Whether CBT is about curing or coping depends on the context. If the researchers/therapists are promoting their therapy, they will claim it can...
This is a hard hitting piece.
Dr Unutmaz is motivated to build a good relationship with the patient community.
Was it blinded?
Come on, don't fund Crawley. She's incompetent and will just delay real help for these children by publishing poor science. Plus you're making a...
Agreed. However the apparent existence of PEM in other conditions could be due to inadequate assessment tools (questionnaires). Not long ago there...
A review of metabolomic abnormalities. In general reviews are useful to lower the entry barrier for new researchers. There is much poor quality...
Exactly. PEM is difficult to manage because I can feel good while doing too much, and only start feeling bad afterwards (usually next day).
It would be nice if the S4ME community arrived at a consensus and produced a recommendation that's signed "The Science for ME community" or...
Ask patients about the illness onset. Even if they have been successfully minimizing PEM for the last few years, they should vividly remember how...
I am responding without reading more than the original post (which should prevent subsequent responses influencing my view). I don't think the...
Poor water retention leading to drinking and peeing often and liking salt a lot?
Reversing the association, why are cognitive issues and poor sleep risk factors for smoking? Is there an interpretation that involves nicotine and...
Wouldn't inability to perceive and report illness count as complete cure?
I propose that from now on we use the term "mega placebo therapy" to refer to LP. :D
So many grand claims in a few paragraphs.
https://www.coyneoftherealm.com/blogs/mind-the-brain/better-days-when-plos-blogs-honored-my-post-about-fatal-flaws-in-the-pace-chronic-fatigue-synd...
What a dishonest weasel. Every chronic illness with sufficient impact causes psychological suffering. That doesn't mean it can be cured by...
If you have a checklist with symptoms, the symptom profiles will tend to converge as number of checked symptoms increases. Since symptom clusters...
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