When anyone who disagrees is labeled either incompetent or having vested interests by virtue of disagreeing with absolutist statements, then I...
Others argue that a range of other studies (eg without control groups) about the potential harm of exercise for people with ME/CFS and people with...
You can make a case for all sorts of things, and it's done all the time for individuals in trials and studies in systematic reviews. People can...
Say it did all that very well, but the reason it was excluded was because it had 498 people in it and the inclusion criteria stipulated a minimum...
I think it's more than an either/or choice about how high or low the bar is set for entry. When a wider group of studies is included, then choices...
Yes, agree. It's a weird "in-between" time for Cochrane reviews in general and for the CFS reviews in particular. There's going to be a new system...
Yes, agree. The next report will include the first wave of members. After the second wave, there will be one final slot that the members will...
Yes - thanks for drawing my attention to it, though. We've been messaging/emailing about all this. Yes, I expect he will be contributing his...
That's easy to answer: the status you're discussing from October 2018 has been overtaken by events. Being out of date is no longer a justification...
I agree about Robert Courtney. And I have thoroughly expressed my great anger about how he and Tom, and their concerns and published comments,...
Thanks! Cochrane doesn't, but I agree, and I am advocating for that. (My 30 May blog post:...
I agree nothing researchers or I have to deal with here is as bad as the effect of this illness on your life. I am listening, and reading a lot...
No worries. The story so far: The previous editor-in-chief (David Tovey) proposed withdrawing the review, but agreed to amend it instead,...
I don't think the fact that an old policy is followed until a new one takes its place is any reason to believe there was no lengthy internal...
I don't think that instituting a complete update right after the end of one review and establishing an advisory group is hiding that the review...
Once the policy changed, the level of problem needed to retract a review became similar to other journals: and thus, equally difficult, when...
Thanks, cassava7! And those 2 organizations both on our list of clinician groups to contact - thanks!
Hello! I think perhaps you are speaking of a view about the past authors of the review? They have all stepped down so it will be a new group of...
Thanks, Dave - will read.
Thanks!
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