Could Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Be a Thyroid Hormone Deficiency?

Idiopathic diseases remain a thorn in both physicians' and patient’s sides from a diagnostic and therapeutic perspective. For instance, diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)—an idiopathic disorder marked by lengthy spells of weakness, fatigue, and depression—is predominantly based on symptoms and on ruling out any underlying medical condition, rather than on laboratory tests and physical examination. Yet now, new research from investigators at the University Medical Centr