"Redefining the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"

[Asa]

Didn't see this shared elsewhere:

"Redefining the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" / Theodore G. Ganiats, MD / Ann Intern Med. 2015;162(9):653-654. doi:10.7326/M15-0357

The full, two-page article is for subscribers only. Page one, however, is available for free. Seems to be well-written. The "redefining" is in reference to the IOM report.

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2118972&resultClick=24

 

[Denise]

It is a good article. (The author, Ganiats, was one of the IOM committee members.)

Since it relates to the IOM report, there is a thread for it in the IOM contract section of PR:
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/inde...fatigue-syndrome-renamed-and-redefined.36729/

 

[*GG*]

Didn't see this shared elsewhere:

"Redefining the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" / Theodore G. Ganiats, MD / Ann Intern Med. 2015;162(9):653-654. doi:10.7326/M15-0357

The full, two-page article is for subscribers only. Page one, however, is available for free. Seems to be well-written. The "redefining" is in reference to the IOM report.

http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2118972&resultClick=24

Why is there a the un this title? I don't even see a need for the word there

GG

 

[Asa]

Why is there a the n this title? I don't even see a need for the word there GG

I thought this sounded strange too. It seems though that they may include the before any and all (?) syndromes. Some type of medical writing style unique to the journal? No matter how highbrow its intention though, to me it sounds something like, "I'm goin' on down to the Wal-Mart..."


And though I didn't notice it at first, the emphasis changes when the is added. Instead of chronic FATIGUE syndrome, I hear the chronic fatigue SYNDROME.

I wonder if chronic FATIGUE syndrome is more easily confused with chronic FATIGUE---
as compared to the chronic fatigue SYNDROME, with its emphasis on SYNDROME. (Or perhaps the CHRONIC fatigue syndrome?)


Would be interesting (to me ) to know what style guide the journal uses. Was the once more common with syndromes in general (i.e., outside the journal)? When/why did it change? Hmmmm...