I've read Harris book and thought it was really interesting. I've written a blog post many of the examples he discusses (surgical procedures...
Would be interesting to hear if anyone knows of other examples in this list - of surgical interventions that were commonly performed and thought...
Merged thread The fascinating history of surgery: when placebo-controlled trials clash with common beliefs - ME/CFS Skeptic I've made a new...
Posting this here: Day & Altman. BMJ Statistical Notes. Blinding in clinical trials and other studies, 2000. https://www.bmj.com/content/321/7259/504
News from the European ME Coalition (EMEC): In response to a parliamentary question by Pascal Arimont, the European Commission stated that it is...
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Quote from the paper: Here's a link to the Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM‐16):...
Raynayd et al. COVID-19-related medical research: a metaresearch and critical appraisal...
Thanks! Looks like CFS was not included in the modelling:
Does anyone have access to this paper?
Thanks for pointing this out. Have corrected this in the original post. Apologies for any confusion!
Just noticed this statement from Moss-Morris on the website of Recovery Norway (my bolding) Rona Moss-Morris, Professor of Psychology as Applied...
I suspect that criteria that are too broad will likely result in null results. As I understand it in most areas of medicine, researchers are...
The only randomized trial for patients diagnosed with criteria where PEM is required is the trial by Pinxsterhuis et al. 2015. It tested a...
Happy new year everyone! I've written a new blog post with an overview of the most interesting findings of ME/CFS research in 2020....
Thanks for posting. If I understand correctly, the quote is from Angela L. Rasmussen, not Eric Topol?
One caveat: although there were few differences for behavioural and psychological measurements at time point 1 (before the EBV-infection) there...
Yes I think so, the previous EBV study by Jason and colleagues showed how the percentage of patients meeting ME/CFS criteria declined from 13% at...
From the paper:
Looks like an interesting study. Kudos to the research team of Jason who seems to be one of the few who is doing structural research to further...
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