Its only a preliminary investigative paper. It needs much more research to show anything definitive. However all research has to start somewhere....
Some make cardboard look appetising. Some, however, are quite good. This appears to vary country by country. Here I eat Burgen or Helgas, but I do...
There is a saying, an observation by Clauswitz, that diplomacy is war by other means. I think politics is just an extension of diplomacy. Its...
I am not defending this study, but there is still a place for uncontrolled studies. However you cannot conclude anything about intervention...
Based on some of the Tweets I would say he was possibly aware of it nearly a hundred pages back.
Yes, and this needs to be done by someone independent of the PACE trial, with appropriate training. I cannot see this being allowed, at least not...
During the PACE trial itself a participant contacted me who was very concerned. Its been a long time so I do not recall details, and would not...
Yes, I keep wondering why with so many favourable biases they got such terrible results with no statistically significant difference between arms...
They used the wrong protocol for that test, which has a known bias. As always the known bias is in favour of their hypothesis. Funny its never...
Correct, kind of, but they are still objective measures that can show improvement. CPET does measure a component of the underlying condition with...
Actometers, 2 day CPET, and even work participation statistics come to mind. They had one of those and it failed to show improvement, and one more...
Agreed. I only brought it up because I do not recall it being discussed, and its yet one more problem. The point here is that if this applies then...
From your lips to God's ears. :angel:
I may have found a new hole in the PACE trial. I have been looking into the theory of statistics, even though I cannot do math myself any more. I...
"So here is a challenge for ME activism: Can you articulate what treatment you want as opposed to what you don't want?" Yep. No treatment aside...
:) As for narratives, my way of describing this is they put persuasive rhetoric over evidence and reason.
If that became a common response it might change everything. Some of the flaws are obscure, but some are very blatant and easy to spot. First,...
There is a concept of abuse in research called a citation circle. Its frowned upon. For years I have been talking about review circles, where...
Actually I disagree, though David can speak for himself. He was funded to investigate and bring the relevant facts to light. It happens this...
Yes, and this demolishes any use of such therapy as a means to get people back to work.
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