Friday, July 24, 2009

Chronic fatigue sufferers largely ignored

Chronic fatigue sufferers largely ignored
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Chronic+fatigue+sufferers+largely+ignored/1452610/story.html

"Greg Dust, who has chronic fatigue syndrome, says the condition derailed his career as a teacher.  In a world where most people function on a shortage of sleep, chronic fatigue syndrome is the Rodney Dangerfield of diseases -- it gets no respect. And in Canada, it gets little or no money.  It's so bad that sufferers, estimated to number four million in the U.S. and 400,000 here, have to fund the research themselves to come up with a simple blood test just to diagnose the syndrome."

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