chronic fatigue syndrome

Heard on the radio (BBC Radio 5) this morning about a study that shows some evidence that the people with ME/CFS may be suffering from a virus http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-11204884. Now I've known a few people who have had ME ... and based on my opinion of their...

Dr Sarah Myhill is a GP in Wales who has gained a big following in the CFS community by prescribing vitamin injections and other non evidence based treatments for people with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) all over the country. Her website was also pretty full of woo and anti vaccine nonsense...

As you might expect, this mysterious and hard to understand Medical problem, CFS, is turning out to have many possible sources as well as treatments. I can remember well when my good friend came down with this, in the prime of life, and the incredible suffering and grief he went through...

So, for the past 10 years, and especially the last 3 or 4,I've had increasing problems with severe fatigue exacerbated by exertion, difficulty concentrating, short-term memory problems, muscle pain, poor coordination, rapid weight gain, and a number of other problems of variable but slowly...

Quick background: My mother-in-law gave me an article on vaccines and brain damage (called Vaccine Brain Damage, Aftermath of Hepatitis B Shots). It's by Lucia Morgan and appears in "alive" issue 188. Basically, it lists a lot of horribleness about Hep B (and other) vaccines and quotes several...

A friend of mine was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue syndrome recently and we've been trying to find information on it. One of the things we can't seem to find is what effect alcohol has on someone with this disorder. I have Googled it and the majority of what I'm finding is opinion/anecdote or...

It occurs to me that everyone I personally know or heard about claiming to have CFS is female, except recently someone mentioned that both a husband & wife she knew have it. Maybe I'm just not paying attention, but that's the first time I heard of a male sufferer of this condition. Is CFS...

Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a real illness? Is it just chronic depression? Anybody know anyone with an independent diagnosis of CFS from two or more medical doctors? AS