Wednesday 6 January 2010

Doubts Cast on New Theory About The Cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a mysterious condition that causes tiredness, mental fatigue, headaches, pains int the joints, muscular pain and depression.  It now accepted by UK medical practitioners as a genuine syndrome, although previously some doctors believed that it was an imagined disorder.

In October 2009 an American team of scientists published research that indicated that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome could be triggered by a virus called XMRV.  But British Researchers have conducted a further study that shows no evidence that XMRV plays a part in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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