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I've just got a Polar H10. I hope to track HRV and see if the hype is justified.

I don't think we know what exactly the PEM 'issue' is i.e., what was said that prompted a reanalysis, and by who? I can't quite work out the most probable explaination. If this was BPSers, what must they have said? what are they arguing for with respect to actual changes to the evidence base...

I had missed that. He was a co-opted member, wasn't he.

I don't think this is worrying. This 'stepping-out' generally happens to at least one member at each meeting, due to conflicts of interest.

Minutes for a series of four guideline committee meetings in late April have just been uploaded: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10091/documents It looks as though the meetings were to consider the recommendations in light of a new 'post-exertional malaise re-analysis'...

I really hate this 'app for everything' approach. My mum lives with IBD. She manages it with medication, but sometimes it flares for no good reason. I have no idea what this tool would offer her that she hasn't figured out herself through common sense.

We don't need it and we don't want it.

Have you not had a response, @Andy ?

This session (Session 3) is chaired by Wessely.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210609-how-long-will-long-covid-last I don't think this has been posted yet. Apologies if I missed it. Reasonably good piece. Quite a few mentions of ME/CFS and speculation about the overlap and what's driving the illnesses.

There won't be another delay. They can only report one delay to stakeholders.

I think it's probably his house. Nice gaff! as they say...

Paul's made a little film:

I've never known someone getting a grant of nearly a quarter of a million as part of a PhD/doctoral training programme.

Publications from the author, here: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/amberly-l-c-brigden/publications/

They really love throwing money at this crap, don't they? "I'm going to interview some kids, and do some crappy and patronising qualitative analysis based on questionnaires." MRC: Take our money!

"I learned that my Covid-19 infection had probably induced a physiological stress response that put my brain in a state of high activation and had an immediate effect on my hormone, heart, gastrointestinal and immune systems." Paul discovers the concept of being ill.

He'd probably agree with them now.

Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe the April meeting was cancelled. But surely they've not gone nearly three months without a meeting. They were part-way through going through the recommendations.

Actually, I emailed last month and had no reply. Perhaps someone else wants to try a further email.