lead meaningful lives free of pain and incapacitating fatigue.
The disease often appears to strike at random. It’s impossible for any of us to know how to protect ourselves from the illness...
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