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I couldn't read all of this article. After the fourth reference to Shorter, my computer leapt from my desk and crashed to the floor to save me. It was a very loyal computer.

Longitudinal studies to capture and extensively test a large number of "high confidence" ME patients early in the disease and follow them. Some percentage of the patients will improve, some will got into remission, and some will feel they have "recovered." Compare their earlier results with...

When it comes to some of the BPS researchers and their allies, I think the problem is more one of an "unbalanced load."

The IOM report says: That does not really equate to 1/4 of all patients being bed- or house-bound concurrently. Likewise, Wikipedia's CFS page says: ...which does more suggest that the figure might approach 25%. Following the citation links on Wikipedia, I have not had much luck finding an...

They'll get the hang of it. Columbia's film school was ranked 5th in the country by the Hollywood Reporter. Maybe the Center for Solutions should try to enlist the help of some of their film students, if they haven't already.

Not surprisingly, the film, which was released in 2001, was called... "K-PAX." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-PAX_(film) :)

I tried to boil this down. I hope I got it right. POTS did not seem to predict whether a patient had disequilibrium. Disequilibrium (and signs which seem related to disequilibrium) were much more prevalent among patients who failed the 10 minute active standing test. Six patients who had...

“The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool. College examinations notwithstanding, it takes a very smart fella to say "I don't know the answer!” - Henry Drummond in "Inherit the Wind"

Good point! It's easy to forget that adult percentages, such as the .422% obtained by Jason, don't, so far as I know, exclude adults who became sick as children. ETA: It seems like children have better CFS recovery rates than adults. Even so, those who recover still might be less likely to...

With so many similar symptoms, it makes one wonder if some Gulf War Illness patients might actually have ME/CFS. I don't think there's any reason to believe that being a Gulf War veteran would lower one's risk of getting CFS, but a history of Gulf War service no doubt increases your odds of...

Really excellent work, Adam. Very effective. :thumbup:

This is no doubt an unjustified leap, but I wonder if a miniprotein could be small enough to be a candidate for the the proverbial "something in the blood" ?

My cell phone company has told me that my 3G phone will be phased out by the end of 2020. I hope I'm not next. :eek: I do wonder how they're routing power to 800,000 new cell phone antennas. It would seem a daunting task unless they were mostly solar powered. [Changed G3 to 3G :whistle:]

Maybe it's all part of a homeopathic experiment to see if diluting their reputation increases the potency of their reviews.

"He notes that just because something has not worsened as the symptoms worsened does not mean it cannot be the driver of symptoms." This makes sense. If perfusion is worse at base line, it doesn't need to get worse to worsen symptoms during or following exercise. The brain/body just has to tax...

I've seen discussions of p-values where, in trying to define it, it's referred to as the probability that a finding is a "fluke" or is the result of chance. That description is dismissed, however, on the basis that all findings are "flukes" and the result of chance. If you run a typical study...

The volume of the sound drops considerably at 16:12. You're not imagining it.

I'd guess it's just part of a Columbia U.|Mailman School of Public Health media facility. It does seem kind of... "claustrophobic." ...and a bit "Rocky Horror." :)

I'd assume that one of the factors that influences "gait speed" is BMI/obesity, and to the degree that being overweight influences longevity, that might be the more relevant factor.

Ah... "Argumentum ad populum." ...and "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2" is a great movie because it made $107.6 million.