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Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Centers Applaud CDC’s Heightened Efforts to Address Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

ADDISON, TX - November 3

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) together with the National Institute for Health today announced a four million dollar research program to study the causes and possible treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The CDC also announced an accompanying national education campaign to raise public awareness of this rapidly growing illness. Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Centers, Inc – a national network of medical centers that specialize in treating patients with CFS welcomes these announcements as validation by U.S. government health officials of the seriousness of the CFS reality.

With the number of Americans suffering from this debilitating condition having risen in recent years from approximately 50,000 to several million, CFS represents a potential public health epidemic that can no longer be ignored by the medical community. Unfortunately, many physicians continue to believe CFS symptoms are psychosomatic, even though hundreds of studies indicate otherwise. The importance of the CDC announcement is the opportunity it represents to change this thinking.

As the CDC begins its national educational awareness campaign, it is essential to understand the medical management required in treating the illness. Diagnosis can be difficult. What is sometimes thought to be the flu can be the beginning stages of Chronic Fatigue and produce a cycle of feeling poorly, then better, just before again being overcome with fatigue. When CFS is diagnosed, a longer term treatment program is required. Similar to patients undergoing chemotherapy or are in the later stages of AIDS, effective CFS treatment isn’t accomplished in a single short visit with a physician. And as with those illnesses, CFS is indiscriminant, equally able to affect active woman, men and children, reducing their lifestyle with overwhelming debilitation.

“It’s extremely gratifying to see that major medical institutions such as the CDC and NIH are giving Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the millions who suffer from this confusing and often misunderstood disease, the long overdue recognition they deserve,” stated Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, Medical Director of the Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Centers and a practicing physician based in Annapolis, MD. “In my more than 25 years in this field I have seen people with debilitating CFS respond best to an integrative protocol that combines the best of both traditional western medicine and alternative therapies.”

Dr. Teitelbaum’s research on effective treatments for Fibromyalgia and CFS showed an unprecedented average of 76 percent improvement in quality of life within 3 months and a 91 percent improvement within 2 years among patients using this integrated protocol. His gold standard research was published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome vol. 8, No. 2,

2001. The Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers have 14 clinics nationally and a treatment success rate of over 80% in the more than 4000 CFS/Fibromyalgia patients they have treated.

Fibromyalgia & Fatigue Centers specialize in treating Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia by treating the underlying issues. Skilled physicians spend an hour with each patient to determine a unique treatment plan based on extensive blood testing. Informed medical experts with effective treatments are available there to help those suffering from CFS.

If you are interested in the latest treatments and therapies that are available, would like to interview one of our specialized physicians, or learn more about the latest in research and fundamentals of Chronic Fatigue, call Laura Klutts 972-788-4001, Ext. 218 or visit www.fibroandfatigue.com