Do lay members have the same voting rights as other committee members? Do we know if all the lay members are non-BPS? (I only know Adam and...
I don’t think that will be enough. This all feels very stage managed. They appear to be trying to make it looks as though they are listening to...
Yes, I would be very happy to have White, Sharpe, Chalder, Wessely and Crawley called as witnesses if we had Edwards, Crowhurst, Speight,...
MS: “Well CFS stands for Chronic Fatigue SYNDROME, and a syndrome defines a collection of symptoms, It’s not the same as a disease, where we know...
Kelland’s report states: The above suggests that Cochrane had made the decision to withdraw the review, and that it would not be reinstated...
Although this can’t be directly inferred from the available PACE trial data, one could also argue that it is when the therapies have been most...
Do trials of psychological/behavioural interventions have phases? Or do they just run any old sort of trial whenever they feel like it according...
I fully agree with this. However, one must be careful not to equate evidence that has been reported in a controlled trial with anecdotal evidence...
Yes, and this was a quantitative review that includes a diverse range of studies which themselves produced uninterpretable results! I’ve just...
We could really use some friendly media coverage There are also the Dutch studies (Nijmegen group/Bleijenberg) referred to in the TMG minutes...
Echoes of Fiona Fox: “I do feel that being one of the few people in the world who can really understand imposes a certain burden and definite...
Thanks, but no need to apologise. I think we’re all entitled to feel pretty pissed off. Maybe great was an exaggeration, but I generally enjoyed...
Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan, author of It’s All In Your Head, is to appear on BBC Radio 4’s The Life Scientific on 6 November:...
I understand your caution but if Larun could answer the questions that have been asked she would would have done so by now. As the article states,...
Surely Cochrane won’t sit back and allow the spin that is being put on this, will they? Their reputation is already damaged enough by having to...
Would the RNA in someone’s stool not reflect their microbiome? NB I should perhaps have added that, as far as I can see, the company makes no...
Great to hear @dave30th invited to speak at the CMRC conference and to read David’s positive comments in his blog...
I’m interested to hear people’s thoughts on this commercial service offering to analyse people’s microbiome using RNA sequencing, and to give...
Got ME? Fatigued patients who go out and exercise have best hope of recovery, finds study (2011)...
Thanks, once again, for an excellent blog, @Simon M. Have you considered pitching it (or similar) as an article for a newspaper or magazine?
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