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More historic stuff. David Healy on the SMC (also interesting email exchange with SW). https://davidhealy.org/from-the-grassy-knoll/

I haven't checked to see if these have been posted: Lunch with The Lancet Simon Wessely 2007 https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(07)60802-2.pdf The dangers of research into CFS/ME (from 2011 just after publication of PACE trial)...

The actual text is around 63 pages, the rest are references and tables referred to. I note also that quite early on there is a link to Unrest on Youtube; I think this is an unauthorised upload of the film (the subtitles are in spanish) so am not sure of the potential copyright issues.

eta: https://www.eapm2021.com/program/ https://www.eapm2021.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/EAPM2021_ProgramAbstractbook_20210531.pdf

‘Stigmatised and ignored’: Campaigners call on government for urgent help for patients with chronic illness https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/3220279/stigmatised-and-ignored-campaigners-call-on-government-for-urgent-help-for-patients-with-chronic-illness/

"In fact, the PACE trial—..—included four objective outcomes. None of them matched the subjective claims of improvement. While the GET group did post a statistically significant improvement in one of the measures—the six-minute walking test—the marginal reported benefits were clinically...

BACME to coin an american term, peachy

Emma Hardy Shadow Minister (Education) To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve the process of diagnosis for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. Tweet Share Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 8 June 2021, cW) Helen...

I think he is a member (although he hasn't posted) @DFM

It's been in use for a while https://me-pedia.org/wiki/Wessely_school (Joan Crawford [psychologist] often refers to it)

Dipesh H Vasant1,2, Peter A Paine2 Rona Moss-Morris Abstract Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders seen by clinicians in both primary and secondary care. Since publication of the last British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) guideline in 2007...

Long term benefits of cognitive behavioural therapy for those with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). https://cdhf.ca/health-lifestyle/long-term-benefits-of-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-for-ibs/ @dave30th

Job ad: Research Fellow (FITNET-NHS Trial Manager) University of Bristol - Faculty of Health Sciences

that seems to be the 2017 review https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub7/full

Julia Newton announced last year that she'd quit ME/CFS research (?) https://www.s4me.info/threads/uk-all-party-parliamentary-group-appg-on-me-news-2020-onward.16996/page-3#post-245610 so it's a bit curious as to why she's taking this on.

Abstract Post-exertional malaise (PEM), the key feature of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), is characterized by baseline symptom exacerbation after exposure to a stressor, and some patients can experience new or non-typical symptoms. We hypothesized that new or...

Aunt Live. Under his eye. eta: see The Handmaids tale

https://www.s4me.info/threads/news-from-canada.18994/#post-332638

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190829184202.htm

this might be of interest from 2007 Assay: Measurement of Mitochondrial Function https://www.genengnews.com/magazine/80/assay-measurement-of-mitochondrial-function/ Mod note: Copied to a new thread: Measuring mitochondrial function