Doctors state that more and more people come to them with a self-diagnosis. The patients think they are sick with chronic fatigue. As a symptom, they name fatigue and say they are getting tired quickly, even after a good night's sleep or a vacation. Full story

The scientists from the University of Toronto (Canada) have come to a conclusion that physical violence experienced by women in childhood has a strong effect on the activity of their nervous system in future. In particular, the experts claim that it concerns such a mysterious functional somatic disorder, as chronic fatigue syndrome. Full story

A genetic component of chronic fatigue syndrome has been found by scientists at St. George’s Hospital Medical School of the University of London. They compared blood samples of 55 patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome and 75 healthy people. It has been discovered, that there exist 7 genetic kinds of chronic fatigue syndrome, and each of them has its particular symptoms. Full story