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It was fashionable in the 80's and 90's in language learning - Superlearning, Accelerated Learning, the Lozanov method, etc etc. I did very well out of that for 5 years, after writing The TiredSam English Language Course based on Superlearning principles and selling and teaching it to some...

I take a homeopathic remedy in liquid form every day. In Germany it is delivered to every household via a tap over the kitchen sink. I know my experience is only anecdotal so don't be too hard on me, but I swear it's effective in reducing symptoms of thirst, especially dry throat.

It's got his magnificent gown hanging on it. Can't you see it?

A short report from the Law Society Gazette: https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/secret-medical-recordings-reprehensible-but-allowed-as-evidence/5101817.article Original case report here: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2019/2623.html An extract which shows what the claimant was up...

Well I didn't like to say so, so I just posted the article to see what others made of it. But it did remind me of the 4-page letter I got with my diagnosis from the Charite (University hospital Berlin), which seemed to be a similar mish-mash of tips and advice drawn from all the studies they...

The Pschyremebel article does mention the ICC, but at the bottom says "this article last updated August 2018", so I'm not sure what's going on. Also says this: And has some interesting (and scary) prognisis figures, I don't know where they come from. Here's a rough translation of the...

Well since you ask I saw it and thought it looked like another load of nonsense from KCL. I pity anyone who has a perfectly good reason to walk slowly not related to any of the things they were looking at in the study. Looks like a prelude to more patient-blaming. That just looks so fishy...

Thanks to @mari_gold in the German subforum I've just found the film: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/060209-000-A/eingeimpft/ Only viewable for the next few days. In German, but ME relevant parts with some dialogue in English from 44:48. Otherwise you can chose to watch in German or French.

Today one of my students helpfully told me that she had seen a documentary about aluminium in vaccines causing CFS. I politely said there were a lot of ideas about what might cause CFS, and that I didn't think a vaccine was the cause in my case, and thanked her.

I think I remember that if you edit a post to add a tag, the tag doesn't work. @phil_in_bristol

It's about time someone did a study on the correlation between the use of a dodgy acronym in the title and the Chalder Fatigue Scale and a few of the usual psychobabbler names appearing in the study team. Correlation isn't causation, of course, but it might throw up a plausible hypothesis worthy...

It's on now, and will probably appear soon as a podcast to download here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006th08/episodes/downloads

Being a psychobabbler certainly seems to be the easiest way to get a bravery award these days. They seem to be as good at devaluing the concept of bravery as they are at devaluing everything else.

I'm stopping right there. I have never heard of a western medical institution claiming to stand for peace and justice. It's just not what they're for. What on earth is this guy on? Sounds like the cultural studies lecturer in the next classroom to me. Think I'll give it a miss.

Well your theory so far seems sound, and I expect a read of the full paper will verify it ;)

This shows the BPS brigade's lie that researchers are being scared off for what it is, and demonstrates that they are successfully grooming a new generation of abusers.

On the rare occasion that a woman did get sick, the house would be invaded by other women (maiden aunts and the like) to look after her.

Does this diet come with a free butler? EDIT: Sorry, forgot, wives stayed at home and looked after everybody then.

Well that's good enough for me. Off to buy some celery.

Not quite sure why such a bleedin' obvious platitude merits editor's choice in the BMJ. Here's a sneak preview of the editor's choice for the next issue ... Eating has been called a miracle cure for hunger and the supporting science grows stronger by the day. The BMJ recently published a...