Patronizing, condescending, paternalism, coercion, duress.
[IMG] That's how reading about the UK benefits application process makes me feel anyhow :-P
Bicarbonate IVs are used in hospitals. There's some speculation that drinking bicarbonate can also help, but there's a lack of evidence for that...
It's like a glucose meter for diabetes, but takes a lot more blood :p It's pretty easy, though strips are expensive - about 2 euros each I think....
He resigned from the Journal of Health Psychology in a huff when it published the PACE special edition. I suspect his current drive for good...
When a diabetes med gave me symptoms of lactic acidosis, the headache was unlike anything I'd experienced before. It was a burning pain which...
Full of cherries, obviously a new fusion dish :woot:
It weakens the controlled aspect, since having controls tested at the same time and in the same manner can indicate if there was a problem or...
Sounds like the Yasko methylation forum - only positive posts allowed, no hard questions or disagreement :-P
Yes, the PPP doesn't fit well (most glaringly in regards to perpetuation), and I think it's a mistake to try to squeeze ME/CFS into that hole. It...
There's no strong evidence of specific predispositions yet. Additionally, predispositions can be a dangerous territory with any disease, as...
True, but I think he's also suggesting that psychiatry is not capable of being studied scientifically, when it's also (treated as) something...
Terminology aside, the article makes some very good points:
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TEDx and TEDxBristol don't seem to be saying anything. But Esther Crawley's talk is still listed, described, and linked with the others on...
Probably - promotion of the talks and TED is the whole point of putting them on Youtube. It might be hard to find them (which is the point) but a...
Generally it's only diagnosed as POTS if blood pressure remains fairly normal - otherwise there's a clear cause for the tachycardia, as it's...
Mostly to force people to buy access to the full paper I suppose :-P Though in this study they were combining results coming from different...
Esther Crawley's talk is now "Unlisted" on youtube, instead of "Public". So basically anyone can watch it, but it won't turn up in any search...
Sure... just as soon as "most of you" are as disabled as "most of us". Though with any luck, these quacks will soon be accepting that they do not...
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