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Nemo iudex in causa sua. One can tell that this is not a concept of recent origin. It is surprising that it seems unknown to some.

You probably know this, but it was thought to stand for "young upwardly-mobile professional" or "young urban professional". There may be some too young to remember.

Does it really help people to not question their belief that "toxic masculinity" has contributed to their condition? Would we not normally be asking: where is the evidence, where is the control group? If you insist on the term "toxic masculinity", what about correlation is not causation? is...

I think part of the problem is that "toxic masculinity" is such a cliché that it ought to be omitted from worthwhile writing.

It is interesting to see that article in the New York Magazine. It makes it clear that the author was merely reporting the term which was already in use, and that he was not the source of it. It is of interest also to see the claim that susceptibility is inherited made with such confidence at...

On looking at historical cases it was recently brought home to me how the name is less important than the criteria. I intended to write about it elsewhere, when the head permits. There is listed, in the cannon of epidemic outbreaks, one in a Southampton school in 1979 reported in 1980. The...

Do the females with severe ME also suffer from "toxic masculinity"? Whatever that might be. It is not obvious, if they do.

We need to get the name right. It appears to be Claire Regina Fox. Presumably in anticipation of the success of the revolution. It is interesting to see that Wiki gives, as one of the funders of the Institute of Ideas, Novartis. Strange how the name keeps appearing. One day we will put it all...

It would be helpful if we could have guidelines as to the circumstances in which commercial interests are deemed to be of paramount importance.

I presumed that it was Nina Muirhead but, on checking, she does not seem to be recorded as having been there.

That is quite possible. They do say that vinyl is back in fashion. It is problematic, though, for pwME. All that having to get up to turn them over.

You are forgetting that people with ME rarely do anything until absolutely necessary. Before that there are other priorities.

The photograph is disgusting too.

He did indeed. What has yet to be established is whether these views were generalisations derived from personal antagonism to the views of Dr J Gordon Parish, or whether there was some wider evidence base on which the prejudice was founded.

It all seems pretty meaningless until someone invents a time machine to enable participants to be fitted with the device before they become ill.

The editor is on the ball. The bottom right hand box was edited out. It read "Vainglorious"

It could be argued that this appointment, which may very well be the natural and correct one, has made life difficult for Cochrane. Under the old regime it could have been said that changes have been made. We have reconsidered the matter in light of those changes and are now satisfied that...

I accept that it has uses provided that it is not implying (or, indeed, expressing) psychological causation. My point is that it is not taking the matter any further forward other than offering an alternative description of the symptoms.

Isn't part of the problem with "functional disorder" that it is not a diagnosis, but merely a different way of describing the symptoms. Patient says "this doesn't seem to be working properly". Doctor says "Yes, it's what we specialists call a functional disorder".

I think we must assume that the author is familiar with all uses of the term "whopper".