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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19821361 Hmm!

These sorts of guidelines are a design by committee and I suspect there are some steadfast CBT/GET supporters involved.

"if"

Pretty much.

Wow, she really does not like us at all. The funny thing is, quite a few people on this forum have likely read far more scientific research than she has and I bet they can can more accurately describe all the possible biases of such research.

Here is Pilowski's Illness Behaviour Questionnaire: http colon slash slash psychology.okstate.edu/faculty/jgrice/psyc5314/ibq.pdf

If an illness is "psychosomatic" then it is explained. A 'functional disorder' means people haven't done their jobs yet.

Andrew Lloyd

I hope it is okay. The problem is when journalists don't quite understand the issues. For example if they let the claim there is evidence for GET slide through, putting subjective self reports in nonblinded studies on the same level as randomised controlled trials, when really there is an...

When you have underpowered studies, non homogenous patient groups and without a very strong effect, some of those studies are necessarily going to have null results. I strongly suggest meta analysis of the NK Cell cytotoxicity and TGF Beta results will show a modest effect, the problem is that...

That is roughly 1/1,000,000. Some literature state that the underlying numbers (due to all causes) as a hypothesis from the underlying literature are around 1/100,000 annually and numbers that are an order of magnitude lower than this may suggest reporting/recording of data issues.

Hi everyone, just letting anyone who has applied and is wondering what is going on with this, I have heard no decisions have yet been made and things are going to start to get underway this month.

They just quoted p values, no effect sizes or actual data, and no underlying methodology so it's hard to say what they actually measured.

Same here. Duration won't build fitness (and won't have much measurable benefit), brief intensity will.

Yes. We retreat to the internet as it is a "low energy" activity. If we had energy we wouldn't be stuck on the internet. That comment was obviously made by someone who has chosen not to listen/learn about the lived experiences of people with ME.

Agreed. Better to criticize than silence. "extremism" LOL. Direct action (asking for deplatforming) is not extremism. (serious violence is extremism)

The question is whether they are isolated cases or part of a distinct infectious outbreak which would likely be of enteroviral origin. I am curious to know the pattern of symptoms (unilateral vs bilateral?), but a press release doesn't reveal this. There are long term health consequences, I...

According to the hypothesis, SSRIs would make things worse. See: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10721121

The difference in HRV between controls and most patients is explained by lower levels of fitness and activity levels. The fact that HRV was normal after warm water immersion suggests there is no fundamental autonomic dysregulation. It's interesting how the same set of results can lead to two...

Exactly. Peter was terminated for two reasons: He was openly criticising and thus hurting the perception of the brand. He was openly criticising the organisational structure of Cochrane itself. Cochrane is becoming a rubber-stamping exercise for the medical establishment, nothing more. There...