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German doctors admit to mistakes in study critical of air pollutant limits (Deutsche Welle, 15.02.2018, https://www.dw.com/en/german-doctors-admit-to-mistakes-in-study-critical-of-air-pollutant-limits/a-47527138 )

See: https://www.s4me.info/threads/should-we-develop-me-cfs-doctor-education-packages.2647/#post-48043 At a first glance I couldn't find many references to reasonable 'evidence'. But the review contains a nice diagram showing "Fatigue severity declines when patients stay within energy...

I try to be clearer.... Actually, I don't think my movement impairments have to do with the white matter lesions. It's only speculation by two of my docs. If I understood properly, nerve conductions should show at least slight abnormalities if the white matter lesions were to blame. It seems...

Too many important threads to follow for me at the moment, so this comes late and a bit muddled: Did those of you who experience temporary weakness, stiffness, paralysis or coordination impairments in some limbs or other parts of the body document these impairments by video? I did this (my...

Speaking of awards ... some quotes from the year 2013: Review of the first three years of the mental health research function at the Science Media Centre, February 2013 by Dr Claire Bithell, Head of Mental Health, Science Media Centre...

As @Esther12 said, that's exactly how some journalists work. I think it's important to be aware that there is no safeguard against it.

While I have been writing my post the thread has been moving forward and I'm not able to catch up with it. Anticipated apologies for being redundant As much as I dislike the above quoted tweets (both MS' tweet and the second sentence of Paul's answer) I question that there is a "battle between...

I have to admit that I posted this primarily because of the Reuters' author's previous biased reporting on the revision of the Cochrane GET review, her connections to the SMC, and previous allegations of biased reporting in favor of pesticide/ herbicide producers . (see...

I think it also might be worthwhile to highlight that most PACE critics welcome relevant and sound science by psychologists or biomedical researchers alike. At the same time, it is widely accepted among PACE critics that bad biomedical research deserves equally rigorous criticism as bad...

Moderator note: Merged thread. 'E-cigarettes help more smokers quit than patches and gum' (30.01.2019) Kelland / Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-ecigarettes/e-cigarettes-help-more-smokers-quit-than-patches-and-gum-study-finds-idUSKCN1PO30V

Science Media Centre: Expert reaction to randomised, controlled trial of ecigs vs NRT in smoking cessation (30.01.2019) http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-randomised-controlled-trial-of-ecigs-vs-nrt-in-smoking-cessation/ (Edited to add: ) SMC factsheet on e-cigarettes (2014)...

Dr Bentall, not Bengal (and perhaps something for the Limerick thread?)

Good to know what's going on. Given how the UK media boycotted the HoC debate(*) I'm not surprised. When I read the questions the journalist asked Professor Racaniello and @dave30th, first their answers reassured me that the planned piece won't achieve anything. However, there is so much bad...

"David Tuller has told me he (...) is not a doctor." Quite revealing regarding the journalist's expertise and motivation. Thank you @dave30th for letting us know, and thank you to Professor Racaniello for being so clear.

'Spanish elites rally in support of data manipulation' (Jan 2019) by Leonid Schneider, For Better Science https://forbetterscience.com/2019/01/30/spanish-elites-rally-in-support-of-data-manipulation/

PACE defenders and old friends, continued.... Enter Richard Bentall, co-author of the FINE trial: Richard Bentall #FBPE‏ @RichardBentall (re: Cochrane criticism)

Is it true that, in the English language, the word "patronising" has multiple meanings?

Don't worry! I'm just allergic to ______ [please insert what you think that could be]. More socializing on S4ME might be helpful.

:eek::cautious::arghh::wtf:

In skim-only mode, but just saw that on the BMJ Best Practice website presenting Baraniuk's summary both the IOM Report (2015) and the CDC‘s recommendations on "Symptoms and Diagnosis" are linked as "guidelines" on the right side. In the category "resources" the guideline section is only...