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| become so incapacitated they are forced to quit their jobs. This is reflected in disability claims, which shot up 500 percent from 1989 to 1993. In is now estimated that CFS affects at least 2 percent of the U.S. population, with this number predicted to grow as more and more people become ill. |
| Although children and men get Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the majority of its victims are women in their 30s and 40s. At least one survey observed that those who have had no children and/or have had a hysterectomy are at a higher risk. If women's hormones are a contributing factor, this area is still unexplored, although new research from McGill University in Canada indicates that women seem less able to produce the brain chemical serotonin, the lack of which may be directly linked to CFS. |
| Whatever causes CFS, only about half of the people who come down with it are expected to improve. Many experts say that figure is overly optimistic. Moreover, the longer you have the disease, the harder it is to shake it. Only about 2 to 3 percent of people with full-blown cases fully recover. Even then, it likely to be years before they shrug off all the lingering effects. For that reason, most doctors specializing in CFS prefer to use the term remission rather than cure. If this sounds sobering, it is, but read on. I believe that the use of natural, body-healing herbs can vastly improve this statistic. |
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