As I have said before, its about showing the issues to everyone OTHER than them. They cannot concede. What they do not understand is that without...
Using specialised meanings and then switching meaning to a new context is a common issue here. Heck they even do it with terms like harm, CBT,...
It also have led to a reinforcement of bureaucratic and insurance practice ... denial of benefits until CBT/GET was used. PACE was part of the...
Actually we have many biomarkers. We just have not proved to a sufficient degree they are diagnostic, nor do we understand the cause.
This is where the large portion of responsibility lies, though not blame. Its failure to act for the most part. The other factions in society...
Sigh. This is too often the case with most people. It will require a real moment of inspiration for someone to leap out of reality denial, and...
My recollection of the placebo effect is that its mostly about changing perception about pain. A placebo in a clinical trial (typically double...
Five year decline after two months in hospital. Physically recovering a bit but my brain has not gotten the memo yet.
Its important to note that the different arms might have had different placebo doses. Its hard to quantify placebo and so we cannot be sure they...
Hi, I think you can safely treat this as a factoid. I am preparing a long reply. It would help if I could recall where I got this number from, but...
'Well a subset of scientists, mostly not experts in trials, at least some of who have pretty strong feelings about the findings. How many trial...
Its actually a variation on appeal to authority, its appeal to expert authority, where an expert is someone who has been granted the authority of...
Its zombie science, science promoted not by sound experimental evidence but through funding and political influence. I have a blog on this on PR.
My issue with this claim is not that it is not true, but that we cannot prove it. I mean, 37 (?) major problems with PACE, and counting, and we...
A year one tertiary science student who pays attention and actually reads assigned reading might be able to do it.
Agreed. Consensus is a managerial or political process. Its for when you do not have adequate evidence but must act. Its subject to far too much...
I became aware of a PACE participant in the middle of the trial who I think was doing GET. They were saying that they complained they were getting...
While there is a reason for long-term follow up to see how a treatment works over a longer period, one of the factors to be considered is that if...
We can hope.
But are they paying for people to travel, their carer, their carers travel, etc.? Are these people covered if they get worse and need to stay in...
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