That may well be true. The balance of mates on the committee may be fairly even. No, but everyone on the committee is likely to be brought up to...
Maybe that sentence should have been a bit longer, i.e. ... cannot be presented to NICE as a meaningful opinion with any chance of being taken...
I think that is in a sense true. And I think it is because the general public want eminence based medicine and psychosomatic explanations. BPS is...
I fear it's just random nonsense. Sort of mitochondriopsychosocial.
Yes, at least as a research project. So why has nothing been published that sorts this out? OI is a symptom and to establish that someone has OI...
I think things are much closer than they once were. As I see it the Cochrane exercise review can no longer be presented to the NICE committee as...
Closer to home, however, it’s clear that however positive the latest headlines about IAPT may be, all is far from well. Levels of attrition among...
I don't buy those. I have been in this situation myself and I got on and did the research without the dollars, risking my reputation in the...
Well you would be taking exactly the road I would take. I agree with all that post. I am not sure what more extreme road anyone is taking.
Interesting points, but thinking about it I am pretty sure the paternalistic approach is pervasive in 'biomedical medicine' too. My...
I sympathise with what you are saying. There probably are ways of doing research that will prove causal links, although they require a lot of work...
So why have the people doing this test not published some useful research so that we can include it in an evidence-based guideline. What we are...
The confusing thing is, @Sean, that your account is probably closer to the BPS account than the account of biomedical scientists and physicians...
I don't think that can be considered relevant. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis or cancer frequently involves 3 months of time effort and money...
I think it is important not to see all this is black and white (or White and Black maybe!). I have no doubt all sorts of people made suggestions...
But the justification for the symptoms in the BPS model is that they arise from deconditioning secondary to the beliefs. If that were not so then...
A tilt table test does not prove orthostatic intolerance. Orthostatic intolerance is a symptom - it means 'not feeling well on standing up',...
I am sorry that you feel aggrieved, Amy. However, the words above indicate clearly that you do not understand the basic requirements of valid...
I will have to read the blog if I can summon the energy. But the second sentence is a non-sequitur. Dr Bateman stated that a third of ME/CFS...
It would be entirely a matter of whether or not those treating had been diligent enough in establishing that the treatment worked. You could ask...
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