{"id":19863,"date":"2019-03-19T08:43:30","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T08:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=19863"},"modified":"2019-03-19T08:43:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T08:43:30","slug":"dr-unger-says-cfs-its-real-and-we-can-do-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/dr-unger-says-cfs-its-real-and-we-can-do-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Unger says &#8216;CFS: It&#8217;s real, and we can do better&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: It&#8217;s Real, and We Can Do Better<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/2019\/03\/dr-unger-says-cfs-its-real-and-we-can-do-better\/dr-elizabeth-unger\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20144\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20144 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr-Elizabeth-Unger-300x169.png?resize=300%2C169\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr-Elizabeth-Unger.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr-Elizabeth-Unger.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr-Elizabeth-Unger.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Dr-Elizabeth-Unger.png?w=932&amp;ssl=1 932w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><\/a>In a Medscape blog post Dr Elizabeth Unger from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) talks in a 5 minute video for healthcare professionals about the CDC&#8217;s revised web content on ME.<\/p>\n<p>She emphasises that it&#8217;s a biological disease, the importance of validation and of preventing harm triggered by PEM.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/908622?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the video<\/a> and read the transcript by registering with Medscape<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/me-cfs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC: ME\/CFS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/me-cfs\/me-cfs-children\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ME\/CFS in Children<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/me-cfs\/patient-stories\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ME\/CFS Voice of the Patient<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/me-cfs\/programs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC: ME\/CFS Programs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/hmd\/Reports\/2015\/ME-CFS.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2015 Institute of Medicine Report on ME\/CFS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: It&#8217;s Real, and We Can Do Better In a Medscape blog post Dr Elizabeth Unger from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) talks in a 5 minute video for healthcare professionals about the CDC&#8217;s &hellip; 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