I was pondering the question how could QMUL, implicit in their own claims, miss the facts that one of their Proffessors was retiring and that this...
It may suit QMUL to say that White is unavailable to access the PACE data because he is officially retired from his main job, but he is not so...
The Virology Blog seems back up now. Good as the Trail by Error posts are such a fantastic resource
My memory is unreliable but isn't Peter White leading the ongoing follow up of the PACE study for QMUL? Presumably this means that QMUL are being...
In relation to saying aerobic exercise is bad for people with ME there are now many studies, including those by the letter's authors indicating...
In Buddhism there is a major tradition of meditation techniques designed to develop specific personality traits, the most common being 'metta'...
Ah, but this work was not done on CFS subjects as defined by the Oxford criteria by skilled researchers who employ those internationally...
A great letter clearly summarising why aerobic exercise as treatment for ME is contraindicated and why the studies advocating GET are profoundly...
I have occasional come across comments relating to a UK doctor who asserts specific spinal problems are a diagnostic feature of ME. I remember...
If the previous form of other 'establishment' responses is anything to go by, they will select something that was not in the letter and respond to...
Let's hope that this flawed SMILE study proves to be the reductio ad absurdum of the BPS mistreatment of ME and at last the PACE appologists and...
And at a time when Mental Health Services are severely over stretched.
So there is definite overlap between the proponents of CBT in IBS research and in ME/CFS research and both use a specially designed form CBT to...
It is worrying that the MEGA Team seem to remain squarely behind Exther Crawley declining to comment on the methodological flaws of her PACE based...
In this context it is interesting to note that Prof Paul Little of the University of Southampton is a member of the MEGA Team and is also...
Thank you. Yes it terms of timing it sounds as if it must have been the one, though I can't be absolutely certain as I did not keep any paper...
I relate to problems with sugars and carbs, but also wonder if a large meal, regardless of the component food stuffs, can also trigger PEM.
'Secondary victimisation' is also related to power dynamics. Part of what we see in the current medical mismanagement of ME relates to a struggle...
Esther Crawley was one of the people who wrote the current discredited NICE guidelines that set current practice in the UK and allows her to...
I find it hard to recognise general problems in intellectual functioning that are ongoing. As discussed in other threads problems can just become...
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