Research like this leaves me not knowing whether to laugh or cry. There is so much still to learn about cellular function, how it works and what...
It seems that nowadays everything has to be said in a simple soundbite. "Make time for Joy", 4 words ideal, yet the practical concept is totally...
I had summer flu which is enteroviral and tested positive for infection a few years later. A lot of viruses have characteristic properties. Since...
EBV has too long an incubation to account for the spread in epidemics and many people are too young to have EBV when they get ill. The herpes...
Questionnaires should come after observation. Just thinking about it, ask test subjects to do something which raised their heart rate over the...
While I do not think the name Chronic Fatigue Syndrome has done us any favours at least it is better than Exploding Head Syndrome which sounds...
The first time I heard of sickness behaviour was many years ago in the context of why some animals isolate themselves and hide when they get ill....
Ramsay was one of the doctors during the Royal Free Epidemic. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis was based on the symptoms of people who took ill then and...
Oh I did not mean the ones attached to diabetic clinics, I am sure they do a good job. I was specifically referring to the IAPT program which is...
My heart sinks every time I see a demand for more money for mental health patients as it seems to mean more going to treat imaginary mental health...
It was all a bit confusion at the time. There may be written records or other people know more than me but when I first joined the ME association...
I know a lot of people with MS and their experience is relevant. The consultant is interested in the big picture and things like major...
I am not fighting a battle over names. I am talking about where the name came from and the difference at the time was devastating to those of us...
The CDC investigated an epidemic in Incline Village. Experts told them it was another ME epidemic but they ignored that and it was never mentioned...
Waiting list controls are a source of bias as not getting any treatment leads to resentment. A control for CBT could be a group with tea, cake and...
ME should be on the list because many people are bedbound and rely on a series of careers coming in so are at high risk not just because of...
There is a flaw in their reasoning. Their premise is that psychological distress is expressed by the body as physical symptoms. Then they say that...
Thanks Jem, I have edited my post and will now write "I must read what I have written before I post" a hundred times :) Thinking about it, there...
When I crash, my insides shut down but it is in the same way everything else slows down, my thinking included. It is no wonder that our systems...
What I mean is that fatigue is a serious problem for people with many illnesses but it is not seen as the defining symptom or primary disability...
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