https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257016 The study is interesting, but I'm not sure they're measuring what the...
"Patient centred"... Yet no patients were ever asked what their preferences were.
It is certainly overly simplistic, giving high statistical weight to nonspecific factors, rather than specific factors.
Another quote.
"Longer spoken response"... Give me a break!
Perfusion typically refers to blood flow across a capillary bed, rather than cross membrane transport of molecules. But caherins are involved in...
Strong Inference Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others. John R. Platt Science,...
This one certainly gets mentioned a lot... While I agree with the conclusion "Full recovery from untreated CFS is rare.", a major limitation is...
Given the absence of other excessive inflammation markers in circulation in most patients, I wonder about the other functions C1Q has (non...
Yes, but the claim of "50%" is not actually based on reasonable quality research. It is the severe persistent symptoms (>3 months) that we care...
Plenty of people live highly stressful lives and don't develop LongCovid (example certain prime ministers and presidents). Plenty of people live...
The immunity may be better, but the overall risk profile is worse...
When I say deconditioned, I obviously mean compared to some prior basis. This may seem surprising, but doing a large quantity of activity...
Someone who does 7000 steps per day can still be deconditioned, because fitness is about intensity, not number of steps.
It is because there is substantial overlap between the blood volume of ME/CFS patients and sedentary controls. To the point that reduced blood...
Oh dear!
Don't see any risk of problems? The outcomes aren't what the patient chooses, they are negotiated with the "multidisciplinary team" (see...
I wish they would focus on severity of symptoms and impact on daily life, rather than merely listing number of symptoms.
Which suggests that most symptoms in these patients is not explained by pulmonary dysfunction.
Yes, their theory does involve the HPA axis, even though they don't explicitly mention it in the current manuscript. The Corticotropin-releasing...
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