The effect of melatonin on irritable bowel syndrome patients with and without sleep disorders: a randomized double-blinded..trial, 2023,Dinevari...
There's a paywall. Tunisian study I have been quite dismissive of the idea that melatonin helps much - I think the evidence to date has supported...
I'm struggling to make sense of this. e.g versus
Raijmaker is the researcher who suggested that CBT was helpful for Q-fever fatigue syndrome (and that it has been proven to be helpful for CFS)...
It's an interesting read. One of the things that struck me was that the aim seems to be to show that the person is completely unable to work. It...
I have been trying hard for about two years to get on the panel that will be doing the work. There doesn't seem to be a way in, it doesn't look as...
Yeah, that's hopeless. I wonder if they had any expert patient involvement. Aside from the focus on fatigue rather than unwellness, there's the...
Kaiser Permanente, yes
I'm not sure how this fits with the reported prevalence in the latest CDC update: This study suggests that a lot of people have developed ME/CFS...
Kaiser Permanente have, I think, a relatively good track record on ME/CFS, and it's good to see them investigating the prevalence and still noting...
There might be an unusual increase in ME/CFS prevalence due to covid-19 - so a bubble of undiagnosed people with ME/CFS are working their way...
Of the respondents, 645 in year one and 316 in year two (not mutually exclusive) met criteria for survey-identified ME/CFS-like illness based on...
The primary author is has a Kaiser Permanente email address. It's very good to see health insurers and providers taking an active interest in...
Yes, and it's not just the psychosomatic paradigm proponents we have to worry about. I think pretty much any doctor in Australia with a profile in...
Well, not every time. NICE is an example where it didn't, and there are quite a few others too where the views of patients and people without a...
The paper reports an improvement in swelling even after the first aphaeresis. I guess it's possible that this person did experience benefits as a...
I'm not sure why they are bothering with this study. A recent paper suggests that it is all sorted. Whatever your health problem, AIR is the...
A study crying out for an acronym. My suggestions: Hypothesis Of Therapy - Amygdala Insula Retraining Amygdala Insula Retraining Hypothesis...
Yeah, "effective first-line therapeutic option" seems a brave and premature call based on a study that even the authors describe as 'a pilot...
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