I think I recall a discussion of rationale in which they are hoping that repeated treatments might last longer. Anyone remember the exact quote?...
We already know there is a high misdiagnosis rate, largely due to under-investigated patients. Some estimates put the misdiagnosis rate at three...
To make things worse, its entirely possible its the cumulative impact that leads to ME, and that none of these things are specifically...
We need a new dictionary to deal with this stuff. Harm means dying or winding up in hospital for a long period, or other similar damage....
The point is a successful pilot trial is the best reason for new funds to be granted.
To me this is a conditional hope. IF, and only if, the problem is a metabolic trap like the four under investigation, then it might be quick,...
In any exchange like this its important to realise you are very unlikely to sway someone like MS. Its not about that. Its only to a lesser extent...
I think this is a major issue. The vaccine probably does trigger some cases of ME, and probably prevents some cases of ME. The issue is where the...
The current claim with the GMC is probably more along those lines. Unfortunately I would need to know a lot more about UK law, and GMC rules, to...
There is only ONE issue we can show is scientific misconduct. One. The others are irregular and damage the study, but we cannot prove they are not...
This is where the term psychobabble comes in. Anything that vague and ill-defined is not subject to quality scientific investigation. It is...
The problem is large areas of psychiatry, though not everything, are about as substantive as homeopathy. Imagine homeopathy became taught in...
"Whilst we are aware of the concer ns raised about the PACE trial’s methodology, there has been no suggestion of fabrication or falsification of...
:wtf: Post Death Psychosis - The false belief syndrome in which people die and then think they can not engage in real life. If they could be made...
Even a perfect study has risk of bias. Its intrinsic to all science, and all investigation. Science is about decreasing and accounting for bias,...
Actually human bias is just a small component. Confounds in cohort selection, for example, can severely alter outcomes if some factor is involved...
I tend to agree, with one important caveat. Depression is an inferred symptom. How do they know its not just an ME symptom they are wrongly...
This is the main reason. In research it can demolish a study to have people with other conditions, even if they have the condition being studied...
Good science is critical rationalism, ala Popper. They seem to practice positivism, or one of its variations. Shore up as much data showing you...
It depends, again. There are real illnesses here, as well as illnesses created by committees defining them. These are then labelled as mental in...
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