True. But "alternative ways of knowing" (the target of the article, i.e. epistemologies focused explicitly on social justice) don't have a...
I would be reluctant to take advice from a doctor who makes emphatic, evidence-free assertions and orders tests with no clear justification....
As @Trish says this is a private business which aims to tell people "how to get the most out of the NHS" and uses NHS-like branding without any...
The Guardian has belatedly seen the appeal of that “95% accuracy” conclusion. Jason spoke about this paper for the Guardian’s “medical mysteries”...
I’m not sure I knew before reading that piece that Martin Jacques has ME. Those older than me will remember better than I do the vicious...
“recovery” currently means developing the ability to manage limited energy, continuing pain, cognitive limitations, and ongoing flare ups in what...
Fairly reassuring, but I'm confused by this bit: Does this mean the team will be using Fukuda alongside CCC to identify M.E. patients? If so,...
@lunarainbows @MEMarge I think an ME Hospital Passport is a really valuable idea. I am on the severe / v severe boundary and any disruption to my...
I don’t think we have a basis for identifying a separate disease, but I do think there needs to be more research into why some patients progress...
@PhysiosforME Sorry about the delayed response - I'm only strong enough to post very infrequently. It's interesting to hear that AfME haven't...
As @CRG points out, the right route here is probably a query to the SMC's advisory board about SMC's response to the views expressed by its Chief...
If AfME expect patients to get behind the "holistic Healthcare Services" they're touting in Shaping Our Future Together, then the ME Trust legacy...
I thought this was quite a helpful intervention, notwithstanding the overly rosy picture of CBT's efficacy. Increasingly the argument is being...
"These results most closely support the CCC, while there was less empirical evidence for the ME-ICC. While the IOM criteria was empirically...
I think of it more as an exertional budget. “Activity” seems like a slightly grand term for what puts a dent in my exertional budget (e.g....
What about male vs. female differences in response to placebo in an open label trial based on self-reporting of subjective data? Since such trials...
That discussion between Profs. Wessely and White about whether FSS is one syndrome or a collection of different syndromes reminds me of Stephen...
I couldn't use the cafeteria at school as that would have meant unnecessary walking, and I needed my energy not to faint in lessons. I used to lie...
By "substantiated by a programme of research", this review's authors mean that the 2007 guideline's GET/CBT recommendation was based on minimal...
I was told aged around 23 that my lung capacity was very small. The nurse at the GP surgery got quite ratty with me about it, and said I wasn't...
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