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==Controversy== In 2011, Dr. Fred Gill presented a lecture on [[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]] as part of an educational series organized by the [[NIH]].<ref>[http://videocast.nih.gov/Summary.asp?File=16477&bhcp=1 Demystifying Medicine - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Is there a virus?]</ref> His slides from that presentation included controversial statements, such as "a syndrome very similar to CFS was named [[neurasthenia]] (or nervous exhaustion)...", and "no difference in orthostatic instability in healthy controls vs CFS patients." He also recommended very limited and basic screening, with "other tests only when clinically indicated," specifying that there should be "no routine serologies for EBV, CMV, Lyme disease or vasculitis" and "no routine neuroimaging or orthostatic studies." He also warned that "any positive test is likely to be a false positive result, which is misleading and often causes unnecessary anxiety." He then recommended [[Cognitive behavioral therapy]] (CBT) and [[Graded exercise therapy]] (GET) as the only therapies which "appear to produce meaningful benefit." Doctors and therapists were also advised to "avoid debate over the psychogenic versus organic origins of symptoms." His slides finished up with an uncritical report of the effectiveness and safety of CBT and GET, based on the interpretations of the [[PACE trial]] investigators.
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