I have been thinking about this further, and I may have misled anyone who took any notice. It would' of course, have been entirely wrong to refer...
I think hat previously I did not include the reference to Ramsay. It is significant that the bit of the ME Action Campaign leaflet to which...
I think I have probably quoted this before, but may be wrong. I usually am. In the book Chronic Fatigue and its Syndromes 1997 p286 Wessely et al...
Lyme borreliosis is a tick borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. I thought that infection in Europe was often caused by B afzelii....
Yes, but there are dangers in taking pragmatic decisions if one conceals information from, or misleads, others who might be affected. You have to...
There seems to be little hope for effective preventative action. It is reported this morning by Sky News that the British passengers on the cruise...
You know that we are on the same side. I just think that it is necessary to be aware of contrary arguments and express the criticism in...
The NHS is buying quack therapies from quack experts based on the definitions they all use. It seems to be, as always, a matter of caveat emptor
She would only be doing what everyone else has done and created definitions to suit her own views. She probably has as much right to do that as...
Our dear Prime Minister employs colourful language to describe such funding. Money "spaffed up the wall". They have some strange customs at Eton.
The date of that memorandum struck me as interesting. There is a Wessely paper which I have been looking for but unable to obtain. Wessely S...
While historically a psychological aetiology has been assumed to underpin FND, this has now largely been replaced by more nuanced biopsychosocial...
Is "having depression" the same as "having a depressive disorder"? They sound different and yet the title refers to "depression" and the first...
It would be interesting to pin down exactly when the ludicrous idea of sleep hygiene became significant in ME. Early discussion seems to have...
I did hear recently of a professor who wished to refer a patient for treatment at a private clinic where the practitioner's highest qualification...
It is strange, given the general societal concerns over issues of "health and safety", that there should be such an absence of concern and lack of...
We never have got to the bottom of how David and Wessely - I discount the initial role of Chalder and Butler on the basis of their qualifications,...
Maybe the sellers of herbs are the business partners, or sleeping partners, of those who recommend their services. Such arrangements exist.
I like the idea that most GP's live in the real world. What world, I wonder, does he inhabit, and is it the same one as his patients?
That is now considered best practice.
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