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Some of you who are old enough may recall that Aaronovitz had been part of the University Challenge team where the team members answered "Trotsky" or "Marx" to every question. According to Wikipedia: "Aaronovitch is the son of communist intellectual and economist Sam Aaronovitch,[2] and brother...

It may depend on how many times you have accessed the page. I was able to view the article at least twice; the next time I viewed it a log in was requested but the site is currently not accepting my longstanding log in and password. I'll try clearing PULSE cookies and see if I can access again...

Yes, I found this also. I was able to access the page twice, then it asked for a log in or registration. I do have a registration for PULSE, but today, it would not recognise either my email address or my password.

And the Dissociative disorders and conversion disorder have a long classificatory history. See: https://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2018;volume=34;issue=5;spage=44;epage=48;aulast=Malhotra Dissociative disorders: Reinvention or reconceptualization of the concept? section...

Prof Raad Shakir, a former President of the World Federation of Neurology, lobbied the WHO long and hard with Stone et al to have a functional neurological disorders category block moved from under the ICD-11 Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders chapter and relocated under the...

Inconsistent? https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/fnd/ (...) Are MS and PD considered "rare diseases"?

According to the NORD site (and Stone)

There are other diagnoses that might be applied rather than FND: for example, one of the Somatoform disorders (depending on duration of symptoms); Somatic symptom disorder (now available in SNOMED CT), PPS etc.

The term FND is also included in SNOMED CT International Edition and national extensions under Synonyms terms to: Psychologic conversion disorder (disorder) which has the Parent: Dissociative neurological symptom disorder (disorder) [This term will have been added to SNOMED CT International...

FND is a more recent term being used in clinical practice (and promoted by Stone et al) for ICD-10's existing F44.x Dissociative [conversion] disorders category block: https://icd.who.int/browse10/2019/en#/F44 For ICD-11, the term 6B60 Dissociative neurological symptom disorder is being...

Not the first time David Aaronovitch has given us the benefit of his <cough> medical expertise. When the new NICE Guideline is finally released, no doubt Rod Liddle will be frothing at the mouth to get his opinion out. Look forward, also, to Ned Shorter apoplectically claiming that the NICE...

Mention of ME/CFS Guideline delay in the Minutes of Executive meeting held on 30 March 2021: 11 Paul Chrisp highlighted that the final publication of the ME/CFS guideline has been delayed, most likely to August, to provide sufficient opportunity to consider the large number of responses to the...

https://www.nice.org.uk/about/who-we-are/executive-team/executive-team-meetings#2021 In January, February and March 2021, the meetings of the Executive team were mostly held on Tuesdays. There are no minutes posted for the Guidance executive whose membership overlaps with the Executive team.

TYMES Trust Patrons: Lord Clement-Jones CBE Tymes Trust Founder Patron John Whittingdale OBE, MP Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Earl Howe Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health The Countess of Mar Princess Helena Moutafian MBE Terry Waite CBE...

Perhaps next time the MEA considers inviting a new Patron (and what purpose do they actually serve?) the BoT will consult the membership first.

Mmmm.

Not that I am aware of, and with the comments on Facebook having been deleted it's not possible to review these. At one point, IMMS, Dr Shepherd had said (in defence of this decision?) that Findley had signed one of the joint letters. Possibly the invitation to join the list of Patrons flowed...

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/long-covid-doubles-burden-of-mystery-illness-few-doctors-treat Long Covid Doubles Burden of Mystery Illness Few Doctors Treat Oct. 14, 2021, 10:36 AM See Post...

[See also previous Post #526 for WHO-FIC WHO-FIC Annual Network Meeting 18-22 October 2021 Master Agenda] https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/classification/who-fic-network/meetings/who-fic-network-virtual-annual-meeting-2021/who-fic_booklet_poster_2021.pdf WHO-FIC 2021 VIRTUAL...