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    ME/CFS Alert Episode 102: David Tuller Interview

    Watched it. The view count Llewellyn King gets is pitiful, almost negligible by YouTube standards. Makes me think there are far less proper ME sufferers than I thought. What could they do to reach a wider audience?
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    VegEpa - Fish Oil Swizz or Worth Trying?

    I tried VegEPA along with £200 worth of Myhill's vitamins and supplements for 3 months and it didn't make one bit of difference to my symptoms.
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    Hand grip strength as a clinical biomarker for ME/CFS, 2018, Nacul et al

    When I was in a general hospital in 2013, the physiotherapist tested my hand grip strength. When I asked why won't he test me again in a few days or a week to prove deterioration and that I objectively have something wrong with me, he said I would be accused of not trying hard enough.
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    Who said: don't bother testing patients?

    On page 4: Does anyone know who was the Vice President of the ME Association back then?
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    Who said: don't bother testing patients?

    https://www.margaretwilliams.me/2003/mental-health-movement-persecution-of-patients-select-ctte.pdf - The end of this document has a wealth of useful quotes including about refusing testing. On page 57 Simon Wessely synonymizes CFS with MUS then conflates MUS with somatising, all without...
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    Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy: CFS: Suggestions for a nutritional treatment in the therapeutic approach - Geir Bjørklund et al - 2018

    I've spent hundreds & hundreds of £s on vitamins & supplements and not seen any benefit in ME symptoms what so ever.
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    Cochrane ME/CFS GET review temporarily withdrawn

    It's hard to believe how bad the greatly respected Cochrane Review is. They conflate neurasthenia (which is viewed as psychological) with ME. They also define the illness as merely unexplained fatigue rather than an intolerance of exercise & exertion (which is what true ME is). In essence they...
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    BBC trust me I’m a doctor tests a placebo for back pain and sees significant results

    Merged thread I just watched: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bmblb8/horizon-2018-8-the-placebo-experiment-can-my-brain-cure-my-body# on BBC iPlayer (Available to UK viewers only). What do you guys think, is the placebo effect real or is it just response bias combined with natural...
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