Severely affected, severely neglected

Santhouse and colleagues make several conclusions and observations that are over-simplistic, premature, or inaccurate.1

Firstly, the media did use Lynn Gilderdale’s case to highlight the existence of severe chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and the desperate need for biomedical research into the underlying cause. But the coverage did not imply that CFS is a “commonly fatal” condition, and …