The full article can be accessed here. Money quote: These long covid clinics were always going to be Potemkim villages. We could have told them...
The NICE guideline will similarly be used by the NHMRC in Australia for long overdue clinical guidance here. Doctors here are particularly...
Do you mean have they ever said "you just don't want to get better"? Yes, they have. They say that ME is all "behavioural". The attitude here is...
(please move or delete if this is too far off topic.) I am the same. None of the advice I've been given about sleep works for me. PEM results in...
[MEDIA] ETA: a comment regarding NICE perhaps? Maybe she'd like more emphasis placed on "clinician's experiences"? [ATTACH]
I've just seen that Kanaan (and Austin Health) are recruiting for a trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to treat Australian patients...
Thank you for articulating my concerns so well. From what I've seen from the BPSers, "HPA axis dysfunction" is the new "central sensitisation"...
The full article can be read here if anyone can be bothered reading it. To be honest, I was expecting the article to be a little more...
ME/CFS Australia have called for Australians with ME/CFS to lodge a submission to the Disability Royal Commission. They have produced a guide to...
There's some decent mentions of ME/CFS in this Australian article on Long Covid: Please be warned that this article contains a lot of...
Quite frankly, this is getting very offensive. Post-viral illness has been well-documented for over 100 years. Maybe the victims of a pandemic...
Spot on. [Apologies in advance if this doesn't make sense. I have terrible cognitive issues which affect my ability to think, read and argue...
About the author: Say no more.
Imagine having an illness that is so ignored and neglected that even after a massive outbreak of this illness, society and the medical profession...
Much like tarot cards, astrology, and other forms of con artistry (eg, psychics and mediums). It's mind-boggling so many people believe that...
"Mindbody Medicine" claim to be inspired by Dr John Sarno. I came across Sarno a few years ago. He believed that even back pain was caused by...
The only genius that Wessely displays is being able to land a seemingly unending stream of sinecures, government grants, and honours without...
After reading this, I now understand why Cochrane's handling of the ME/CFS exercise review has been a complete joke.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Contrast Cochrane's behaviour when it comes to the ME/CFS Exercise Review with this issue: This article shows that Cochrane can do the right...
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