Search results

This may or may not be relevant, but my low CO2 was attributed to hyperventilation by at least two prominent ME/CFS researchers. Both offered me the services of a breathing coach. I declined.

@Sid, I know what you are trying to say here, and I agree up to a point. However, what about those researchers/clinicians whose acts of good faith are finding results that support whatever team they happen to be behind? There are those who believe this is the greater truth. You see this same...

Too many are not. I eviscerated my psych write-up precisely, in part, because the psych kept writing that my intelligence was "normal" - even as that psych kept repeating the mistake of underestimating my premorbid IQ by almost 20 pts. Do I think this was deliberate? I'm not really sure. I...

I also worry about its cavalier misuse, and not-so-subtle deterioration into a marketing ploy, or worse, propaganda. Today, when I read or hear EBM, I sometimes wonder more about medical politics than proof.

My personal experience with these is they can be inaccurate and subject to bias. For example, if I recall correctly, premorbid intelligence estimates are accompanied with confidence levels, eg, 90%. Well a 90% confidence is just plainly terrible. To make a long story short, in my n=1 story, two...

EBM is similar to peer-reviewed, at least in terms of broad expectations for excellence. I have a daughter who is a renowned academic. She is fond of both. A patient, I have contempt for both. Funny it can work that way sometimes.