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Here is an online article for 9th Feb reporting on a study from Wessley's lair;
Some of the comments are an excellent remedy for low blood pressure.
Some of the comments are an excellent remedy for low blood pressure.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...imes-likely-commit-suicide.html?ITO=applenews
People suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome are six times more likely to commit suicide than those unaffected by the condition, a major study has concluded.
The research, published in The Lancet medical journal, is the first to highlight suicide as a major risk factor for the condition, which is also known as M.E.
The findings, by experts at King’s College London, are likely to undermine the arguments of sceptics who claim that chronic fatigue syndrome is nothing more than ‘yuppie flu’.
The team, who analysed the health records of 2,000 patients over seven years, found those with chronic fatigue syndrome were no more likely than anyone else to die from cancer or any other disease - but they had a much higher suicide rate....
Read the rest of the article here.
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