Your Account

Shopping Cart

Check Out

Your Purchase Helps Fund Health Research

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Home

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 101

Symptom

Treatment

Library

Subscribe to RSS

AIDS

Alzheimer's Disease

Arthritis

Autism

Cancer

Candida

Depression

Detoxification

Diabetes

Fibromyalgia

Heart Disease

Hormone

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Lupus

Lyme Disease

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Migraines

Parkinson's Disease

Sinusitis

Thyroid Disease

Weight Loss

ProHealth Vitamin and Supplement Catalog

Your resource for specialty nutritional supplements, books, DVDs, resources for better living, health news & more!

Your Purchases Help Fund Ongoing Research

Search our extensive library for information, solutions & support

Op-Ed in NY Times: Name chronic fatigue syndrome has been ‘a kind of social punishment’

October 22, 2009

In an Op-Ed piece published online Oct 20 in The New York Times (“A Case of Chronic Denial”), Hillary Johnson depicts the CDC’s attitude toward and naming of ‘Chronic Fatigue Syndrome’ as ‘dismissive’ and suggestive of a personality disorder rather than a disease, beginning with the Lake Tahoe outbreak of 1984 and following it to the present.

Hillary Johnson is the author of a book on this subject, “Osler’s Web: Inside the Labyrinth of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic.”

To read the NY Times article online, click here. It also appeared on page A31 of the Times print edition on Oct 21, 2009.

DISCUSS THIS ARTICLE (0 existing comments)


[ Be the first to comment on this article ]

Op-Ed in NY Times: Name chronic fatigue syndrome has been ‘a kind of social punishment’ Article Tools

Print Page	Email Article
Discuss		Rate This

Featured Vitamins, Supplements, and Health Products

	Cuddle Ewe™ Deep Pocket Sheet (California King) Price includes a $7 domestic shipping charge

	Time Released Melatonin Natural, soothing sleep aid

	Relieve Stress CD by Health Journeys Guided imagery to pump up feelings of love, safety and protection

	Cuddle Ewe™ Sleep Soundly Set - Long Twin Price includes a $21 domestic shipping charge

	Verilux® TwiLight Ultra Blue Light Naturally resets your circadian rhythm



CFS Advisory Committee Meeting - Live Online Oct 29-30 [more] Flu – What Is It That Stops Many People from Getting It? [more] Body manufactures potent anti-inflammatory using DHA in fish oils - discovery holds much promise [more] Intimacy - What to Do When ME/CFS or FM Becomes a Third Wheel in Your Relationship [more] Dr. Charles Shepherd Updates His Advisory on Swine Flu & the Vaccine for ME/CFS Patients – A Highly ... [more]

ProHealth Vitamin and Supplement SmartSavings Club

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.