New Research on CFS Released
April 20, 2006 by Adelle Tilton
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
“This really is the first credible evidence of a biological basis for chronic fatigue syndrome,” Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a Thursday press conference. “It reflects the remarkable confluence of a number of scientific advances that are coming to bear on a problem of great importance to many people in the U.S. It’s an important step forward in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research.”
When I read something like this, and it comes from the CDC, I have to blink and ask myself if I have dozed off and had a bizarre dream. It is nice to see the CDC actually considering CFS something that needs to be talked about, and more importantly researched.
I wasn’t “thrilled” by the reporter who covered this story. I think she did a bit too much of the “new journalism” technique, and translated some of her own feelings about CFS into the article. But I am a firm believer in not shooting the messenger.
It is an interesting look at what CFS may be and why it appears the way it does within families. It doesn’t explain outbreaks in geographical locations, but it is a start. I believe it will ask more questions that it answers, but isn’t that the job of all good research?
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