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This statement says absolutely nothing. They're just throwing him under the bus without revealing any details of the complaints they got about him. This Board decision is not about freedom of speech. It is not about scientific debate. It is not about tolerance of dissent. It is not about...

New blog post from initiator Nina E. Steinkopf. This time about the importance of strict diagnostic criteria. Ikke min sykdom! google translation: Not my illness! The competence service has the defining power and chooses to mix ME with mental disorders. Therefore, it must be legitimate to ask...

This is so interesting. I'd like to be tested for this before and after having read some long texts, as that's when I feel the brain is burning. The only thing that helps is to not read, not write, not concentrate. I don't usually get this particular symptom after physical exertion, but it can...

The problem is we don’t have feedback systems in place that will actually let doctors know they made an error. So they assume they’ve gotten the diagnosis right unless they hear otherwise—and they usually don’t unless the patient themselves comes back to tell them they were wrong. In other...

Expert Q&A: When Medical Symptoms Are Dismissed as "All in Your Head" The book reviews how ME/CFS (myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome), fibromyalgia, many autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis, and other chronic illnesses are all part of the group you refer to as “the...

Trial By Error: The Open Letter to Netflix about Afflicted Blog post contains a short intro and the letter itself. David Tuller has added his name to the list of signatories.

Here is a trailer for the second film made for this project. The theme is how you can develop an educational plan. It is in Norwegian, but here's what's being said: After I got diagnosed with ME, everything seemed hopeless. My parents were frustrated over the situation at school, and the...

Oh, he does say "chronic fatigue" not "chronic fatigue syndrome", and towards the end he talks about exercise.. :(

Concept: Anil van der Zee Questions by: Roland Cheung, Celine Corsius, Lou Corsius, Mark Vink and Anil van der Zee Interviewer: Rogier Louwen Video, audio and editing: Willem Timmers

New post today from David F. Marks. The PACE Trial: A Catalogue of Errors Rarely in the history of clinical medicine have doctors and patients been placed to bitterly at loggerheads. The dispute had been a long time coming. ETA:

They are really mobilising in Scandinavia, aren't they? Did you see this in the Journal for the Swedish Medical Association? At least the author is honest on what this really is about.. Funktionella somatiska symtom kräver biopsykosocial kompetens google translation: Functional somatic...

In spite of the lack of empirical support, the Psychological Theory of ME/CFS lives on. ME/CFS patients are subjected to CBT and GET. Patients and patient organisations protest about the treatments and are opposed to the Psychological Theory. Perhaps Psychologists needs to turn the...

From the presentation of the speakers: Per Fink, MD, PhD, Dr.Med.Sc. Director, The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders and Psychosomatics Professor, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark Prof. Per Fink heads The Research Clinic for Functional Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark...

From the program: Bodily Distress Syndrome or Functional Somatic Syndromes: How to diagnose and treat Per Fink, MD, Dr.Med.Sc., PhD Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark How to Treat Functional Disorders in Primary Care and General Medical Hospitals: A brief introduction to a training program...

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