Leonard Jason and Ben Katz have been concerned that pediatric patients (generally assumed to be from 0-18 years of age) have been given short shrift for awhile. In their 2012 article, “Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”, they...
Leonard Jason, ME/CFS’s foremost epidemiologist and researcher/advocate requests that you tell him what the heck happens when you engage in physical and cognitive exertion. The survey grew out of extensive discussions with the patient community during the public...
Clearly, issues concerning reliability of clinical diagnosis are complex and have important research and practical implications. Jason et. al In the beginning of his overview on the IOM definition and name change Jason notes the numerous false starts and botched...
Just as we posted the results on Lenny Jason’s potentially ground-breaking study on creating a new definition, we learned that he’s just won a major award. Lenny Jason has played a important role in the growth and legitimization of the ME/CFS field....
Wrong diagnoses hurt. They lead doctors to prescribe treatments that don’t work and may even be harmful (exercise!) and they keep doctors from prescribing treatments that do work. They waste patients’ money and, given the fact that the earlier a person is...
