How much money was Mayo making from keeping this patient in the hospital against her will?
It's very telling that psychosomatic disorders begin where scientific knowledge ends. There doesn't seem to be any condition that is well...
Some of data on CBT/GET show a change in beliefs (if we trust the instruments) but no improvement on cardiopulmonary exercise testing, employment,...
I'm not aware of evidence that CFS and FMS are perpetuated by psychological and behavioural factors. There are many researchers who have been...
I wonder if dry eyes may be related to low blood volume. Does anyone's dry eyes get moist when they drink salt water?
"These bastards don't want to get better" comes to mind. Probably a doctor that thinks he knows how to cure patients and doesn't realize it's not...
Hi Jaime, can you tell me more about how it looks like diabetes?
I have read a different story about helicobacter, according to which Marshall et al met skepticism and lack of interest at first because everyone...
As far as I know, acupuncture studies that control for biased reporting tend to find no effects. Electroacupuncture is probably just...
Something that seems odd is that while the normal state of my eyes tends towards uncomfortable dryness, at times they are unusually moist with...
I often have dry eyes but it's not something I bring up because it's not that important. I have many such minor symptoms, and if I were to mention...
Background and Aim The clinical association between dry eye syndrome (DES) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) remain unclear with less evidences....
I haven't watched this but it sounds like it may have done more harm than good. It would have been better if it didn't concentrate on personal...
The author thinks that getting patients to recall different things may lead to a clinical benefit. I am now doubting the author's sanity. They...
I looked at the ones where CFS was mentioned. Was not impressed.
I imagine it's a bit like going to the restaurant and having a meal that isn't bad but also not good. The waiter might ask out politeness if the...
Wessely says that articles in the press endorse a medical model of CFS and reinforce stigma about psychological illness. In my view the BPS model...
A pathetic collection of make-believe articles whose only purpose is to ensure employment for incompetents that couldn't make it in real medicine.
High healtcare utilization is due to lack of effective treatment.
This study is nonsense. Patients that agreed with the statement that "exercise brings on my fatigue" on the fatigue severity scale were considered...
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