Having spent a lot of time in online patient communities, I have seen this phenomenon repeatedly. Patients tend to think that in some other...
The revolution spreads.
What a frustrating poll. No could mean "not doing enough", or "doing the wrong thing". When I checked it was 40% yes and 60% no. Edit: one can...
Excellent. A step in the right direction has been taken. I'm still cautious because words are cheap and the psychosomatic ideology has...
Non-operative treatment of appendicitis seems to mean amoxicillin and clavulanic acid. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646528 Maybe...
This is good news, right? I don't know who this Sir Cable is, but maybe he can challenge a certain other knight to a duel debate. @Jonathan...
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Perhaps the illness and patients are seen as unworthy. If that sentiment is pervasive in the circle of people involved in all this, disrespectful...
@Gary Burgess are you familiar with the PACE trial? It demonstrates why there has been no progress in 30 years. Some psychiatrists insist they...
More evidence that this is a hypometabolic syndrome? Is this reliable work?
I think this may be old news, unless there has been an update. The update tab shows nothing however.
Patients are rightfully upset that a few researchers that are fooling themselves with unblinded studies have derailed efforts to find answers....
I think this is a disease that can linger in the background until some triggering event shifts the balance from health to sickness. The initial...
He is trying to convince MPs that it's all a misunderstanding. This could work because MPs may not have scientific training or time to carefully...
If you're not high 100% of the time, you're abnormal and need antidepressants. Also, if you have any unexplained physical symptoms such as GI...
I think it's time to coin the term alternative science. PACE is alternative science. A mess of self-confirmatory nonsense, done by people that...
No it doesn't, because there is no data showing that the observed results are specific to "functional somatic syndromes".Where is the comparison...
A creepy, manipulative cult, led by people who are more than a little crazy. The manipulation starts when they say that people are in denial...
It's more about the right people. I don't mind brain imaging studies, but expect the worst spin and shoddy methodology from PACE trial authors &...
It was encouraging but I got the impression that little progress was made. I don't think it was made clear that the "national strategy on CFS" as...
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