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Shannon Koehle: Demystifying Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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By Shannon Koehle
EmpowHer's Health Reporter

Affecting more people than lung and breast cancer, Parkinson’s disease, or multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome has become most prevalent among women.

As the Center for Disease Control says, “Women seem to be at greater risk for developing CFS, with four times more cases reported in women than in men.”

However, with more than four million people in the United States who have CFS, less than 20 percent have been diagnosed, says the CDC.