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The description of pacing starts alright but then veers off into graded activity territory. "They consist of adapting and adjusting the different patients’ activities in terms of physical, cognitive and emotional effort within the limits imposed by the illness [28]. Pacing is very similar to...

They actually cover this point somewhat "This study enforces the recommendation for the use of a consistent set of outcome measures in studies in COVID-19. One such list of recommended variables is the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) set of patient-centred...

From my quick scan of the references, this paper was the closest that the authors came to referencing anything remotely like ME/CFS, and it's the latest garbage from the COFFI crew, Jama - Prevalence and Characteristics with Post-COVID-19 Condition Among Non-hospitalized Adolescents... -...

No mention at all of PEM/PESE or of ME/CFS in the paper that I could find. The bolded sentence seems strangely worded to me. "This study has implications for the targeting of limited resources to effectively address functional limitations from PCS. Of particular concern is the large proportion...

Does shingles vaccination cut dementia risk? Large study hints at a link "Vaccination against shingles might also prevent dementia, such as that caused by Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study of health records from around 300,000 people in Wales. The analysis found that getting the vaccine...

To repeat what has been said already, for the most accurate results from any meta analysis then the inclusion criteria that the data is based on needs to be the same. DecodeME has used the IOM/NAM and CCC, and there is nothing there to confirm what criteria the Lifeline's cohort will use, so...

Review article. Authors: Karl Jonathan MORTEN University of Oxford Leah Davis University of Oxford Tiffany A. Lodge University of Oxford James Strong University of Oxford José Andrés Espejo-Oltra Catholic University of Valencia Saint Vincent Martyr Pawel Zalewski Medical University of...

Trial By Error: A Letter Regarding Inflated Prevalence Rates for Functional Neurological Disorder I have posted previously about how papers on functional neurological disorder (FND) have routinely mis-cited a seminal 2010 study in asserting that the diagnosis is the second-most-common...

"MDD and CFS were diagnosed using the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM5) [8], and with the 1994 Center for Disease Control clinical criteria [11], respectively"

"Dr Katrina Pears attended the 2-day research conference for the ME Association and reports on a selection of the presentations. The conference programme can be accessed here. It included 28 short presentations and a poster session with 25 posters (that included Dr Karl Morten speaking about his...

From 2001, about another similar case. "Sally Clark was sent to prison two years ago, condemned to life inside for murdering her two babies because - among other evidence - there was only 'one chance in 73 million' of the babies, born a year apart, both dying of natural causes. But the...

"Direction for future research The limitations of the current review provide important insights into directions for future research. It is recommended that future trials expand upon the current findings through examining other chronic health condition populations experiencing significant...

Abstract Objective Fatigue is significantly more prevalent in the chronically ill compared to healthy individuals. Fatigue is one of the most reported and debilitating symptoms in individuals with chronic health conditions. Despite this, there is limited evidence examining the efficacy of...

"Persistent Somatic Symptoms (PSS) are defined as pain, fatigue, and/or dizziness or a combination of these which last at least several weeks and for which no sufficient explanation can be found after proper medical examination [[1], [2], [3]]. PSS are very common, especially in primary care...

Full title: The cost-effectiveness of an indicated blended care intervention in primary care compared to usual care in patients with moderate persistent somatic symptoms Highlights This is the first cost-effectiveness study on treating patients with moderate PSS. Overall, the intervention is...

No mention of PEM/PESE that I could find.

Highlights After COVID-19 infection, symptoms such as dyspnoea may persist. In respiratory diseases, dyspnoea reduces health-related quality of life. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation are both currently recommended in this context. A 3-month course of exercise training rehabilitation (ETR)...

Published papers thread for w/c 29th May. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0FRGweWCJqxVMottRGrjjm6VdZKhb5o9yp3JDGGuS1oKo2EPthDpmVZyAbDz2GWL4l Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/110490737029157449

From Wikipedia, "Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy devised by Francine Shapiro in the 1980s that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). EMDR involves...