A Statistics Canada survey suggests chronic fatigue syndrome may be far more prevalent in Canada than previously thought, and more widespread than many more well-known conditions. The data shows some 560,000 Canadians report that they have the disease, a 36.7% increase over previous results from 2014. The number also suggests the disease may be more common than breast cancer, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Advocates say the results are a call to action for federal and provincial governments, whom they say need to step up their funding for chronic fatigue research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research issued a $100,000 grant to a University of Alberta researchers to investigate one of the potential root causes of the issue.
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