Chronic fatigue syndrome is ...zzzzz.

When it comes to chronic fatigue syndrome, there’s no one definitive statement on the disease, or even agreement if it is a disease.  According to a study published in The Lancet on Thursday, a combination of gradually-increasing exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy has shown success in treating chronic fatigue syndrome.  This is a feather in the cap to folks who believe that chronic fatigue is nothing more than stress or a psychological issue.

Of course, these announcements aren’t going to please people with chronic fatigue syndrome.  Folks with the disease, citing a few recent studies, believe that their chronic fatigue is caused by a virus akin to several strains of mouse leukemia, and seek to get access to the powerful antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV and AIDS in an attempt to fight their disease.  Obviously, they’re on the side of the folks who believe that chronic fatigue syndrome is actually a medical condition rather than a mental barrier.

Let’s see, therapy and light exercise or the most powerful cocktail of drugs on the market?  Which one is more likely to be attainable by the average person with no health insurance?  Which one is more likely to be covered by health insurance, for that matter?

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