Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Biological Approach

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Summary: Might launch 1000 medical studies!
Review: I'm not an M.D., but a struggling and strapped patient. So it wasn't written for me at all. Yet what is here is like a gift to me and all the others burdened by this horrible disabling disease. There are many chapters, each giving detailed information on different hypotheses, with real experimental findings by serious scientists, and with suggestions as to their possible significance. It is a collection of evidences, in terms that researchers, not patients, can utilize. In it are seeds, questions, and puzzles for future investigations. That much I can understand quite well.

I imagine that every day, there are scientists and medical researchers deciding on their next experimental undertaking. This book is sure to pique the interest of some who, without it, might have considered Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a field of futility.

I'm very grateful to the authors and publishers of this book. I'm outraged at the person who gave it a 1/5 rating, unread!!! Do you not want as many copies of this to get out into the world as possible? Not to be read by us, the patients, but by the next generation of doctors, pharmacologists, and medical researchers. Those for whom we all hope, holding our breath.

This book is worth ten other CFS books, in advancing the field of knowledge. I think this is likely to be the original source of much future research and could lead to some long-overdue answers. March on!

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Summary: Wish I Could Afford To Read This Book
Review: I've heard a lot about this book and have heard that it's worth reading, but I'm not going to be able to read it until my public library buys a copy. People who have CFIDS are hungry for books like this, but few of us (especially those living on disability income) have the spare hundred dollars for any book, no matter how valuable or important. Perhaps this was intended as a textbook or a resource for physicians and was priced for a specialized market. If it was more affordable, I'm sure it would find a broad readership among members of the CFIDS community who tend to be knowledgeable, discriminating consumers of infomation about this devastating disease.

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Summary: Could launch medical studies that bring answers!
Review: This book is clearly not written for the patient, but for the scientist. Especially the skeptic. It is an intriguing compilation, with scientific evidences, of numerous paths for future study. It certainly answers the question "is there any evidence this illness even exists?" and provides grist for future exploration. I'm very grateful to the author. There's HOPE!