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Exercise led to consumption of lipids in ME/CFS and controls while metabolites were consumed in ME/CFS but generated in controls. Interesting, if it holds up.

One serious indicator of a failing state is their inability to train up, and retain, their own citizens for technical positions in particular. The same problem is happening here is Australia. The health system is being flooded by people from overseas. Not just the health system, all sorts of...

Even more. Because it is so much more unfalsifiable, and hence much harder to refute. Psychologisers have an endless supply of arbitrary re-framings to play whack-a-mole and use to hang onto their power. The software/hardware analogy simply does not apply to wetware (biology). They are...

Yes, he was not consistent.

The golden age of psycho-tyranny has begun.

The phenomenon of over training in otherwise healthy people strongly suggests to me that ME/CFS patients are dealing with unrelenting pathological physical demands that produce results which have a lot in common with extreme over training. The difference being that the cause of over training is...

Or, there is simply a sampling/reporting bias in those who persist in trying to figure out what the problem is, as opposed to those who, for whatever reason, do not and just try to survive it all. He got this very critical point right.

Reaching into the memory banks on this one, but I think that protective effect applies mainly to females, less so for males.

Very cruel.

Tai-Chi seems to me among the most optimal and safe forms of general exercise, and I did give it a good go about 20 years back. But its effects on my ME/CFS was no different than any other form of exercise or physical activity, however gentle and carefully titrated. Also tried yoga 35 years...

I have had that at various times. Especially early on, not so much any more. Might be in part because of getting old (early 60s).

Conclusions: Though some DSs showed potential in reducing fatigue in ME/CFS, methodological limitations and inconsistent results hinder definitive conclusions. Take note, psycho-behaviouralists.

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Propaganda works. And sometimes the more blatant and shameless it is, the better it works.

Yep, the devil is in the detail. The best predictor of someone's future behaviour is their past behaviour, and his track record is,... not encouraging.

This is the real madness. The attention and focus, which really means funding, should be on a needs and demonstrated benefit basis. Not on some arbitrary we must give both equal billing basis for fear of being accused of anti-psych prejudice, and because it gives us an excuse not to properly...

What they said.

IIRC, for pain it is not clear as the effect sizes are all over the place. Also is not clear if it is an actual placebo effect taking place, or is a whole other bunch of methodological confounders that are not being properly controlled for, and are all just being placed in the placebo basket...

Any condition that has diagnostic criteria requiring a 50% or greater reduction in activity capacity is already imposing a serious loss of function. More than enough to make a patient uncompetitive in the labour market. Let alone factoring in having to try preventing further deterioration...