What is costochondritis
Frequently Asked Questions What is costochondritis? cost= rib, chond = cartilage, itis = inflammation Costochondritis is an inflammation of the cartilage that attaches the ribs to the breastbone How...
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We were in Linc’s car, an aging yellow Mercedes sedan, big and steady, with slippery blond seats and a deep, strumming idle. Lincoln called it Dr. Diesel. It was a Sunday night, March 22, 1987,...
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The Canadian Expert Consensus Panel has published a medical milestone, the first clinical case definition for the disease known as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. This definition is...
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Cardiac Insufficiency Hypothesis There is new research from a New Jersey team, authored by Doctors Arnold Peckerman, Benjamin Natelson et al., which found left-ventricular dysfunction following...
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“This illness is to fatigue what a nuclear bomb is to a match. It’s an absurd mischaracterization.” – Laura Hillenbrand, Bestselling author of Seabiscuit “The term[s] ‘fatigue’ and ‘chronic fatigue’...
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Abnormal impedance cardiography predicts symptom severity in chronic fatigue syndrome Journal: Am J Med Sci. 2003 Aug;326(2):55-60. Authors: Peckerman A, LaManca JJ, Dahl KA, Chemitiganti R, Qureishi...
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FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND M.E. SOCIETY DEFINITIONAL FRAMEWORK — DISCUSSION M.E. Is Not Fatigue Use of the word “fatigue” either to name this illness or to describe this illness is erroneous. Patients and...
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The CFS case definition currently in use has been defined by the CDC, Fukuda et al., 1994. This definition was presented as a means intended for research. A first set of criteria, [Holmes et al., Ann...
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Chronic Obfuscation – A Review of OSLER’S WEB: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic By Hillary Johnson. Crown. 720 pp. $30. Circa 1984, around the time when San Francisco...
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