I don't know how many times I've read that story about this young woman... I believe the first time was ten years ago. At least the article refers to LP as alternative treatment, but otherwise no critical journalism :(
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The media here today is covering a preprint from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health on Long Covid. The paper is titled: Excess risk and clusters of symptoms after COVID-19 in a large Norwegian cohort and is based on another project where the institute is following 70,000...
Thank you for sharing that, @Sly Saint
I think dr. Peter Rowe did an excellent job in giving information about ME. The interviewer is a doctor himself, and was fishing a bit for psychological co-explanations for ME, but towards the end turned around completely and actually warned against...
Medscape has an article about the report including a comment from Dr. David Strain.
Medscape: Healthcare Workers 'Most Likely to Report Long COVID Symptoms'
Quote:
Commenting on the findings for the Science Media Centre, Dr David Strain, senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter...
Moved from the general long covid thread
The Office for National Statistics has published the report: Prevalence of ongoing symptoms following coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in the UK: 6 January 2021. They estimate 1,3 million people in the UK are have been experiencing self-reported long...
Thanks and sorry about that. The first is my spelling error (and now fixed), but the other is how Medscape is spelling it. What is the correct spelling?
ETA: Googled it. Seems it's Trazodone?
The Guardian - Opinion piece Could micro clots help explain the mystery of long Covid? by professor Resia Pretorius
quotes:
A recent study in my lab revealed that there is significant microclot formation in the blood of both acute Covid-19 and long Covid patients. With healthy physiology...
Each question is then followed with some additional information. Very nice to see the this information in connection with question 4:
Cognitive-behavioral therapy and graded exercise therapy were recommended for ME/CFS in the past. However, studies supporting those approaches have been widely...
Medscape has made a quiz based on the consensus recommendations from the US ME/CFS Clinical Coalition.
Here are the questions with the answers to choose from:
Question 1
According to 2020 consensus recommendation, which of these is a symptom required for a diagnosis of ME/CFS?
Myalgia...
The review is from December 2021. Thought it could be of interest for some members of the forum. Even as a stress treatment, there might be some limitations to this practice and sometimes mindfulness in the Western world seems to be used mostly as a cheap band-aid that doesn't solve anything...
Abstract
Background
Mindfulness interventions are increasingly popular as an approach to improve mental well‐being. To date, no Cochrane Review examines the effectiveness of mindfulness in medical students and junior doctors. Thus, questions remain regarding the efficacy of mindfulness...
Not sure if this is the best thread, but so sad to read about how teachers who have been infected with Covid-19 and haven't recovered are treated..
iNews Teachers suffering from long Covid plan to quit profession 'in droves' over 'shocking' treatment
quote:
“Some feel there is a lot of...
My pleasure. It's nice to see so many good articles from 2021.
I'm grateful for both the journalists who have done their research job well and especially for the patients who have told their stories. It takes courage to do that, and many probably had to pay a price afterwards.
November
Technology Networks Podcast Opinionated Science: Finding Answers for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Mesothelioma
The Genetics Podcast The DecodeME team on the challenges facing myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome patients and the...
August
The Times Experts quit over call to drop exercise as treatment for ME
The Times Long Covid and chronic fatigue - your questions answered
The Times Link between long Covid and ME could transform the lives of sufferers
The Times ‘Doctors told me I needed to accept my fate, but I continue...
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