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It probably doesn't help, but a very large percentage of the people in the world don't achieve anything very much of great importance (aside from bringing up children, but then if those children don't achieve anything very much of importance then perhaps all that has really been achieved is to...

In case you were eagerly anticipating the result of this trial, it looks as though we will have to wait a bit longer. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT03496961?view=results (edit to add the second screenshot)

I have had a nice reply from Ana. She says that she is finalising her paper and hopes to have it out soon. She says She checked out the forum and replied in response to Snow Leopard's question: I'm not sure if that was the question you were asking Snow Leopard? But it would seem that a...

Sorry, on checking, I see I had a spelling mistake in the email address. I'm trying again.

Thanks @Snow Leopard, it certainly helped being able to see the figures. I see they are in fact of differences between the Day 1 test and the Day 2 test - so I had that wrong in my previous comment. I see what you mean about the charts not matching the table. No wonder I was thoroughly...

Thanks @Kalliope, I sent Ana an email but it has bounced. Perhaps it was just for use while a student.

Does anyone know what was found? If anyone knows (presumably now Dr) Ebsen, perhaps they could invite her post on the forum?

Donated, thanks for your good work @dave30th. I hope Vincent is feeling a bit clever for having allowed you to use Virology blog for your posts. It's a decision that looks prescient in these Covid-19 times.

Good grief. Where to start? Maybe with grammar?

Yes, it may be. But yesterday I saw this post from June about a study of people with CFS: (2009) Cardiovascular Dysfunction with Low Cardiac Output Due to a Small Heart in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Miwa et al I haven't read the study, so I don't know what the approach to...

Thanks @mango. I can't see the figures on the charts and I've run out of brain power. But the differences from one test to the next aren't looking enormous. So, looking at ventilatory anaerobic threshold: VO2 increased in controls from test 1 to test 2, and decreased in ME/CFS participants...

This paper looks as though it was missed by many. From the abstract it seems important for confirming that there are real differences in CPET performance. The Sci Hub link isn't working. @Snow Leopard and others with an interest in exercise physiology - what did you think? What measurements...

https://www.emerge.org.au/anchor-study Here's an updated link (the one in the initial post no longer works). @Simone, can you tell us more about how it is being done and when there will be a result?

Posts about the placebo effect have been moved here: Placebo effect - discussion

Thanks, Barry. It sounds really good, doesn't it. So the end point isn't lots of detector dogs; instead the dogs help to identify a biomarker molecule. I see the organisation has been given government funding to train up the Covid-detecting dogs - that would be so useful if it worked. I...

(The 'lab' in the title refers to labradors.) I've heard that dogs are able to smell cancer and some other health problems. When I heard about dogs being able to identify people infected with Covid-19, I wondered about dogs perhaps being able to smell ME/CFS. I heard the Covid-detecting...

I think you are spot on Trish. In fact, I made a mental note that this paper could be used to support arguments that personality type doesn't cause chronic illness. Indeed. Though I was surprised that 'social' factors weren't more relevant - e.g. poverty leading to lack of access to the good...

I think this had the potential to be a good study. I liked that they said that by identifying biological, social and psychological factors for a particular person, that would enable better targeted care to prevent future pain. There are a number of problems though. Sorry that this goes on a...

An interesting article. Just as an aside, I noted this: It looks a bit like a chat to Francis Collins may have made resources available initially. And Australia's NHMRC is funding that large genetic study. Now I know stuttering can be distressing and life-limiting, but I think the impact...

An off-topic tangent here sorry but that was a New Zealand TV item, with the reporter based in Christchurch. He was in contact with MECFS Canterbury, the regional patient support group. The Canterbury District Health Board has been good, for nearly a year now the official guidance for doctors...