Can you elaborate on this?
I think it's correct to say that this began with Selye, even if he focused on the endocrine side of things. Later on other work was done examining...
It all began with Hans Selye. One of these days I'm going to read the relevant literature. I think it may be possible that these experiments...
It is possible to examine the liver of deceased patients. There is a group in the UK that is doing post mortem studies. Charles Shepherd should be...
Also, just because patients feel better on some measure after some feel-good intervention, which could be talk therapy or a stay at a spa, does...
My favorite quote from his website: "The placebo effect is clearly psychological in nature, and it somehow involves the thought processes of the...
Do you think you could get researchers to do a ME/CFS liver biopsy study?
I don't remember if I was gluten free or not. I am now because I cannot afford any further GI inflammation. I have a genetic predisposition for...
This is exactly what happened to me. I drank a lot of kefir because it was so tasty and helped with loose stools, but somehow I became sensitized...
He made a new video about his CFS theory. [MEDIA] He claims that CFS is caused by changes in brain structure and wiring and that it's possible...
Cult behaviour. He looks for inexperienced patients to indoctrinate and does it out of sight where nobody can intervene. I wonder what he tells...
You're assuming that the BPS people dislike LP. Maybe LP is the brainwashing they always wanted to inflict on patients but never felt able to. If...
@dave30th seems to think that Sharpe is pretending to be a patient on Twitter. Now with the help of David Jameson posting as cfs_research....
New article by Cort about the pilot study https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2018/07/14/cortene-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs-drug-trial-begins/
:D Speculation about what really drives them is strangely fascinating. It reminded me that this group wanted to make medicine less biological and...
Can anyone summarize what this is about?
It's an interesting question by itself and possibly of interest to the SMCI which relies on donations. If it turns out that we donate more than...
How does ME/CFS compare to other diseases in terms of patient donations to research? Do we donate more or less?
If somatization is real and they understand it, why not explain in a sentence how it works and what it is exactly? Is lack of clear explanation...
It looks fairly good all considered, although PEM needs to be described more in detail on the diagnosis page...
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