Yes, I was wondering why I'm seeing so many papers talking about bed rest in TB, but almost none in other infections.
Another two that found no benefit from bed rest in tuberculosis: Is cavity closure in pulmonary tuberculosis influenced by bed-rest?, 1960,...
Surprisingly, I found an RCT of bed rest for tuberculosis. Also an old paper. Bed rest in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, 1956, Tyrrell...
Seems this was the topic of his talk at a Renegade Research talk yesterday. [MEDIA]
Guardian angels off duty? ME/CFS is Sustained by an Impaired Stress Response in the Central Nervous System Herbert Renz-Polster Abstract ME/CFS...
What exactly makes it distinguishable? Just the fever or something more?
Data that would be useful for this would be how bed rest affects the duration/severity of a sickness. That's the commonly prescribed advice from...
I thought it might be worthwhile to have a discussion comparing and contrasting the symptoms of an acute infection (a week or two of flu, cold,...
Maybe I don't feel "poisoned" because I never experience nausea with ME/CFS? Edit: Does anyone feel "poisoned" but never experience nausea as a...
I hear "poisoned" so often, but I don't have a good idea of what that really means. "Malaise" feels like it fits me fine. I don't know what it...
Interestingly, only one condition was significantly more common in off-label rapamycin users than non-users: canker sores. It says things like...
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Evaluation of off-label rapamycin use to promote healthspan in 333 adults Tammi L Kaeberlein, Alan S Green, George Haddad, Johnny Hudson, Anar...
mTOR inhibition improves immune function in the elderly Joan B. Mannick, Giuseppe Del Giudice, Maria Lattanzi, Nicholas M. Valiante, Jens...
Some info on the immunostimulatory properties of rapamycin. Sirolimus (rapamycin) on Wikipedia: It cites the following paper (which is from a...
I wonder why. They tested just about everything else, including work at another timepoint. And decrease in work at AT is one of the most...
Oh, and then the separate Simmaron trial gives a different reason:
From their blog linked by wigglethemouse, they cite a few things:
I decided I'm going to try to do a variation of this idea. The plan is to make a wiki (using the same software as Wikipedia/MEpedia) about the...
Someone on Reddit in the ME/CFS trial said Simmaron just finished the study. Their doctor told them most of her patients didn't benefit from it....
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