A Test For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Nathan Collins Chronic Fatigue Syndrome affects one million Americans, according to recent estimates. Yet there’s no reliable lab test for the illness, and researchers are still struggling to understand…
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Gets a New Name
An institute panel recommended that the illness be renamed “systemic exertion intolerance disease.” The term reflects what patients, clinicians and researchers all agree is a core symptom: a sustained depletion of…
Scientists Swabbed New York City’s Subways, And You Won’t Believe What They Found
Mozzarella. Bubonic plague. Kimchi. Staph. What could these things possibly have in common? They’re all among the strange set of substances DNA-hunting scientists identified in New York City’s subway cars…
What Really Happens When You’re Infected With Measles
While some may dismiss the measles as a common childhood virus, it also happens to be the deadliest childhood rash and fever illness. To make matters worse, about 30 percent…
Measuring This Brain Region Could Predict Depression And Anxiety Years Before It Hits
We all encounter challenges and obstacles in life, such as divorce, death, illness and unemployment. But while some people are highly resilient and able to cope with these stresses, others…
Royal Caribbean cruise cut short by illness
The ship returned to the Port of Baltimore on Monday. Gastrointestinal illness sickened 193 guests (9.91%) and nine crew members (1.15%), Royal Caribbean spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez told CNN affiliate WBAL….
5 Real Ways To Combat The Stigma Around Mental Illness
An estimated 43.7 million American adults — 18.6 percent of all adults in the U.S. — suffer from a mental illness. But only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults get any…
Genius ‘Star Wars’ Poster Campaigned For Vaccines In 1977
The U.S. officially declared measles eliminated way back in 2000, but more than 100 cases of the illness have been identified so far this year. That’s due at least in…
Roald Dahl Wrote This Painful Plea For Vaccinations After His Own Daughter Died Of Measles
Author Roald Dahl penned a heartbreaking letter in 1988, urging parents to vaccinate their kids, in which he shared the story of his heartbreak over his own daughter’s death from…
How These Parents Are Starting To Heal After Enterovirus Took Their 4-Year-Old
As an outbreak of enterovirus D68 spread across the United States last fall, many parents were swept up by the news, nervously watching to see whether the respiratory illness posed…
Fall Out Boy Singer Pete Wentz Opens Up About His Battle With Bipolar Disorder
For the millions of people who have been touched by some form mental illness, Pete Wentz has a message for you: It’s OK to open up. – Need help? In…