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Abstract Sustained smouldering, or low-grade activation, of myeloid cells is a common hallmark of several chronic neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis1. Distinct metabolic and mitochondrial features guide the activation and the diverse functional states of myeloid cells2...

Discussion of George's previous writing on ME/CFS and Long COVID here, https://www.s4me.info/threads/george-monbiot-on-me-cfs-pace-bps-and-long-covid.20126/

As far as I know it never had an open comments section, despite the URL in part saying "comment is free".

@Adam pwme highlighting on Twitter the time, quoted above, when Sir Simon found the forum useful.

Perhaps the authors would support Peel Banana -> eat Banana -> stick Banana peel back together -> Banana can now be peeled and eaten again

Full title: Comparison of the muscle oxygenation during submaximal and maximal exercise tests in patients post-coronavirus disease 2019 syndrome with pulmonary involvement ABSTRACT Introduction Pulmonary involvement is prevalent in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Arterial...

Highlighted on Twitter by Millions Missing Finland here,

Psychosomatic medicine revisited, September 19th-20th 2024 at the Hanasaari Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland 'Highlights' from the program - full list, https://www.gyllenbergs.fi/fi/saatio/symposium/program Keynote lecture: How and Why Does the Brain Produce Somatic Symptoms?, Professor Simon...

Originally saw this posted on Twitter by @Grigor

To nobody's surprise, this is apparently taking place at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, and is organised by Per Fink. The full program is attached, and available at https://conferences.au.dk/fileadmin/conferences/Health/2024/fds2024/Program_HOA_new.pdf, but features such delights as...

Full title: Physical fitness in children with Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndrome: associations between cardiovascular parameters, systemic manifestations, fatigue, and pain Abstract Children with Marfan (MFS) and Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) report limitations in physical activities, sports...

"It’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century. For decades, patients with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have been told they can make themselves better by changing their attitudes. This devastating condition, which afflicts about 250,000 people in the UK...

No, it has nothing to do with free speech. Yes, and that is a good thing to have happen.

Published papers thread for w/c 4th March. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0AvCiy4QR2H7NA3m7MCWPG4TxF5p3H3DY81DzD3TvwR4pdkJ8aTZP3mY7qmVwr3HBl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112076647978451947

Trial By Error: Letter to BMJ Seeking Correction in Study of Long Covid Physical-and-Mental Rehabilitation Program Last month, The BMJ published a study of a rehab intervention for Long Covid in which the authors made claims that were not borne out by the data. The study was called “Clinical...

You never know, it might just bounce in the best direction possible. If we don't try it we won't know - not doing something because one of the possible outcomes might be bad leaves it in the hands of people and organisations who have largely proved that they have no understanding of what the...

You tell us. Collectively we are against the "psychosomatic theory" because our personal experiences AND analysis of the published literature shows it to be BS. If something else comes along that meets that criteria, then we would be against it - what we wouldn't do is to go looking for...

News in Brief posts for w/c 4th March. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid02BnL1LPec2vqYchPpmPCRDrSA2Q4NvTt9WfobVtZnpR3zjVWN9UN7yGedSgRrZm4Xl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112070686758931598

The irony being that the GET and CBT researchers are the ones closest to being equivalent to anti-vaxxers. The patient community has been consistent in calling for higher research standards in the ME/CFS field, and the suggestion that we can't demand that harmful, and consistently useless...

Trial By Error: Will MAGENTA’s Null Results Finally End Professor Crawley’s Long ‘Reign of Error’? For years, Professor Esther Crawley, the University of Bristol’s methodologically and ethically challenged ME/CFS investigator, has hoovered up millions of pounds from public and private funders...