The certainty of the authors that patients don't have anything physically wrong, the idea that a convincingly performed physical examination will...
There was a recent study, I think an Italian one of Long Covid that reported the results of a survey measuring general health by each question....
Oh, they have a very strong concept of the worst patients, that's the problem. :) It's those damn people with 'severe ME/CFS' who just stay sick...
There are two services relevant to ME/CFS run by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospital Trust: The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) /ME therapy psychology...
This paper and the Health Rising blog about it will be the subject of a Discussion Group webinar by the Massachusetts ME/CFS RM Association on Dec...
We have a thread on the paper to be discussed here: Redox imbalance links COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, 2021,...
"On Tuesday, December 14, from 5-6:30pm we are launching a new monthly zoom discussion group entitled: Looking at How ME/CFS Research Might Apply...
Getting around to reading the whole article, I thought the following was interesting. I don't think we yet have good evidence for HPA axis...
What a total mess. ANZMES has needlessly and substantially increased the concern of people with ME/CFS about being vaccinated, and now seems to...
I have sent off an email to the Hospital Trust, pointing out the clinic's apparent non-compliance with the new NICE guideline and expressing...
Here are some excerpts from the Trust's comments on NICE ME/CFS Guideline draft (from page 422 in Part 1 of the comments). I first posted these on...
The Newcastle-uponTyne's core values Patients come first. People and partnerships are important. Professionalism at all times. Pioneering...
The NUT Hospital Trust operates a 'Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) therapy psychology service' to assess and treat 'patients with CFS/ME'....
Huh? I was thinking that this was a nice, useful trial right up to the last sentence. So, peppermint oil did no better than the placebo in a...
EECP: A case study of 1, a potentially profitable treatment with multiple sessions required, the treatment is supposed to help with a whole lot...
Of course it's supposition. Our local ME/CFS charity provided a grant to send a doctor to the Emerge conference - so, quite a big deal,...
Yes. Pointless from our point of view. I am sure there are some who see the Cochrane review as an opportunity to fight back against the NICE...
Perhaps Cochrane felt pressured to include some kind of pro-GET clinician. Perhaps they actively sought one out. But the one they chose not only...
Ah, ok, I just assumed based on your post (copied below) where you said that you have learned more about the people involved in the process as...
You underestimate the BPS proponents. :) A biological mechanism is no hindrance to a psychological explanation of cause, or for psychological...
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