Patients who have various symptoms associated with illness tend to have an increase baseline in their effort reporting associated with these...
1&2 Day CPET studies have shown substantial overlap (on the 1st day) between patients and controls, with some patients having above average...
Indeed. After reading this paper, my conclusion is less research on cortisol in FMS and CFS is needed. I don't find any of these results...
Yep, they aren't going to be treated any more seriously than us. Just more poor souls joining the fray.
Mhmm.
Only patients with significantly above average cognitive ability are usually willing to participate in studies like this in the first place. The...
The sad part is I have had a few friends with Schizophrenia and I had asked them about the controversy between Coyne/Laws and Bentall on CBT for...
Yes, it's certainly cause for skepticism.
I regularly think headline writers should be fired from their jobs!
I can only point out the obvious - 14 days is smoother, but less responsive to new trends. There are also weighted moving averages to throw into...
If it wasn't clear, I'm not referring to you, but the hypothetical people who "clock out", as soon as we mention points of "everyone knowing"...
Take a look around at other social movements. How polite are they? It took BOTH Malcom X and MLK to make progress with civil rights in the USA....
Wealthy people who can bypass waiting lists?
So it's just CFS where they half-arse their methodology. Quick disclaimer though, they're going to claim that the superimposed twitch...
No. Those people who clock out without listening to those who are directly affected should check their own ethical values or be ignored. Those...
We're not dismissing patient reports so categorically, we're dismissing the sole use of specific PROMS for which patients have NEVER BEEN ASKED...
I guess he's worried that someone is going to steal his ideas?
Yes, they're going to claim that parents beliefs are unrealistic and somehow perpetuating the syndrome.
Yes, there is a big difference between reporting what could happen or what a participant thinks they could do, versus what they have actually...
Sure. The key point is that if participants (and any assessors) genuinely don't know which arm they are in, response biases and related...
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