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She has a BSc in cell biology from the University of Manchester. In which case she has no excuses.

This. We have all seen how shameless and ruthless they are. The closer they get to losing their empires, reputations, status, incomes, etc, the more so they will become. It is difficult to start dealing with a thing until it is named, until it is made overt. And worse. ––––––––– And why is...

Exhibit 398941 for the prosecution in the case against the methodological and ethical standards in psychosomatics.

That remains one of our most powerful tools at this stage. Getting stuff on the relevant public record, so nobody in the relevant positions of power can say they were not informed about the problem.

Exactly. Pointing anywhere and everywhere, except at the ongoing root cause of the problem.

Surrounded by an electric fence that doctors and society insist is not there and that we are just imagining and inflicting upon ourselves. Which is about as onerous, cruel and totally unnecessary an additional burden to the disease itself as it is possible to come up with.

Thank you @Chris Ponting and @Simon M.

Has the medical profession ever considered stopping the invalidating? I mean that is where the problem started, and clearly is going to go right on coming from.

Never stopped IAPT being funded, despite a complete lack of meaningful results. None of this is science driven. It is all for political show and convenience. Which is why it fails.

That is exactly what it is. The same old shit in a new hat. BACME, et al, are making it crystal clear that they are not going to reform in any meaningful way. We are staring down the barrel of another lost generation of lives, just so they can keep their jobs and egos intact.

Chronic unremitting persistent long covid syndromes.

So depression is protective?

This raises the question: should outcomes in long COVID studies be measured at rest/baseline or after cognitive or physical exertion? Both. It is the compare and contrast the provides the critical data. Also, might have missed it, but did not see the word convalescence or similar in there. For...

Cognitive behavioral therapy involves the provision of information and counselling to reduce the psychological impediments to recovery, as well as encouraging the patient to participate at an appropriate level of social and occupational activity. Because we are such incompetent fools with no...

o_O :grumpy:

About 15-20 years ago a senior biomed researcher (can't remember who) said that the solution to ME/CFS is not scientific, it is political. Meaning the barriers to progress were more political than scientific. If there is no other option in life threatening situations then we have work with the...

She has gone the full Garner. :grumpy::grumpy::grumpy:

This. At this point in time early diagnosis and being able to enter convalescence mode is the only tool we have to maximise the chances of substantial sustained improvement, let alone actual full recovery. The reason many of us end up so sick and disabled is precisely because our...

The primary outcome was fatigue and secondary outcomes were health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and adverse events. The primary outcome and one of the two secondary outcomes are completely subjective, and the other secondary outcome is at least partly subjective, depending on how they...

Robust methodology is a hard master. Monomaniacal in their proselytising, even. They are using the anti-dualism argument to assert a claim that it is all done by the brain.