This. No controls mean the results mean nothing much. Also, the usual problem of people who are skeptical of something called 'body...
What's going on at the Lancet? Going by the abstract, the editing service is pretty bad. e.g. the first sentence It's a hospitalised cohort...
I can't access this paper. What do people reckon about the idea of Tregs not doing their job of controlling an inflammatory response to exercise...
Problems with cognition are termed 'mental health difficulties' In the next paragraph though mental health means something different (negative...
Ugh Because suddenly developing a debilitating disease that has no treatment and that a substantial proportion of the medical profession* and...
To play devil's advocate, it's a big ask of employers, isn't it? Accept the word of the employee that they have this disease that limits their...
Here are the latest numbers by country - 70 different countries, without counting the UK nations separately:
From having had three people in my family with ME/CFS (onset for all three at the same time, and therefore almost certainly the same cause, the...
Information from new forum member ONG PEM: ... We are delighted to have joined this forum and to be part of such necessary and important...
Yes, when researchers start reaching for the 'sub-type' idea post-hoc it raises skeptical thoughts. We've seen some pretty bad papers supposedly...
We've seen that particular recipe for generating positive results in ME/CFS trials from Japan before. I can't recall it being picked up by...
Oh, that does sound hopeful. My fingers are crossed that it works out ok.
I've just found this paper. I was in the study, I didn't know that the results had been published. I was in the 48 hour 2xCPET group. It's a...
Great to have CFS/ME Associazione Italiana joining the campaign - the first Italian organisation to sign as a supporter. Grazie, Giada Da Ros....
Thanks to AfME for promoting the petition again - there's been a noticeable uptick in signature numbers from the UK today.
Just looking at the something in the blood experiment: [ATTACH] 5a and b. Rates of oxygen consumption in a Seahorse analysis - black is...
There's also this thread about a 2020 OMF announcement, it has some good commentary about Mestinon. OMF to launch clinical trials on Mestinon &...
Another thought, given the apparent high variability in CPET results depending on prior exertion, we could expect that there would be a lot of...
We have a thread discussing the utility of LDN here: Experience with LDN? We have a thread discussing the utility of mestinon here: Mestinon...
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