In France, Gherardi's claims on the side effects of aluminum adjuvants in vaccines, especially macrophagic myofasciitis (MMF), have been going on...
Much like @Jonathan Edwards' criticisms, Irving et al. (2017) wrote a critical review that is not specific to GRADE but that focuses on it in 5...
It seems that previous discussions on GRADE have picked up your points @Jonathan Edwards. From a 2014 editorial by Malmivaara [1] (bolding...
It should be a separate paper, as Stubbs says it will be "out soon" and that physiotherapists will be among the authors, unlike the paper on CBT.
[MEDIA] Stubbs is "a clinical-academic physiotherapist with an interest in physical activity & mental health, the mind-body interface, healthy...
This seems to be what the GRADE handbook says (1.2 Separation of confidence in effect estimates from strength of recommendations, bolding and...
@Michiel Tack's rapid response has been published: https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4774/rr-9
Duh... [MEDIA] [MEDIA] ETA: I am baffled that he's turning on the ME Association after Dr Shepherd took his own time and energy to help him when...
Alan Carson has been known to exaggerate the prevalence of MUS by often referring to a paper by Nimnuan, Wessely and Hotopf (2001), which found...
Yes, I would succinctly add, after "is a characteristic feature of ME/CFS", the following: "in line with the US National Academy of Medicine's...
If people submit a rapid response, I think this paragraph from the authors should be highlighted as being outright false and dishonest (bolding...
Your response is excellent @Michiel Tack. Here are some additional points you may want to consider adding, if you feel that these do not go into...
Other than lack of blinding, this response mentions the fatigue outcome on the Cochrane review, as measured by the Chalder Fatigue Scale, but...
About the lead author, Dr Busse (from his McMaster page): Note that the authors made the clever trick of separating 'lack of blinding' from...
I believe she listened in on the call and could ask questions, possibly as a patient representative, but I'm uncertain that she has a much of an...
What does Dr Pope do of the recent studies on Long Covid showing that some of the most prevalent symptoms of LC are those of ME, including...
Dr Maureen Hanson presented the preliminary results of this study at the CDC stakeholder call/webinar in September 2020 (slides 29 to 39):...
I agree. I’m not against the appropriation at all, I would only like that people with ME be acknowledged when these terms are used. On the other...
It is very disheartening. ME patients have been invisible for decades, and now the Long Covid community is appropriating itself the terms that we...
[MEDIA] "The first grant that came our way last week is funded by ME Research UK. I am so excited to get this support from Scotland. Scotland...
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