Change in medicine is never easy, especially when practitioners are asked to dispense with long-held beliefs about an illness. It is this challenge—of steering an entire community to collectively ...

Myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic illness that severely limits the quality of life of many people affected. Symptoms include fatigue (i.e. severe exhaustion), ...

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ...

Kira Stoops lives in Bozeman, Montana—a beautiful mountain town where it sometimes feels like everyone regularly goes on 50-mile runs. Stoops, however, can’t walk around her own block on most days. To ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have developed a blood test that can diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) with 96% accuracy—the first of its kind. Subscribe ...

Postinfectious myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (PI-ME/CFS) is a distinct, centrally mediated condition, with evidence of autonomic, immune, and metabolic dysfunction, new "deep ...

A new study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, “Incidence and Prevalence of Post‑COVID‑19 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Report from the Observational RECOVER‑Adult Study,” reveals ...

It’s been four years since James Strazza was diagnosed with an aggressive form of chronic fatigue syndrome, which brings pain with any stimuli. Light, sound and touch can all be torture for Strazza, ...