Chronic fatigue

There is no cure for ME/chronic fatigue syndrome, which is estimated to affect around 20,000 people in Scotland. A new review says 2021 guidance which concluded that graded exercise therapy is harmful was flawed and unscientific

Chronic fatigue

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'Flawed and harmful': Scientists blast ban on exercise therapy for chronic fatigue
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome could be "harmed rather than helped" by a "flawed" review which concluded that graded exercise therapy was unsafe, according to researchers. A new evaluation has re-opened a long-running controversy over what interventions doctors should prescribe for patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME.