CFS articles in O and Ms. Magazines

Ms. magazine is one of two leading national publications running featured CFS stories in the coming month.

Articles on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) are about to appear in two leading national magazines. O, the Oprah Magazine, and Ms. magazine will each feature stories on aspects of the illness, reaching tens of thousands of readers encompassing a wide range of backgrounds and interests.

In Ms. magazine’s summer issue (on newsstands now), leading CFS clinician and researcher Nancy Klimas, MD, explores new research showing how the disease may be connected to genetic mutations involving the immune system, brain and endocrine regulation. Klimas and Ms. provide the scientific footing to refute some in the medical profession who, as Ms. puts it, “have dismissed [CFS] as ‘a woman thing’.”

In the September issue of O (on newsstands in mid-August), an article on the scope and personal impact of the illness includes interviews with CDC scientist Suzanne Vernon, CFIDS Association President Kim McCleary and Seabiscuit author and CFS survivor Laura Hillenbrand. The story sets out to share the both science and the soul of living with this devastating illness.

Keep your eyes peeled for copies of Ms. and O. The CFIDSLink will keep you informed as more on CFS appears in the media over the coming months.