Yes, I strongly agree that it is important not to give patients false hope – not only because it is psychologically harmful in the long-term to...
[MEDIA] I would be very interested to hear views on this from more people who understand the science – particularly with regard to whether it...
The paperwork may be unnecessary but the far bigger problem is that so many doctors, like Hammond, are financially incentivised to retire at 60...
Ignoring the mind/body dualism, I think the last sentence is intended to be a joke – ie it would be convenient for the government if lots of...
Prof Chalder doesn’t seem to understand, or chooses to ignore, that it was the results of her own clinical trials that led NICE to conclude that...
If he doesn’t follow the research and he doesn’t feel the need to adhere to the NICE guidelines, what does he base his approach to “treatment” on?...
Yes. I’ve sent you the whole article. It’s the usual mix of truth, compassion and total nonsense from Hammond, trying to be all things to all...
Yes, and the principle of walking when you know you’ve hit the ball has long since gone from the game. Adam Gilchrist was the last batsmen I...
Is think this is it (in bold in the second tweet) isn't it? [MEDIA] “They changed the recovery measure because they realised they had gone too...
Healthcare Hubris has now produced a shorter version of the blog with text that should be easier to read:...
I don’t like to be too negative but I have some concerns with this: 1) “Less than 4% of people with M.E. are able to access specialist M.E....
Thanks for the latest progress report, @Hilda Bastian. Like others, I’m puzzled why you and Karla Soares-Weiser decided to add “a person who has...
Yes, Far more balanced, as you would expect from Sean O’Neil. I’m sharing a tweet with screenshots of the article in the hope that this avoids...
I hope you’re right, but I’m remembering the SMC pushback when the CDC dropped its recommendations for GET and CBT in 2017. The SMC put out a...
Yes. Let us not forget this this is the same Paul Garner who wrote: “Health services are largely institutionally prejudiced against people with...
This feels like good and bad news. On the one hand I assume they wouldn’t be resigning if the Guideline was endorsing CBT and/or GET as safe and...
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[MEDIA] Eric Topol (Wikipedia):
Just listened to this the whole way through. Shame we can’t discuss politics here (although I agree with the policy) because George raises some...
I’m not very knowledgeable about lyme issues, so this is probably my ignorance, but please can you explain why “post-treatment lyme” makes it look...
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