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    Upcoming book: CLASSIC PACING - For a better life with ME

    This is a self help book on pacing that has been doing very well in Norway and has just been printed in its 2. edition. From next month it will be available also in English! The author is Ingebjørg Midsem Dahl who suffers from ME herself. Website with presentation of book Blurb from dr...
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    It seems Gøtzsche is still leader for the Nordic Cochrane Center. Ugeskriftet: Magtkampen i Cochrane afgjort - for nu Google translate The power battle in Cochrane is over - for now
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    David Tuller: Trial By Error: Bruce Levin on "How Not to Conduct a Randomized Clinical Trial"

    Bruce Levin on "How Not to Conduct a Randomized Clinical Trial" last week Professor Levin took his criticism a step further with a public talk about PACE at Columbia. The talk was called, appropriately enough, “How Not to Conduct a Randomized Clinical Trial.” For the last couple of years, I...
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    News from Scandinavia

    Here is a "trailer" from one of the animations that have been made for this project. It is in Norwegian, but here is a translation of what is being said. This looks like a normal class room situation. But for this pupil, the experience is completely different. You see, ME patients have a...
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    Medscape: Cochrane Collaboration Expels Dr Peter Gøtzsche Article has a bit background info on the HPV vaccine debate.
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    David Tuller: Trial By Error: So What's Happening with the MAGENTA Trial?

    Yes. Seems to be several problems unravelling there.. There is a discussion on this thread, for those who wants to have a look https://www.s4me.info/threads/epigram-senior-bristol-researcher-resigns-after-admitting-to-research-misconduct.5700/
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    New story from Ugeskriftet and from same journalist. She is reporting from Edinburgh. Not a lot of new things than what has already been shared in the thread, so will just add links to the article. But do let me know if something in the google translation needs clarification and I'll try to...
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    David Tuller: Trial By Error: So What's Happening with the MAGENTA Trial?

    So what's happening with the MAGENTA trial? I’ll be in Bristol later this week for the CFS/ME Research Collaborative’s annual conference. I was not welcome last year, since I was at that point engaged in harshly criticizing the organization for its unwillingness to acknowledge that its deputy...
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    “We know that the biomedical journals publish articles which are neutral at best, but are mostly positive and tend to emphasize benefits and downplay or even ignore harms,” says Jefferson. “What you end up within the medical journals is a shoe-horn version or a summarized version and you don’t...
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    BMJ EBM Spotlight - Cochrane - A sinking ship? By Marianne Demasi, PhD It began as a simmering personality clash, between the CEO and a board member, but now has boiled over into a spectacular war of words, where the underlying issues of Cochrane have bubbled to the surface, with many insiders...
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    “There appears to be no confidence in the management board at this point,” Jefferson said. “I think the only honorable thing for the rest of the board to do is resign.” What a mess..
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    New Album - Songs of Silence by Anette Gilje

    Now in German version! http://phonofile.link/leise-lieder
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    Concerns about Cochrane

    Sir Ian Chalmers is currently on the front page of the Norwegian broadcasting company in an article about being critical to research claims. I wonder if the timing is entirely coincidental? NRK: Slik unngår du å bli lurt av dårlig forskning google translation: How to avoid being fooled by bad...
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    David Tuller: Trial By Error: The Cochrane Controversy

    Here's another tweet I thought was interesting, but left it at the Monaghan thread. https://www.s4me.info/threads/how-to-follow-up-on-the-carol-monaghan-debate-in-westminster.2513/page-5#post-104495 I don't know if the phrase was "not becoming of an MP" or "unbecoming of an MP", but he now...
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    David Tuller: Trial By Error: The Cochrane Controversy

    I wonder what he means by "expert advice"?
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