This case may seem remote from ME, but it may have general implications for patients who suffer harm when doctors do not follow best practice....
I think there may be some truth in this. We have spent all the time we have been ill facing doubt and questioning, so we have, understandably,...
OK, thanks.
Is there or will there be a transcript available somewhere?
Remember, (when it suits them) they're not making any assumptions about the illness or whether it is or is not pathological. They're just...
Yeah, as with ME, there will be many announcements of breakthroughs and biomarkers, etc, which turn out to be red herrings. I remember in 1987...
After Montgomery's letter to the committee, I sent the attached response to him. He passed it on to the HRA who replied as follows: I have...
My own view is that there is some evidence Montgomery may have misled the committee.
Pace trial manuals and other documentation. https://me-pedia.org/wiki/PACE_trial_documents
Article in Private Eye 1557, 01/10/2021. [ATTACH]
There has been a general trend in commentary to refer to psychological studies over the last years (Finkelstein and Syed also come to mind) and...
He writes an opinion column and when ME was in the news about the harassment claims he wrote about it. He has continued from time to time to refer...
It's really dire. It's amazing how many things it gets wrong. It's very heavy on the 'power of the mind' woo, doesn't understand what placebo and...
In a report in The Times (of London) it mentions Nigel Hawkes died this week. https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d3780
2021 Appointment of Professor Leslie Findley to be patron of the MEA - starts in this post, notice of his withdrawal here 2024 AGM, company...
News here. https://meassociation.org.uk/2021/10/welcome-to-our-new-mea-patron-professor-leslie-findley/ He has been mentioned as a supporter of...
Thanks for your analysis, @Hutan Yes, I agree that there are confounding factors. Though I am a supporter of continuity of care. Like you I think...
Full title: Continuity in general practice as predictor of mortality, acute hospitalisation, and use of out-of-hours care: a registry-based...
Possibly, but my own experience is much more intense. It really does seem that I am in fairly intense pain. This is just pure speculation but I...
I can't really put it much clearer. I have the experience of being in pain but cannot feel pain anywhere. It as if some part of my body which has...
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