Express: THIS mysterious condition affects millions more than MS - but you probably don't know it

[Cheshire]

CHRONIC fatigue syndrome affects millions of people worldwide, but barely anything is known about it. A new documentary, Unrest, aims to shine a light on a condition that has been ignored for too long.

“There is a narrative that CFS/ ME is so complex but if you don’t invest anything in the research then you can’t find anything out.

“Here in the UK there is still a large bias to a psychological explanation - while there people doing great work, the funding and public commitment isn’t where it needs to be because it’s a disease that has been so stigmatised and so invisible for so long.”

There has been progress in the last five years thanks to a resurgence of research happening at Harvard, Columbia and Stanford and a number of other universities.

Additionally, the Center for Disease Control in US has finally changed its guidelines so that it no longer recommends cognitive behavioural therapy and graded exercise, which science has shown could harm patients.

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[Andy]

That is an amazingly good story for the UK mainstream media (relative to what we've had to put up with before).

 

[arewenearlythereyet]

i can't believe that I'm sending my parents emails with articles from the mail and now the express !

This Is encouraging ...we just need some positive research results now to keep,this momentum going