51.   Kirkman said he suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, a poorly understood condition associated with muscle stiffness and pain.

52.   Lee says such surgery can relieve headaches, arthritis, chronic fatigue and other health problems.

53.   Many people plagued by chronic fatigue do not seek medical help, he said.

54.   More than a decade ago, before it was recognized by the medical community, she became afflicted with chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome.

55.   Moreover, some doctors continued to use the drug to treat illnesses like chronic fatigue syndrome.

56.   Nobody knows how Akers developed chronic fatigue syndrome.

57.   No infectious agent has yet been found to cause chronic fatigue, and the medical community is divided on whether one exists.

58.   No one knows how many people have chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, a potentially devastating illness that remains cloaked in misunderstanding, political infighting and scientific uncertainty.

59.   One doctor might give a patient the diagnosis of chronic fatigue while another physician may give the same patient the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

60.   Others, including the Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America, maintain that an immunological disorder is the main problem in chronic fatigue.