This is a major problem with the concept of FND. It seems to be a true clinical entity. But doctors misdiagnose a huge number of people with it,...
Long Covid is distorting the labor market — and that’s bad for the U.S. economy...
The authors don't seem to have a modern understanding of FND. We don't call it conversion disorder anymore. If I understand the modern research,...
This is a hypothesis paper, meaning it's a new perspective on existing research. The idea that OI is caused by a specific sort of vascular...
Using control with a less harmful virus is a good design.
I made some small contributions to what later became the AV1 video codec, widely used to compress video by companies such as YouTube and Netflix....
I read this garbage so you don't have to. She discusses both the psychosomatic and physical models of ME and LC with a strong bias towards them...
I used to think of doctors as especially competent because of their rigorous training and role in protecting people's lives. I've seen many other...
This is absolutely not how I modeled my own energy levels when I was a healthy autistic person. The main factors I considered were demands on...
This is pretty bad. You can't analyze research in a dozen different diseases and apply it to long Covid by just compiling it.
The WHO guideline actually shows a good understanding of PEM. They devote an entire page to it and explicitly recommend against GET (pg. 110):
I've seen this AI do remarkable things. Someone asked it to write a simple program in Rust and it did, the only error being omitting a statement...
It sounds like they're just hosting a bunch of meetings between ME, long Covid, etc. advocacy groups. I see a possibility for benefits, but not...
That's the problem with medical marijuana. There's no real evidence base for it. And it's hard to research because of legal issues.
I've observed a trend towards increasing use of ME, and it's continuing: They want to set up Centers of Excellence for long Covid: Due to the...
I'm disappointed nobody has put this into action. I would absolutely want samples of my tissue used for ME research if I die when ME is still...
Unfortunately, no mention of PEM. They also seem to downplay the effect of long Covid on previously healthy people: In context, they balance this...
When people say this, I take it this way. They're trying to dispel the psychosomatic notion that they're hypochondriacs, deconditioned, or afraid...
Additionally, how much one "markets" their symptoms can have a large difference in how others perceive them. I only describe my symptoms in terms...
"Symptom onset must be gradual"...huh?! We know ME onset in adults is often shockingly sudden, and I'm sure it's similar in kids. What are the...
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