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Chronic fatigue syndrome affects some, is ignored in those who have anything-at-all wrong, might be accepted with a shrug and a pat on the back for the otherwise healthy, and is otherwise unknown. Until now, no one has had anything to go on — but now, there's a way to show that seemingly healthy people are, in fact, affected by something. Well, it's a start.
Using a test to judge the stress of the immune system, researchers at Stanford have now identified those symptomatically diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome as having a condition that is not identified in a control group. While this is very little to go on, it is more than nothing to go on, and so could start a search for a treatment for an otherwise clueless grab at nothing. The simple fact that there is now a distinction is itself news, but also that the research uses a lab-on-a-chip to assess change in current of a sample of immune cells, giving them an indicator of the health (or stress) of the sample is an example of a technology that hasn't been considered until the last few years — and a hint at advances offered by even simple, routine advances of technology.
As a shameless plug, I consulted a trusted holistic health friend (note: whole-health/holistic, not homeopathic/pretend) about CFS, and she mentioned that she feels it's a general toxicity problem. The immune system does play a role in clearing various toxins from the body, so perhaps another clue for researchers to pursue. (Tip: up until 1990, lead-based solder was used in household plumbing. How much that matters, perhaps not a whole lot.)
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @03:45PM (12 children)
Magic is Shown to Affect Those It Affects, and Not Those It Doesn't...
(Score: 2) by rigrig on Tuesday May 07 2019, @03:56PM (5 children)
Are you saying the witch down the street is causing CFS?
No one remembers the singer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:35PM
AC is not NOT saying that
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:48PM
The bitch down the corridor is clearly causing me to have CFS.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:49PM (2 children)
She turned me into a newt!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:57PM
Oh, so now you're a republican? I hope you're not as ugly! Oy ve!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:11PM
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You'll get better.
(Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:11PM (1 child)
So by choosing "magic" here you are effectively suggesting that CFS is like magic (i.e. it doesn't exist), but in a way that you can deny having claimed that because formally you just made a statement that's as tautological as the title.
Those who despise such underhanded tactics despise it, and not those who don't.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @05:48PM
No. I meant it sincerely genuinely honestly, as a related associative model of reality perception. In my own reality, magic does work. If I suddenly get a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, I use a spell to reflect it back on person who caused it directly. It is you who use underhanded tactics here, to bring a veil of misunderstanding, for you are a maxwell demon so you shall truly know how Chaos magic works.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:22PM (3 children)
Avoiding vaccinations affects those it affects. And also those who don't avoid vaccinations.
Klaatu barada nikto [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @04:34PM (2 children)
Failure to get drunk affects those it affects, and also everyone around them who they bore to death.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:11PM (1 child)
I could say something about failure to stay sober. Or failure to avoid smoking.
Klaatu barada nikto [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @09:51PM
Or anything at all...