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I don't think it's fair to call it a myth - there is definitely such a thing as increased gut permeability and microbial translocation. It's just not certain if or how that influences health.

They've changed the headline but still refer to it as "chronic fatigue" several times in the body of the article.

Thanks Andy. I updated the link (again).

I've already written to the Guardian to ask them to at least get the name right. I've never heard of a condition called "chronic fatigue".

Merged The Guardian: Chronic fatigue guidance discouraging exercise is flawed, say researchers New guidance for doctors discouraging them from recommending exercise and cognitive behavioural therapy for chronic fatigue patients is not evidence based, according to researchers. A study questions...

Can't believe what I am reading here. I posted this thread way back in 2016 on Phoenix Rising: Paraprevotella: the cause of my atypical ME? In the opening comment of that thread I mentioned that I was hoping to get an FMT from the Taymount clinic, but was too sick to travel for it. I am finally...

I took part in this study and I see one of my quotes made it into the paper! Pleased to see it finally published.

When I am in PEM I often wake up gasping for air as if I had stopped breathing during my sleep. I did a sleep apnea test but found nothing.

I am also drawing deep from that hopium pipe.

Might this depend on how well defined the cohort is? If we're dealing with several related yet discrete diseases, or if some subset is misdiagnosed (which is entirely plausible given the weak diagnostic process), you might see an association lower than 100%.

His successor won't be any better in that regard. I guarantee it.

I don't want to give anyone nightmares, but if Johnson doesn't go straight away we might end up with Nadine Dorries as health sec.

Javid has just resigned. Literally anyone else in government and I would have been delighted, but I am devastated.

Sometimes progress feels glacial, but looking back, I think it's safe to say that we've made major progress as a community over the past decade, and in the past 5 years in particular. The fight is not yet over, but the old paradigm is in an irreversible decline. May we soon have something more...

This happened yesterday. Do we have any news? I can't find anything.

I wish I hadn't read that article. My expectations are now sky high and I'm desperately trying to quash my hope because I cannot face the emotional devastation of this being a nothing burger.

I finally asked my GP about this. He said it would not be possible and that he could not even ask a consultant at the hospital to prescribe it. There is no discretion at all. Either we make it onto the list or there is no possibility of getting it. I asked him this when he came to visit me...

I have been thinking about this for the past few days too. I plan to ask my GP about it when next we speak. He got me the vaccine pretty early (without even being prompted!) so I am optimistic that he might be willing to prescribe me paxlovid too if it's within his power. Check appendix A of...

I genuinely thought he was going to topple off the podium. He did NOT look good. I hope he can bounce back because he looked a bit wobbly at the end of Silverstone too. When he got sick at the end of last year I feared it would end his career. He had not really recovered by the time he raced in...