Dr Shepherd posted the following on Facebook yesterday: NB: The first part of my letter, which was concentrating on the conflicts of interest by...
I saw a list of criteria that require postexertional malaise. Another one is Rowe et al 2017 drawn up by an international panel of experts:
Nothing that new in this short video (Aside: he again seems to struggle to say “myalgic encephalomyelitis”.
Because the PACE Trial had already been going a long time at that stage (it got funding in May 2003). Also the trial cost in the region of £5...
The PACE Trial used the Oxford criteria. Yet 97% of the participants who didn't have a psychiatric disorder satisfied the definition of M.E. used...
Pay-walled (UK) Times article:
A different Peter White has explained in this thread how there was a post-exertional symptom requirement in the 2007 NICE guidelines, that that is...
Hopefully there will be lots of e-letters picking the commentary apart. Some of the authors might feel some embarrassment for trusting Peter White...
I recall independent researchers such as Nick (?) Brown being turned down. I posted about it on I think the main PACE Trial thread (or one of...
It’s should be fairly self-evident that a document which just had ME in the title would have even more doctors reacting like this. Some “ME only”...
Probably this one: https://wellcome.org/press-release/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-not-caused-xmrv-virus-study-shows Chronic fatigue syndrome not...
The commentary has now disappeared for me
Over the years, the BMJ have been good at posting e-letters from ME patients and the like (i.e. non professionals). Before social media there...
Looks like you can sign up to write such notes on Twitter
Part funded the PACE Trial
Knoop and colleagues have also been doing something similar in the Netherlands.
Thanks to whoever wrote it. Hopefully it will get posted on the journal website but it does contain some pointed comments/language that I doubt...
There was this new post today. In terms of ME Association comment, it just contains the Dr Shepherd comment that appeared in some media articles:...
Sport! I vaguely recall reading that some drugs aren’t passed by regulators because although they might be safe if used exactly as recommended,...
I haven’t investigated this From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks WebTV [In Dutch] https://www.npostart.nl/op1/11-07-2023/POW_05684648 With...
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