I was sent a copy of this article by a friend too. The Daily Telegraph has long since abandoned any concern for truth. I wonder what James Le Fanu...
Yes, exactly. He seems to think it’s either genetic or it isn’t but it’s not as simple or as binary as that.
– He doesn’t seem to understand the purpose of DecodeME. As the DecodeME website says “It is clear that there is no ‘ME/CFS gene’, or even a...
This post has been copied and some posts moved from: Independent advisory group for the full update of the Cochrane review on exercise therapy and...
I’m not sure if this is the right thread to post this but David Colquhoun has commented on PACE etc again: David Colquhoun: “Not many people...
Some more comments: I'm not sure I fully understand this. Would it be better to say: "in a way not explained by identified immediate physiologic...
Good Summary. Thanks. Couple of minor things: Repetition of "abstract and summaries". I think "when this may not be the case" would be better...
Do you have anywhere in mind? Lancet, BMJ?
Thanks for doing this @Jonathan Edwards. Someone on Xitter suggested that “breakdown” is the wrong word as it implies there was once effective...
Welcome back @Karen Hargrave. Two doctors in my family who live in Joe Robertson’s constituency on the IOW have agreed to write to him in support...
Adam, I just want to say that you do an amazing job on Xitter. Thank you.
Good to see that S4ME is a signatory. Thanks to Karen and the team for organising this and coordinating this with so may organisations. With the...
I understand that but the point I’m making is that we can’t judge the efficacy of any therapy on the basis of anecdotal accounts. It’s the same...
That may well be true but don’t forget that Miranda Hart says she thinks Alex Howard is good because she’s a lot better. And we thought we knew...
Further to my post above, I was referred for an emergency psychiatric assessment more than 20 years ago. 2 community psychiatric nurses came to...
Yes but how do you know they’re any good and can we know? Do the regulatory bodies require therapies to be tested in trials which provide...
Moved posts Reading the letters in today’s Guardian on statutory regulation of psychotherapists only emphasis to me what a mess the whole industry...
Dr Bansal who ran an NHS ME/CFS clinic at St Helier hospital in Carshalton is an immunologist. When he retired from the NHS the ME/CFS clinic...
Yes, but it’s taken them a long time to come up with a pretty feeble response. They write: “We do not have space here to address every error but...
Chalder et al write: “Yet, a systematic review of trials of CBT showed that the presence or absence of PEM made no difference to the positive...
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