Primary outcome was the difference in reduction in fibromyalgia severity as measured using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) Stopped there.
Very good article. a recent study found long COVID patients' quality of life scores were lower than people with advanced cancers like stage four...
The time of day I typically have the most problem with balance, movement, coordination, cognition, and oxygen hunger, is just after awakening in...
Plus, from the same team and year, The BPS club knew (or had no excuse for not knowing) this stuff 25 years ago, yet they have stubbornly stuck...
Arse covering. They don't want to admit they have no explanation nor effective treatment.
Wait, what? You mean there are still important things to learn about how the body works? I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked
I have some signs of Sjogren, like more-or-less permanently (moderately) enlarged and sore glands, and reduced saliva flow (to the point where I...
Yep. Very poor reflection on the standards of peer-review in this area.
Even if they were not the best quality, at the very least they should have been followed up with better quality studies. Why weren't they?
Clinical opinion is the lowest level of formal evidence ranking in medical science. For good reason.
Hasn't been much so far. To the contrary, they just get ever more stubborn and defiant. Denialism par excellence.
Exhaustion is a much better word than 'fatigue'.
In fairness to Biden, he does need the cooperation of both houses of Congress. They are the ones who pass the budget, or not. The president can...
Yep. Propaganda works, unfortunately.
I hope so. Would be nice to get rid of this chronic rhinitis.
Me neither. Me too. Got sick at 20. Meanwhile, 40 years and a completely trashed life later, with virtually no possibility left of having any of...
Completely agree. The worst thing we could do is allow some kind of political bargain that gives the BPS club jurisdiction over some patients in...
Huge problem here is that an infectious onset/trigger isn't necessarily obvious. Non-symptomatic Covid being a recent example. It is possible...
Sounds like the usual slick nonsense of superficial modification of questionnaire response behaviour (i.e. discouraging negative responses), and...
Exactly. They deal with that rather critical possibility by simply not allowing it into the discussion, by rejecting both adequate controls and...
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