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Friday, October, 23, 2009

Chronic Fatigue Treatment

Cortisol may ease fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue

October 03, 2008
The stress hormone cortisol may provide relief to people with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, a California researcher says. Dr. Kent Holtorf reviewed the results of 50 published studies and found that early treatment with cortisol helped improve and reduce the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia. Holtorf's own study of 500 patients showed that by the fourth treatment with the hormone, 75 percent of patients showed significant improvement and 62 percent reported subst... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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New Discoveries About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert

...difficult disease to describe and diagnose called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). First, some... Read more »

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Fibromyalgia
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...actually sleep disorders, do tend to disrupt sleep.   CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME Chronic fatigue... Read more »

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New York Times Publishes Article on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...features an article in the Science section titled, “Chronic Fatigue No Longer Seen as... Read more »

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Encounters with the Invisible – Book Review
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

...with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a very personal... Read more »

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Newly Updated Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Section
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert

Do you have, or think you might have, chronic fatigue syndrome? Do you have a family member,... Read more »

Health Guide

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treatment
To say that treating chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as “Myalgic Encephalopathy” or “ME/CFS”) is challenging would be an understatement. The cause of this mysterious illness remains... Read more »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis
Chronic fatigue syndrome (also called myalgic encephalopathy or ME/CFS) should be diagnosed by a physician who is familiar with the illness and regularly treats ME/CFS patients. Because the symptoms... Read more »
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms
Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalopathy or ME/CFS, is an autoimmune illness characterized by profound and prolonged exhaustion that is not relieved by rest and is not directly... Read more »
Fibromyalgia or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
How do you tell whether you have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as “Myalgic Encephalopathy” or “ME”) or both? Are they completely unrelated disorders, sister illnesses... Read more »
The History of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Much of the history of chronic fatigue syndrome revolves around the efforts to define it and the debates over what to call it. Other diseases that started out being called by one name were later... Read more »

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