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I think part of the problem is that Mike Scott does not himself do much to suggest CBT is ineffective. He seems to want it done a different way. He seems to have a view similar to Wessely - that cheap and cheerful rollout is not as good as 'proper training'. But certainly the BBC seem to have...

I note that Sinéad Conneely describes herself as having a special interest in psychosomatic medicine.

Yes but I have access via an institution. When I try it says the page is not available. Edit: It seems to be a problem for the whole of Cochrane for me. Has Cochrane just shut down!!?

Does this mean that this one has been put into cold storage too? They did say something about all the CFS reviews being reconsidered.

This slightly OT but I was looking at the Cochrane CBT for ME review again. This review came out in 2008 and despite noting some greater reduction in reports of fatigue in studies of CBT at the end of treatment the final conclusion is quite clearly negative. The evidence is not considered...

A remarkably paternalistic article I would say.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so, ad infinitum. And the great fleas, themselves, in turn, have greater fleas to go on; While these again have greater still, and greater still, and so on.

Ah, I just thought it was twisted thinking.

You could write a PhD on the delusional origins of that last sentence. What the xxxx does it mean?

The is quite cool @Luther Blissett. A bit like the inverted funnel plot - you may not be able to show one paper is crap but the whole load of papers reveals, without knowing it, a tell tale whiff of jiggery-pokery.

I suspect Claire and Fiona locked Gemma in the wardrobe and there is a lot of subconscious guilt. I only hope that if one of them did have ME things have not worked out too badly.

'Agree. What makes a scientist is the ability to accept data that is contrary to deeply held views.' Yes, but it's supposed to be your deeply held views, Michael, not other people's. Were the data contrary to your deeply held views?

I like the arts programmes too. Profiles on people like Carlos Acosta or Alfred Brendell have been great. I also like Private Passions on Radio 3. But I think the Life Scientific really is about selling what being taste is supposed to be like. The problem for me is that Kalili focuses on trendy...

Hmm. I forget who has been on this but the programmes I dipped into were awful. Kalili does not have the mind of a scientist - he is a pretend scientist. And I suspect many of his guests are the pals of you know who's or daughters of whatsanames who become the darlings of the media despite...

Phew.

Presumably the press release from Larun was thought to be 'whistleblowing'. However, Larun was totally aware that the 'feedback and complaints' cited as the reason for withdrawal included a body of peer review from disinterested scientists who said that the review was unacceptable. It is not a...

Right end of stick. Some of us have been aware of the connection for a good while, going back to a former planet/forum but AW is a new name to me. The SMC is connected to a group of nutcases, that is for sure.

Nothing moody about that @Esther12. Spot on. This is the life pseudoscientific or ersatz scientific. Kalili has no clue - especially about fundamental physics. It is all tosh.

dr’s have to be treated as such (infallible etc). It’s the Unconscious collusion b’wn us & p’ts. Without it we get anxious Dr’s, mistrust & poor care. Few understand the need for these defences & why without them we have more anxiety, more tests, less patient satsifaction. How can a trained UK...