It was a while ago so memory is fuzzy. I raised the entire design as a problem, and he more or less indicated that the notion of discounting all...
I wouldn't expect any government-funded biomedical news out of US now that everything is halted indefinitely. I just got personally hit by...
It repeats this lie: "FND is the second most common reason to see a neurologist, after headache." This has been debunked in the letter I...
has anyone ever heard or seen of this journal??
I tweeted or rather BlueSkyed something along these lines. Hilda responded: "Big question. An answer wouldn't fit in this little box." Pehaps...
apparently there were several rounds, so Cochrane did provide responses to early drafts of the protocol. Just they didn't respond to the last...
I tried to make this argument very strongly when I met with David Tovey years ago. I was not able to convince him.
https://virology.ws/2025/01/24/trial-by-error-cochranes-decision-on-exercise-review-is-hurting-patients-says-longtime-insider/
I'm talking about how it has been used by clinicians in a similar way "social determinants of health" is used in public health. I haven't read the...
Whether it's a term that has outlived its usefulness is a question one can debate. That it is inherently problematic any more than other words...
they can even predict the scores, most likely--no reason to have anyone fill out forms at all.
Thanks for looking for an example! There could well be some FND in there, but this sounds similar to a federal program where they take people in...
This might vary from country to country? I'm not aware in the U.S. that "complex" in this context often means "psychological factors" or something...
Thanks, I figured the concerns were more or less what you and Jonathan have expressed.
Hi, I'm curious about what your concern is about this concept?
This is always a thing. Who's to say whether distress is "excessive"? Seems very grandiose.
I posted this blog today, which mentions the lack of reply to the rapid responses, among other things.
I read it as requiring all of those, not just one.
I assume the pandemic put it on the back burner.
I don't want any neuromodulating treatments
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