The ethics of these things very much involves what the purpose of the exercise is. If it was to make a TV programme showing that you can fool...
I think that is a good question. Why has a representative from MRC been sitting on the CMRC committee all the years when the ME Biobank was not...
Hi @youngscum, EDS 3 is a term now often used for people who are hypermobile. However, we do not have any genetic information on most people with...
Good point, but I suspect the connections were in place.
This is where I remain puzzled as to exactly what role CMRC plays. Normally scientists apply directly to MRC. MRC can have all sorts of...
I agree. In fact the moment is pretty weird because it is nonsense. How can a trial allow patients to: 'decide for themselves what treatment is...
This does not sound plausible to me and I worry if a scientists is talking about immune mechanisms and is this sloppy. We do not have any good...
Sounds reasonable. If the symptoms have not gone away the prednisolone dose is clearly not too high if it is relevant at all. I would want to make...
This would make sense for pneumonitis but pneumonitis is more than just an asthmatic or bronchitis reaction. This sort of approach would apply if...
I appreciate your desire not to seek medical advice and I hesitate to respond but in this situation I think I should make some comments. The...
Looking more closely it seems that people were told they might get a placebo but they were not told the objective of the study or that everyone...
I haven't looked at this in detail but it sounds as if the study was illegal - giving people placebos without them knowing it. That is not full...
This is a review written as part of the EU COST Action grant. It includes people from various European countries. This really has nothing to do...
Does he disclose a conflict of interest? Like earning a living?
Until death has been cured I am not sure that the term cure is ever more than an asymptote of hope. But is cure necessary? Lot of conditions are...
I am sorry but this lady sees to be in cloud cuckoo land - and sexist. This stuff about trials only being on men is nonsense. Women are excluded...
I think Dr Vogt may be worried that scientists can actually see inside his brain and see how hot it is. Moreover, they can do it through cookies...
I said most districts because it does not always apply. However, if there were no health centres there could be twice as many hospitals. And for...
If we were not sure about the diagnosis we covered all the important and reasonably likely options - often by a period of observation and...
The blurb gives pretty little idea of what the science is about. In general I am pretty sceptical about the idea of recruiting patients through...
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