unexplained symptoms

IOM Recommends Replacing CFS with SEID

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a controversial diagnosis that has also been called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME or ME/CFS), post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVS), chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS), Iceland disease, “yuppie flu,” and many other names. A new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) says that none of those names really fit the disease and recommends

Does Everybody Have Chronic Lyme Disease? Does Anyone?

Sep 3, 2013Harriet A. Hall, MDDiagnostic tests & procedures, Science and medicine, Science-based Medicine Blogchronic Lyme disease, Lyme-literate MDs, Richard Horowitz, science reporting, Suzy Cohen, unexplained symptoms

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme spirochete, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease (but not chronic Lyme disease). A deplorable article by Suzy Cohen on Huffington Post is titled “Feel Bad? It Could Be Lyme Unless Proven Otherwise.” It consists of irresponsible fear-mongering about a nonexistent disease. A science-based article would be titled “Feel Bad? It Couldn’t Be Chronic