Do people have to physically attend committee meetings or is it done in virtual meetings (or options to join by phone) using a phone/skype.
We should also remember that FINE had a null result and was done after the NICE guidelines.
I don't think that is the issue. PACE and the other preceding trials used subjective outcomes when the trials were open label and the chosen...
I suspect they will want to cover their backs but would prefer not to have to deal with it.
I'm not surprised when scientists react badly to criticism. Sometimes you have to be quite single minded to push ideas through and in doing so...
Yes it was big news. I was really commenting on the SMC using him to comment and giving the background for those who didn't see. I assume the SMC...
It sounds like a eugenics conference with bad science and white supremacist speakers that UCL was unaware of. What I thought was interesting was...
The problem with considering HR monitoring is if there is no supporting evidence in terms of research then it should not be in the NICE...
I suspect if there is a change in the perceived number of patients who are severe then its due to patients giving up on doctors. But I've not seen...
I think this says more about Alistair Miller's understanding of good methodology than anything else. Its no wonder AfME were so bad when their...
In the IT industry startups provide a different avenue to R&D than the traditional internal investment model. Large companies are expected by the...
I think tea and sympathy may be far better. CBT is about getting people to change thoughts and behaviours in a fairly mechanistic way.
I would prefer a genuine 'don't know' category as it reflects the lack of understanding and perhaps could be used to push for more research. But...
Yes I agree we need to keep the message very simple so that it cannot be misunderstood. The guidelines should include reference to treating...
In the mid 2000 there was a report in the US on cyber bullying and one of the issues they raised was that for kids most of the cyber bullying came...
AYME folded not AfME but I think that is what you meant.
It sounds like AfME may be changing their story on what the funding was given for. At one point they seemed to be suggesting it was given for...
In terms of severe patients I think it is worth ensuring the guidelines list symptoms that people do see as part of ME sometimes doctors seem...
I have wondered in the past if there was room for a lot of innovation around wheelchairs. Both in terms of the physical construction to help get...
I think they are good points. I suspect that there needs to be an underlying subtext that patient groups have looked at the research and...
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