Scientific Medicine and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Illustration: A. Canamucio There has never been a better time, technologically, for our federal health agencies to launch a significant effort to prevent and control a chronic disease that has inflicted suffering on mankind for centuries. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is the current name for an illness with many names and a long history. In 1681 Thomas Sydenham, founder of modern clinical, scientific, and public health medicine, described a disease spectrum identical to it called "muscular rheu
Nov 12, 2000
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Names aside, rising prevalence and disability rates worldwide warrant a concerted effort by our health agencies to utilize advanced technology to rein in this illness. Furthermore, directors of these agencies should ensure that programs...
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