I cringe when CBT is promoted as part of the ME treatment. Some of our experts in the field will say ‘the good kind of CBT’. What do they mean? And why would everyone with ME need CBT? Adjustment to a sick state? Learning about ME- which involves learning about central sensitization and how...
Can they go to content already? I need to know whether they will recommend group therapy, rehab, and mindfulness... the systematic review from Oregon is not going to bring any good i am Afraid. Garbage in, garbage out. There is no evidence.
i dare them to write a paper on cancer related pain and calling it catastrophization. They only use catastrophizing for MUS, chronic pain, women related pain and central sensitization.
The last bit of the abstract got to me:
Oh really? Because being able to run and climb stairs increases your chances of social inclusion? Is this what they’re after? Social inclusion after cancer?
This is the layman article and below you will find the accompanying scientific paper.
1)
Drug Delivery Nanoparticles Given Neurotransmitter “Passports” to Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
Link to article here
2) Scientific paper:
Neurotransmitter-derived lipidoids (NT-lipidoids) for enhanced...
There is a market for desperate people. People will pay lots of money for the suggestion they will get better. The product is not necessarily supplement or medication. The product may be the doctor himself/ herself. It could be a serie of treatments (Neurofeedback, brain retraining, Vagus nerve...
Here is my nursing perspective. For a patient recovering from ICU post mechanical ventilation, it is essential to recover the lung fitness via breathing exercise to begin with.
Next, there is a need to prevent blood clots. Usually hospital staff will recommend to move feet and ankles while in...
Beyond the abstract, here is the first 2 paragraphs:
Medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) are subjective symptoms that last for more than 3 months and cause a loss of function with little or absent pathology. Patients with MUS spend $256 billion a year on direct health care in the United...
What Works in Mindfulness Interventions for Medically Unexplained Symptoms? A Systematic Review
Billones, Saligan
Note: Dr Saligan is involved in the NIH study with Dr Nath
Link to paper here
Abstract
Background/Purpose:
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used in medically...
I get very weary of this global trend to organize ‘multi-disciplinary’ teams for self-management, coping and ‘wellness’. It simply means that you will not get access to any kind of medical care, but you will be offered a smorgasbord of group sessions to learn how to cope, how to be positive...
@ballard thank you so much for continuing this excellent work of yours, i had been used in social media with great interest. In regards to the latest one as posted on the first post, it would be great to add a historical explanation of ‘what took you so long’- For those not familiar with the ME...
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