In general terms I think shifting people about like this would mostly be expected to dilute and difference between test and comparator, so prima...
Interesting. I was not told it would appear. Sterne's name seems to have disappeared from the author list but that may be an artefact of...
So why did the placebo group get a little worse on all measures? Not much of a placebo it seems.
I have sent in a Rapid Response letter, as recommended by Dr Godlee at BMJ. I have copied this to the editor in chief at Cochrane. Letter: In...
I actually think 'physical' is no better than 'real'. They mean the same. Wessely would happily say the illness is physical. The problem I see is...
I absolutely agree - there is definitely something wrong.
This may be true. Nevertheless, I do hold out some hope that what NICE says may impact the prevailing view. I think that if new guidelines make it...
I don't really get what they are getting at. Presumably sharks have fight and flight responses but they don't have any bones. We fight or fly...
Yes, but then the GP became the named person responsible for monitoring all their ill patients anyway when they took the job. If someone actually...
I just looked at this sites you posted. I agree that are plans should be person directed and involve the patient. But I have always assumed that...
Yes, that was my conclusion. The problem that I see is that in practical terms there is no real way to get 'representative' information so the...
I think we have to consider what NICE can be expected to do and what they should base it on. As I understand it the main function of the...
I tried to find out exactly what that meeting was. Nothing comes up in association with Royal Society of Medicine itself. It appears to be a...
No, only the people who are putting out hypothesis about ME as if they were medically knowledgeable. I see no reason to think the cord would...
But a tenfold change can be to 10%. We often say change by an order of magnitude - when it is already assumed which way. They probably mean...
I don't think this is at all clear. A 0.6 fold change could be a change to 60% or to 166% or even to 160% or 40% as far as I can see. Nobody...
I think you need to ask a dermatologist. This is not a common rash. I don't think it is of serious concern but it should be checked out by a...
I agree that our main problem is lack of evidence, so everything is speculation. But we are seeing people speculate without knowing basic anatomy...
I think you are confusing two issues. Henderson is talking about the situation where there is pressure on the cord from disc herniation or...
I am not sure that I see this proposal as unreasonable. NICE is at least making an attempt to get input from patients. There is a limit to what is...
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