As an aside, here is another letter I submitted to another journal before, where the format was quite different to this one. Unfortunately the journal didn't publish it and didn't give any reason (I sent a follow-up email asking why it was refused).
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Objective outcome data from the chronic...
Thanks.
That is a possibility. But they, for example, published eight letters in reply to the PACE Trial: Andrew Kewley's dealt the main issues and a lot of the others (including mine) dealt with specific points. With only 250 words and 5 (=4) references, any one letter can only make a...
From: Barry
My letter to The Lancet in response to the GETSET publication
https://www.s4me.info/threads/my-letter-to-the-lancet-in-response-to-the-getset-publication.1528/#post-25787
There's a reasonable possibility those in the group with an initial score of 45+ on the SF-36 physical functioning subscale actually decreased on average. Unfortunately as this letter wasn't published (unless they publish another letter making the same point), I doubt anyone outside the GETSET...
Matt (@DondochakkaB on Twitter) also submitted a letter that was accepted. He said he got the same refusal letter. He said I could post it with his first name and username.
The claim that GETSET trial data supports the efficacy of Graded Exercise Therapy when used as a treatment for severe...
My letter was not accepted.
I decided to focus on a specific point that I did not see others raising in discussions. Most of my other letters use more references:
Response to: Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care versus specialist medical care alone for chronic...
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)32589-2/fulltext
Lancet. 2017 Jul 22;390(10092):363-373. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32589-2. Epub 2017 Jun 22.
Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care versus specialist medical care alone for chronic...
The fact Colin Barton posted this piece by Alastair Miller along with what I already knew (Colin Barton's own views and history of posting and that Mark Fluks sent him a copy), makes me think there is a high chance Colin Barton sent Mark Fluks the original post.
Unfortunately the list owner of Co-Cure passed away so the system doesn't work as well now and only a few of us can post (we're not moderators but can approve our own posts).
The Co-Cure archive is a useful resource to search for documents no longer on the internet.
This archived page gives...
Marc Fluks believes all sorts of odd stuff regarding masonry but I would have no reason to believe he would tamper with this. It is a pity there is not a weblink or something more solid as a source.
http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/request-to-action-for-me-to-support-david-tuller.51439/page-4#post-857305
Action for MEs Facebook page has this:
Colin Barton The prognosis of CFS/ME – Dr Alastair Miller 29/3/17
Despite a huge investment in biomedical research in the field of...
Alastair Miller calling CBT and GET "definitive therapy"
http://www.meassociation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BACME-guide-with-pharmacology-30-06-2015-copy.pdf
Some other pieces by Alastair Miller:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/myalgic-encephalomyelitis-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-not-just-tired-all-the-time
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-lancet-study-looking-at-treatments-for-chronic-fatigue-syndromeme-2-2/
I have no more information on it.
Given Colin Barton is in the To: line, I wouldn't be surprised if he is the source. He previously has posted material that was similar enough to this to lists. He is still around and earlier this month asked me to post something for him on Co-Cure. [Aside: I...
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