But diagnosing chronic fatigue syndrome is difficult, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Theres no blood test or brain scan that definitively identifies the condition, so doctors must first rule out many other disorders with similar symptoms. A new discovery may change that. Scientists at Stanford University compared the brain MRI scans of 15 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome with the scans of 14 healthy patients of the same age and gender. They found that the patients with chronic fatigue syndrome had slightly less white matter in their brains. White matter contains your brains communication cables, which enable regions of the brain to talk to each other. cnn/2014/10/30/health/chronic-fatigue-syndrome/
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