A few lifetimes back I dabbled in writing processor code in hex. Frequent printouts of the code was a big help in tracking what was going on. So...
The etiology of FND appears to be multifactorial, with no single predisposing factor universally present in all cases. So, um, how does this...
Do they not think it wise to actually establish that it is due to viral persistence first, before dosing up on potentially toxic drugs?
but basically NICE have hammered the last nail into the coffin of the biopsychosocial theory." If only. Unfortunately the BPS infestation has...
Because clearly there is no way an old diagnosis and description could possibly be wrong, or inferior to more recent ones.
But the psycho-behavioural club inventing a new definition of ME and renaming it is no problem at all, and completely legitimate progress....
That is the one that came to my mind.
Worth repeating. Arbitrary assigning of causation has no place in any allegedly science based claim. It is the biggest red flag of all.
Yep. The internal inconsistency alone should be enough to sink that ship forever, let alone the external inconsistency with the actual evidence.
IIRC, the PACE authors ended up reframing it as something like the 'process of recovery'.
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'...and another is the way disability is reported,' Helge Berger, a top IMF official for Europe said. The old just-redefine-the-problem-away trick.
Exactly. The requirement of consent is removed, or at least seriously reduced and diluted, when you are diagnosed with anything considered to...
I think the line between them at least for ME/CFS, can be very blurred. I don't actually mind the hypersomnia so much, it is an easy and...
I don't think there is any doubt that their basic position has always been some variant of: the primary pathology both defining and driving the...
Re-diagnosis: The Quack's Best Friend.
Calling it "chronic fatigue syndrome CFS/ME" is not a promising start. Might seem a trivial point, but labels matter, especially in this highly...
I agree with this. If your body says rest or sleep, then rest or sleep. Not doing so, especially using drugs to prop you up, is just asking for...
A false belief, par excellence.
Long COVID status was assigned if participants reported >1 persistent symptom of dyspnoea, chest pain, or fatigue/malaise at least 90 days after...
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