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    NICE guideline on ME/CFS: robust advice based on a thorough review of the evidence, 2024, Barry et al.

    I think they just want the last word. Don't forget the Barry et al paper was a response to their original paper.
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    NICE guideline on ME/CFS: robust advice based on a thorough review of the evidence, 2024, Barry et al.

    Also, stating that SW is a Non Executive Director of NHS England but that this is irrelevant to this paper is laughable.
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    NICE guideline on ME/CFS: robust advice based on a thorough review of the evidence, 2024, Barry et al.

    They've created a nice little cabal, with Garner providing a link to Cochrane and acting as an authority on evidence synthesis.
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    NICE guideline on ME/CFS: robust advice based on a thorough review of the evidence, 2024, Barry et al.

    "Choosing the wrong trial end-points ----------------------------------------------- A major concern is selective reporting. For example, data from trial primary end-points at 12 months follow-up was left out. This led to the incorrect conclusion that neither CBT nor GET are effective...
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    NICE guideline on ME/CFS: robust advice based on a thorough review of the evidence, 2024, Barry et al.

    Garner and co have written a rapid response to this paper: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/95/7/671.responses#the-revised-nice-me-cfs-guideline-neither-robust-nor-thorough” "We conclude by calling for these guidelines to be withdrawn, the analyses of data to be redone, and the guideline...
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    George Monbiot on ME/CFS, PACE, BPS and Long Covid

    He will probably get new business from this letter.
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    What do we actually know about orthostatic intolerance?

    I wish we knew more — this is an area worthy of further research. I agree that dysuatonomia is only part of the picture. My life would be much better if I felt throughout the day how I do in the evenings. It's interesting that both ME and POTS/OI follow this pattern in most patients.
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    What do we actually know about orthostatic intolerance?

    I think it's best not to think of OI as a symptom. It is an umbrella term for a set of symptoms and conditions (e.g., POTS) that appear or worsen with upright posture. I think we know that this is due to problems with the autonomic nervous system—that is, OI is a form of dysautonomia. There...
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    Physical, cognitive, & social triggers of symptom fluctuations in people living with long COVID: an intensive longitudinal cohort study,2024,Greenwood

    I should go to bed, because this has really wound me up: A whole study on symptom exacerbation/fluctuations in LC and, as far as I can tell, they've avoided any mention of ME/CFS or PEM (or related terms).
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    Physical, cognitive, & social triggers of symptom fluctuations in people living with long COVID: an intensive longitudinal cohort study,2024,Greenwood

    I'm not a clinician but I think an option for Observational Study might be worthwhile. I think this would be classed as such.
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    Physical, cognitive, & social triggers of symptom fluctuations in people living with long COVID: an intensive longitudinal cohort study,2024,Greenwood

    This is quite a bizzare comment piece, given that neither of the phrases 'myalgic encephalomyeltitis', 'chronic fatigue syndrome', or 'post-exertional malaise' appears in the study. Also, with regards to this thread heading, I'm not sure this is a Trial Report, unless I'm missing something.
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    How to get my special diet cooked and delivered (UK)

    I would search for 'meal prep' services. You'll likely need someone working from home on a small scale. They often cater for people on diets due to exercise/fitness regimes.
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    The Concept of ME/CFS

    "I have not mentioned fatigue. People with ME/CFS say they do not have fatigue in its usual sense(s). People with renal failure or rheumatoid disease with fatigue do not ‘crash’. Moreover, fatigue associated with most conditions is often best relieved by sitting in a comfortable, but upright...
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    The Concept of ME/CFS

    Hi Jonathan. Can you—or perhaps someone else—please upload a PDF version? Cheers.
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    Review Functional neurological disorder in pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period: systematic review 2024 Cabreira, Carson, Stone et al

    Yeah I'm pretty sure there are strong links between all four. Carson has had peripheral involvement with ME/CFS.
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    United Kingdom: 'Dr Finlay's Clinic' for Long Covid, Dr Ben Sinclair

    Can others access this? The page won't load for me. I've been having problems with archive.ph recently and wondering if it's the same for others.
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    What do people want me to ask Sonya Chowdhury on Friday

    Along with the known issues with NHS care and the Delivery Plan (which the NHS seems to have swallowed whole), I am very concerned about the research landscape. We're in a very bad situation. There are currently only two biomedical ME/CFS projects funded by government: DecodeME and a project on...
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