IoM has "lasts for more than 6 months" as a criterion. The new NICE ME/CFS guideline specifies "confirmed after 3 months of persistent symptoms"...
G93.3 may be the ICD-10 code that currently best reflects ME/CFS but what we do not really know is if that is how it is being used by NHS...
In addition to "Managhan", there's also "PACE trail" and "medial scandal" (surely it's a lateral scandal as well!) Also, I thought it was Queen...
From Psoriasis and pregnancy (J Cutan Med Surg. 2002 Nov-Dec;6(6):561-70)
Yeah, I was curious about that too. There's a longer list of exclusion criteria on this page: https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN46454974 They're...
Looks like the PHOSP-I trial: https://www.phosp.org/phosp-i/ https://leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/first-participant-phosp-i/...
Looking up the REC application number in the PDF leads to these associated webpages: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ctru/current-trials/mss3...
A few random thoughts: There seems to be a belief in the world of psychology (& social science) that good intentions are sufficient to protect...
One aspect I found troubling is that Cass wanted the NHS clinics providing gender-related care to provide the medical records of their patients to...
Modafinil didn't feel like a stimulant to me (well, it doesn't feel like caffeine and it didn't feel like taking d-amphetamine as a student long...
The logic of this simply doesn't follow to the point that I'm surprised it got past peer review. The authors resurrect the Th1/Th2 "imbalance"...
I had appointments with one of those retired physicians every year for several years, & he also produced a report to help with my DWP claim - the...
There was also a hypothesis that CFTR mutation (cystic fibrosis) could confer protection against both cholera and infection by tubercular...
A few other thoughts: Patients could also be being diagnosed differently (looking occasionally at social media, I've noticed a number of "EDS-III...
That's a remarkably good idea. I think it's probably attributable to the structural differences between our healthcare systems. In the US there...
Copied from the Wessely thread This has just reminded me of something. Many, many years ago I posted a bunch of "bad ME quotes", derived solely...
Copied to thread on Shorter This has just reminded me of something. Many, many years ago I posted a bunch of "bad ME quotes", derived solely...
Indeed, which is why I mentioned that I would've liked to see testing for a wider set of markers. Both aldolase & LDH are more widely expressed,...
Thanks, I missed that post - your point about the timings is well made, although I think if there were an atypically high exercise-induced CK...
And if it is significant there should be corroborative biochemical evidence of this - a very quick skim of the paper shows that they tested for CK...
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