To be fair @dave30th this is a much more positive take on the potential benefits i.e. it puts the system (civil servants & politicians) on notice...
At a simple level the Secretary of State for health and social care [responsible to the House of Commons] is responsible for our (nationalised)...
As far as I'm aware the MRC: is publicly funded i.e. tax payers money; and funding comes from its sponsor [Government] Department. However, that...
You wouldn't/couldn't make it up --- you're cognitively impaired, due to an underlying (biological) illness, and they suggest CBT --- as if the...
Thanks for the feedback. Here's a revised draft re a parliamentary question to the [Westminster Parliament] Secretary of State for Health: "The...
Having briefly Googled I'm not reassured, the need to separate the financial rewards from the patients interests still applies.
EDIT - redrafted (see @Jonathan Edwards comment below) Possibly slightly relevant i.e. in terms of incentives in medicine. Friend mentioned that...
I'm wondering if this could be concerning i.e. "the difference between fatigue and the perception of fatigue". Is this the line those focused on...
This makes me think of the fact that Post Treatment Lyme disease and ME/CFS are clinically similar [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21383843/]. If...
Yip I agree @rvallee "the referrals to regulatory bodies" - that's what they exist for i.e. to refer professionals you are concerned about.
@Rain I booked an appointment at a large vaccination centre (leisure centre) so yes I thought it was a lottery win "Pfizer" - turned out they...
All of this reminds me of previous post by @Jonathan Edwards "evangelical hypocrisy"...
This reminds me of what @Jonathan Edwards has been saying "“In the past in ME/CFS research, which has been really underfunded for a long period of...
Thanks @Trish
Hi here's an initial attempt re question to the Secretary of State: "The PACE trial set out to discover whether cognitive behaviour therapy [CBT]...
Check out @Jonathan Edwards post re the fact that the initial trials on rituximab suggested that rituximab would work in ME but the phase 3 trial...
AstraZenica is 10% effective, against the South African variant, i.e. where use use symptoms (not hospitalisations) as your measure of efficacy....
There was a guy (from UK?) speaking on Radio 4 last week [maybe Inside Health] and he was suggesting that some people with Long covid reported...
No idea. I think one of the problems would be getting consistent diagnosis re Long covid - possibly you could use actimetry/electronic activity...
It's interesting how many medical professionals have been reluctant to be vaccinated - even now when the data (showing lower incidence in medical...
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