CFS and HPA interesting article

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I did some googling and found the following that relates to our

discussions:

It is from: http://www.chronicfatigue.org/Life%20Mastery.html

New research by two different respected sources has recently

confirmed what we have been teaching for decades: Chronic Fatigue

Syndrome and Fibromyalgia are caused by a weakened adrenal gland

system and/or a " damaged " Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis.

A research team in Ireland has recently demonstrated by specialized

computer tomography that the size of the adrenal glands of Chronic

Fatigue Syndrome patients may be reduced by over 50% in comparison

with those of a normal individual. Meanwhile, a group of Harvard

Medical School researchers found that in Fibromyalgic [CFS]

women, " the HPA axis-a complex brain-to-body pathway involving the

hypothalamus and the pituitary and adrenal glands-is damaged. As a

result, it does not properly regulate production of cortisol, a

hormone with widespread effects throughout the body. " *

I though you might find it interesting.

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