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On hearing the news that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is finally being recognised by doctors as a 'real' illness, my first desire was to run around shouting 'I told you so!' at the top of my voice. Having suffered with CFS (also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or ME)) for four years, I was obviously too sick to do that, but I did allow myself a tiny, non-tiring fist pump at the fact there is now some acknowledgement that this sickness is more than just 'yuppie flu.' Researchers found that those with the syndrome, which causes extreme tiredness that isn't allayed by rest, had a specific chemical signature in their blood - similar to that of hibernating animals.
More at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/he...way-from-me---what-its-really-like-to-suffer/
I was going to post this in the Naviaux study media stories thread but it's more an article that was printed because of it, rather than being about it. Although the article is good, and the pictures are of the PwME herself, bizarrely the Telegraph thought that a motivational video of a performance coach talking about, I guess, normal fatigue, would make a good insert into the article, no explanation to it, just crowbarred into the text.
ETA: Following Dr Shepherds request, detailed a number of posts below, the Telegraph subsequently removed the video
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