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I don't know if ME can exist without PEM. I do know that it is such a common feature of ME, and a distinct phenomenon in its own right, that it must be controlled for in any studies and assessments.

whereas the ratings, algorithm, signalling questions and guidance built into the RoB 2 tool made it easier to work through complexity and context. So, more wriggle and less rigour? (EDIT: Not suggesting that complexity and context don't matter.)

Can't access the full article, but I hope they used a dummy filter arm as well. That would provide a clear answer either way.

Exactly.

This is exactly what is going to happen. We know this because it has historically happened. Only now it will happen on a vastly greater scale.

Furthermore, it may seem that it makes little to no difference what type of face mask is used. That is a pretty big red flag about the review quality, IMHO.

'Promising', and always will be.

Arguably best to tick every formal admin box along the way, so they can't say you didn't try it. One of the most powerful tools we have is going through all the formal processes, and getting the important stuff on the formal record. Then nobody can say they were not informed.

Creating a[nother] “Brain-Mind-Body Interface Disorders” Diagnostic Category Across Specialties The less they understand what they are dealing with, the more frequently they invent new names for it. It is their substitute for progress.

No improvement was established in patient's level of functioning. Psychosomatic therapy could be an important treatment to improve PSS management. Those two statements do not fit together. Some patients may need more explicit attention to a shared biopsychosocial disease model, more focus on...

If it was the structure then the weakness would not transiently improve, the tremor would not transiently stop, and the gait would not improve. One hell of an assumption/assertion. Neuroscientifically, structure-function relationships are closely coupled, suggesting that functional disorders...

The opportunity costs are staggering.

tripe

Didn't work for me.

A giant FU to its critics on this matter. We have no choice. The list of charges is starting to add up.

As is tradition, the problem is always with the patients' perceptions and beliefs, never with the researcher/clincian.

Yet another reason for this ageing male to avoid getting Covid in the first place.

"The intervention will... ...encourage people to lead a values-based life" Yeah, that's the problem. We don't have values. How does this drivel get past funding and ethics review panels?

hellisitic

FND is just whatever its advocates want it to be at any given moment. Nothing more, nothing less.