[ATTACH] An apparatus similar to this one could be a way to train blood vessels and valves. The apparatus would have to be large enough for a...
A simple observation. Doing a few push ups feels like it pushes blood into my head, which makes me feel good. It doesn't last long but it's making...
We don't know what the unknown soluble factor is. Prusty thinks it's a signal for cells to hunker down and protect themselves from viruses and...
In my opinion you can tell encephalitis letargica it's not like ME because the very ill patients seem comfortable sitting, don't seem to have...
Yes, classification of these problems is an enormously difficult problem. We see this reflected in the neverending debates about ME/CFS diagnostic...
Can we just ban research into alleged personality factors as cause of disease. It's just today's astrology.
Long covid appears to be a name for a variety of problems, some of which are very similar to ME/CFS. The lack of research to characterize these...
I am convinced because a PACE-style BPS person would never say CFS is a medical condition. PACE-style BPS wants to take patients out of medical...
[MEDIA] [MEDIA] He seems to totally get it. Amazing. Yet another sign the public perception of ME/CFS is improving.
Has anyone written an email to Tompkins yet?
It's important to describe events when they are still fresh in memory. I did exert myselves more than I should have yesterday and was expecting a...
Exactly. I was about to say that people sometimes compare it to a hangover which is well known to be associated with dehydration.
Just wondering if that is something others experience as well? Has the effect of exertion on water balance or relevant hormones in ME/CFS ever...
Maybe they got something else that causes a suspicion of mono, a suspicion of adverse reaction to a vaccine, and some serious illness.
Maybe patients sitting on funding committees can fix things. That could cause its own problems but maybe the overall balance of interests will be...
Note that Jonas Kunst is a professor of psychology at Oslo uni.
It's a small problem. Should be easy for patients to fix it themselves. I'm a bit busy now and if no one else writes an email to Tompkins I'll do it.
The Chalder crap could sound perfectly credible to nonpatients in important positions like journalists and government officials. Respecting mental...
I did daily salt water (drinks) last year for at least six months with good compliance and it seemed to be helpful. Any other options? What about...
On the topic of a formal study, how can you blind patients to this treatment? If given via IV, the solution has to be isotonic, right? If patients...
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