We have this thread on recovery rates where this topic could be discussed: 'Recovery' statistics (although there aren't a lot of answers there)
I think the problem is mostly the spin put on the themes rather than the themes being entirely the invention of the researchers. For example, for...
We have a thread looking at the evidence for CoQ10 in ME/CFS here: CoQ10 - Coenzyme Q10 I think the conclusion has been that the studies that...
There's a decent discussion. No answers, but it seems like a clinical team (in Trieste, Italy) that is keeping good records and not leaping to...
IQR = inter-quartile range i.e. this: [ATTACH] The IQR's seem improbable. It's hard to see how 50% of the participants would be aged less than...
IACFS/ME 2022 Virtual Medical and Scientific Conference July 27 - 30, 2022 Lily Chu has advised that recordings of the video presentations can...
From Lily Chu about the availability of the video recordings of presentations for purchase: 2022 IACFS/ME Conference video recordings are now...
Posts about Paul Garner's appearance on BBC Radio talking about Long Covid have been moved here: Paul Garner on Long Covid and ME/CFS - BMJ...
It was quite an interesting listen, the interviewer was good, as were the three women who phoned in with their experiences. Garner ended up in a...
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I assume that Garner is stepping down from his position with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine? I wonder if he will continue to have a role in...
Journalist Primer: How to Report on ME/CFS (from MEAction) It's interesting to compare this guideline for journalists from the US MEAction. I...
The reason anyone would do otherwise is that skeletons in the closet can come out to bite you if the door is opened. AfME mentioning 35 years of...
Some comments from me: Condition versus disease AfME sometimes uses 'condition' e.g. 'with people claiming the condition is not real'. I find the...
It seems that papers can be written about anything, no need for a study. This one seems to be of the 'stuff I know(/believe)' type. That abstract...
This is the guideline content: I did not expect to disagree with so much in this draft. For a start, this: That's misrepresentation. I...
A thread has been set up in Advocacy Projects for discussion of the draft media guidelines: United Kingdom 2022: Action for ME (AfME) Consultation...
A post about a call for a reorganisation of the CDC has been moved to USA Centers for Disease Control (CDC) news (including ME/CFS Stakeholder...
I've just started to read this. I thought this was interesting - cultured cells don't behave like cell in vivo with respect to lactate...
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