once derided as yuppy flu.en suffer it four times the rate of men, it cuts across all races. 30 years after the disease was first discovered in the u.s., there is still no single diagnostic test, and no treatment. research funding is scarce. >> it's been a very very small budget, if you have to compare it to something, pick anything else. i looked up made pattern baldness, $18 million. $3 million for chronic fatigue syndrome, an illness that effects 1 million people, that has at least 25% of them out of work. >> studies show that fewer than 20% of cff patients in the u.s. are improperly diagnosed. that's because many doctors tell their patients their symptoms are psychological. the name itself chronic fatigue syndrome is a problem she says. >> just a lousy name. it doesn't describe the illness very well. it is very pray othertive that doctors don't think it is very important. family members don't think it is important. to have somebody desperately ill, i have chronic fatigue syndrome, oh, honey, i am tired too,