I agree. I think that there are many different parties that need convincing and different narratives convince different people. And while...
I think it’s important not to get sidetracked by the many points in this piece. The strength of the PACE crew's strategy is that they tell a...
If you look really, really closely at the treatment section of the SMC would-we-say-factsheet, you’ll see that medical care has a teeny tiny role:...
@Arnie Pye linked to this study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745581/ in a recent thread. Here's the abstract (below). It looks...
How about this one: [MEDIA] In case the tweet doesn't show, it's Carolyn Wilshire saying: "Keeping a copy of this awful tweet, which capitalises...
Thanks so much for putting this information in such an easy-to-grasp format, @Simon M , really impactful. Gobsmacking stuff. And this is the...
Thanks for that link, @Esther12 . My FINE folder is filling up. This playing with numbers until they tell the story you want makes me...
Thanks for that really clear explanation, @Valentijn . Wow. So that's 88 patients whose bimodal scores indicate abnormal fatigue being counted...
Thanks @dave30th . Hm. I think the fact that Alison Wearden, lead author of the FINE trial, is listed in the PACE trial 2011 paper as being on...
Again, you're right, and I've edited my post to point this out. Thanks! Just had a look at the PACE protocol paper, where they explain using a...
You're absolutely right, a typo, I've edited my post to correct this. Thanks!
I'm tortoising my way through your paper - congrats to all authors on having it accepted for publication. Building on @Sean ’s comment on...
I darn near stood up and clapped at this point in your fabulous rant, @JemPD. Thankfully my fear avoidance kicked in just in time. I'll add: We...
Chronic Disabling Fatigue was defined differently depending on what age the child was. I've separated this into chunks for easier reading, but...
So reduced nighttime sleep duration in the preceding years predicted development of chronic disabling fatigue, but Crawley and colleagues...
Yes, but maybe worse because the label of Persistent Physical Symptoms is used to humour patients/mislead them that they are being taken...
A December tweet by Dr Vogt read “I find that arrogance and ignorance is a common, unbeatable and extremely annoying combination. You´re too...
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