Why do we see in this area a rush to produce clinical interventions based on pet theories, without any adequate investigation as to whether there...
This may illustrate floor/ceiling effects in the cognitive tests used in study conditions. For example I suspect I would score above average or...
Here, here!
My memory of research on treating phobias, albeit forty years out of date, was that the key thing was sufficient exposure to the object of the...
They have previously complained about medical professionals who collude with or reinforce false MUS beliefs by doing biomedical testing or making...
‘A common symptom’: I have not checked which clinical definition they are using, but surely PEM is a core symptom, and if they were looking at...
Luckily I have periods of relative remission in the thirty years of my ME enabling with planning and the right medication a trip to Tibet over...
Such articles assert that ‘functional’ conditions have ‘high healthcare utilisation’ but I wonder if they have the evidence to back this up. Even...
Unfortunately too many people love ‘assertive, confident statements’ as illustrated by the people offering blind devotion to such as Dr Myhill.
Well said @rainy .
Somewhat surprised that apart from my thumbs I have no lunula (fingers and ties). I have no idea when they disappeared. Is this pretty universal?...
I remember when I was training and then newly qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist lots of anecdotal evidence of harm from...
Interesting to read the paragraph on sleep anxiety: This suggests that the ‘sleep police’ who see pushing for ‘normal sleeping patterns’ as self...
I echo the need to be able to read the survey through before starting. My reasoning is that given the historical problems that much ME research...
Very interesting but again an association is a long way from indicating cause and effect in either direction. As @Andy points out both phenomena...
Is there any evidence that the PACE researchers believed exercise intolerance exists, I had assumed they believed that patients were miss...
An excellent overview, many thanks for posting.
To which the nutritionalist who believes diet can cure all including cancer, would respond ‘in our society we are over fed but under nourished’....
I suppose when talking about an adequate ‘control’ it is important to ensure the right things are being controlled for. You could argue that a...
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