I agree with @Jonathan Edwards that a feasibility study of a hundred sounds a lot. My own experience was that no matter how well you think you...
One thing the University of Bristol has in it's favour in terms of trial design is that they have received vast amounts of world class advice on...
As an undergraduate psychology student it was generally regarded that in practice whole sections of psychology were not real science, social...
Am still reading it (unfortunately I have not completed a whole book in over three years, though I used to read three or four a week), however...
I agree that there are robust comments about named individuals in relation to researchers on many posts and forums. I believe the majority in our...
I would second that. I continued working longer that I should, until I was eventually force to stop. Then I went into the process of having my...
People at times say they are leaving the field but in reality are only moving sideways into such as the unevidenced psychiatric non-diagnosis of...
It may be that most doctors are not so stupid as to ignore the signs of say a heart attack, despite the MUS model's advice to do so. However, I...
It is a matter of complaining to the GMC (general medical council) and in theory they can suspend or revoke or impose conditions on a doctor's...
People with ME have higher incidences of comorbid conditions than in the general population, so we are more likely than the average person to get...
Unrealistic expectations - at present it is unclear that many or even any people fully recover, but this model implies complete recovery is...
Although I agree this is a good idea, I also wonder with others above how it would be possible to distinguish between genuine cases and malicious...
For me S4ME is a social outlet, a place of support, a source of information and most importantly a way of developing and refining my understanding...
This already is or was some form of international register of people with ME. I am struggling at present to remember details other than a vague...
Although taking on board your point and perhaps having equal ignorance on these issues, I would question if any biological processes would have...
@mlapenna, a very constructive response to the points raised. My brain is not functioning so well this morning, but hopefully will come back to...
Interesting but can this explain the relapsing and remitting form of ME?
Unfortunately this does not give any insight into the failure of peer review we have seen in relation to a number of ME/CFS studies, specifically...
Having now read through the list of recruiting trials and the associated summaries it is apparant that there is enormous variation in standards...
Sorry @mlapenna I had not found the list of participating research projects on the site, so obviously withdraw my point relating to this. Though...
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