One key point is that if a few people call out a questionable statement, it can often be helpful, but if 50 people join in, it becomes a pile-on...
This is tricky to do as biopsies aren't the easiest to take and when you do take them, the tissue can get damaged.
Patents are horrible to read so I'll pass on that! I am kind of glad they have patented this as a patent by the wrong people could hold up...
The common patterns between ciguatera and ME are interesting, multiple underlying causes with commonalities in the end point. The study (in the...
Defining the role of asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 transmission – a living systematic review...
The problem is that severity may simply be a confounding factor - those with more severe illness have different sleep-wake patterns, namely they...
Aptamers are really cool, I had to study them for my undergraduate degree over 10 years ago. The key is to have an off-the-shelf kit with...
The HPA axis stuff was the hottest/most studied hypothesis back in the 90s and early 2000s and pulsatility of pituritary gland secretions has...
I presume you are referring to sensitive blood based biomarker tests. We do have a good candidate for a reliable biomarker (in over 10 studies):...
Of course this is not the same as LongCovid - some of the people with dyspnea or ageusia might not have the other most common LongCovid symptoms...
This may seem surprising, but highly sensitive and specific blood based biomarkers are rare. Many diseases do not have them. Most blood tests are...
I disagree. Much of his COVID-19 reporting for example has been of typical journalistic quality - eg talking about the week's hot topic and...
That's the mystery isn't it? The hypothesis needs to be quite specific and tick a lot of boxes (including many things that have been ruled out).
HPA axis hypotheses have almost been done to death. The main problem is that basal serum cortisol (or the other markers discussed) is neither a...
Of course! Lived experience of other people only matters when it agrees with our preconceived ideas and is always wrong when it conflicts with...
The EU approved it, I think Germany is still going to avoid it's use for over 65s. The tweet shows the lack of data (1 covid case each in both...
This is my confirmation bias talking, but I am very excited about this study. I have been trying to explain links as to why certain neurological...
Moved post Why Germany did not approve the use of AstraZeneca vaccine for over 65s: [MEDIA] Novavax interim data is good (especially given...
I mentioned this study several times: https://academic.oup.com/bmb/article/69/1/197/523356 I guess that was enough to get on the list.
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