(Edit - thanks Rvallee for posting about the BPS Bulletin) Wow, I kept on wanting to share paragraphs of that article by Louise Kenward with you....
Absolutely not meant in a jokey way, quite the opposite. The therapy is called 'Pain Reprocessing Therapy'. The abstract says that it is a...
Re the use of GRADE by the Cochrane exercise therapy review authors: I'm not sure if what you have written is correct. There's this paper, that...
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Yes, the results for the treatment don't look very exciting. And the authors suggest that maybe they need to dose at a higher rate, which could...
Some more discussion here: Over which physiological abnormalities in ME/CFS is there a scientific consensus about?
Interesting re the placebo effect on subjective endpoints:
I thought this paper was interesting given the discussions we have had about whether there might be a spectrum of post-viral conditions ranging...
Lara J. Hererro and Paul Griffin contributed equally to this work and should be considered joint senior author. Abstract Background Alphaviruses,...
@Wyva posted about an interesting article here:Possibility of ME or PVFS after COVID-19, Long Covid Here's a direct link to the article:...
Very sorry to hear that the improvements in your health haven't lasted. Thanks for keeping us updated.
I find it disappointing that a researcher that we are hoping will contribute to improving the understanding of ME/CFS thinks that this trial is...
Sure, the sample size is a problem, and the selection may well have been one too. But look how much variation there is in the CFS controls, and...
This paper was mentioned over on PR recently. The sample size is small ( 8 or 9 women per group), and the criteria for CFS diagnosis was the old...
An old paper Korszun, A., L. Sackett-Lundeen, E. Papadopoulos, C. Brucksch, L. Masterson, N. C. Engelberg, E. Haus, M. A. Demitrack, and L....
I think the 'mind-body theory', or psychosomatic medicine is a result of a number of problems including: a natural human inclination to fill gaps...
I agree with Michiel. I'd go further to say that this study is a bit of a mess and could be quoted against people with ME/CFS, even thought the...
Why would they go with PENE? PEM is the standard term. We don't know that it is neuroimmune exhaustion. And it's ridiculous to say that PENE is...
This is by the Griffith NCNED team. We've, I think reasonably, criticised them for making their research seem more important and more conclusive...
A while back, I suggested to Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (the government organisation that distributes funds for...
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