http://www.research.va.gov/currents/1116-3.cfm
"When you see the results of a brain scan or pull up a blood test result and say, 'All that points to chronic multi-symptom illness,' they say, 'It's real, it's real, it's not just in my head, I haven't been making this up,' Engdahl says. "There's something about objective test results that line up with what you've suffered from that puts the whole picture together. The next question is what can be done about it."