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There is sig­ni­ficant concern about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as CFS. In fact, there are criteria patients must meet in order to be dia­gnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Receiving the dia­gnosis may be dif­ficult for some patients because the guidelines for dia­gnosing are very specific. The fatigue must have been present at least six con­secutive months and the cor­res­ponding symptoms must have developed after the fatigue. A clear definition of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, its symptoms, and treatment options will help suf­ferers get a clearer under­standing of the syndrome.

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Ori­ginally posted 2009-​​03-​​29 19:58:10.

You’ve decided that you’re going to try quitting smoking. You know it will be tough but you’ve made that all important decision — you want to stop smoking and you want some help to do it.

You can try herbal remedies, unfor­tu­nately, these can give some people a queasy stomach. Then there are the popular nicotine replacement treatments, readily available as patches, gum or sprays.

If these don’t work then some people look for other altern­atives like acu­puncture or hypnosis to help them quit smoking. There has been lots already written about this last technique and you’re probably won­dering is hypnosis effective for quitting smoking… does it actually work?

As with everything in life for some hypnosis will work for others it won’t — everybody is an indi­vidual with par­ticular needs and habits. As a general rule of thumb though, just because something works for you doesn’t neces­sarily work for everybody else.

Ser­iously, how can some comedy carnival sideshow help you when quitting smoking?

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Ori­ginally posted 2009-​​03-​​24 18:32:18.