PROMOTING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING.OF CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, CFS SYMPTOMS, AND HOW IT DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE TERM MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS.
ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) medical evidence links:
National Academies of Medicine (previously IOM) announcement 2015: https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/healthcare-providers/diagnosis/iom-2015-diagnostic-criteria.html
National Academies of Medicine (previously IOM) basic CFS fact sheet: https://www.nap.edu/resource/19012/MECFS_KeyFacts.pdf
The CDC website:
https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/index.html
NIH Website:
https://medlineplus.gov/chronicfatiguesyndrome.html
Health and Human Services Office of Women's Health:
https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/chronic-fatigue-syndrome
Open Medicine Foundation (research arm for CFS):
https://www.omf.ngo/what-is-mecfs/
New York State Association of Family Physicians Winter 2018 Article:
http://www.nysafp.org/NYSAFP/media/PDFs/Family%20Doctor/Family-Physician-Winter-2018WEB.pdf#page=23
Pediatric CFS:
https://www.omf.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ME-in-Children-Dr-David-Bell.pdf
NIH (National Institutes of Health) Categorical Spending for Diseases 2019:
https://report.nih.gov/categorical_spending.aspx
WORKWELL FOUNDATION (Post-exertional malaise, defining and distinguishing hallmark symptom of ME/CFS )
https://workwellfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/WW-PEM-Timecourse.pdf
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