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Title :The Corruption of Evidence Based Medicine — Killing for Profit Author : Dr Jason Fung Article Date : 10th April 2018 - 10 minute read Link : https://medium.com/@drjasonfung/the-corruption-of-evidence-based-medicine-killing-for-profit-41f2812b8704 Article continues at above link...

Thousands of Studies Begin to Paint New Picture of Chronic Fatigue “Many doctors still don't know that there are over 9,000 studies in the published scientific literature that show that there is something wrong in the body,” Komaroff lamented. “They order their usual tests, the usual tests...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/08/london-gps-told-to-restrict-specialist-referrals-under-new-nhs-rationing-plan?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR1NgQEFLMvULqrAdJcV3xfvzjDB5yvio1ak834LgpxOJM9Zgn0V1d1_ByI

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/08/jennifer-gunter-gynaecologist-womens-health-bodies-myths-and-medicine

article here https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/woman-trapped-inside-home-describes-3286934 (not sure why she is having to crowd fund for this(?) there is the Motability scheme) https://www.motability.co.uk/about-the-scheme/personal-independence-payment/

Article on the New Yorker Website about Incline Village and Ampligen. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/a-town-for-people-with-chronic-fatigue

The New York Times: Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help by Austin Frakt Even when we learn something doesn’t make us better, it’s hard to get the system to stop doing it. It takes years or even decades to reverse medical convention. Some practitioners cling to weak evidence of...

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-no-deal-nhs-epilepsy-bipolar-medicine-stockpiling-a8855131.html?amp See link for the rest of the article.

This article in The Times 'Untouchable "Diva Doctors" ...' https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/untouchable-diva-doctors-bully-staff-and-put-patients-at-risk-xgk8kc6nt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/why-we-shouldnt-take-peer-review-as-the-gold-standard/2019/08/01/fd90749a-b229-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html

Contibutions from Dr Sarah Jarvis, Charles Shepherd (MEA), Sonia Chowdhury(AfME), Leonard Jason. although they do say it's not just 'tiredness' they do seem to focus on it! at least they didn't ask Michael Sharpe for his opinion.. full article here...

(Not a recommendation.) To cure my chronic pain, I had to learn about the links between mind and body. The Guardian 1 Jul 2019 The BPS model of chronic pain proposed by Sarno, unresolved trauma etc, is what Howard Schubiner et al are suggesting is also applicable to ME/CFS. (As I have...

I've just come across this article. Is it bullshit? https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-human-beast/201209/voodoo-death-i?amp

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/06/christian-science-church-medicine-death-horror-of-my-fathers-last-days The terrifying power of dogma!... Presumably, any similarities with the imposition of biopsychosocial therapies on patients with ME are entirely coincidental, according to The...

https://www.meaction.net/2019/08/01/meaction-responds-to-attacks-on-me-community-in-the-guardian-and-psychology-today/?mc_cid=0039916b6f&mc_eid=ee635de468

full article here https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/4/17989224/intellectual-humility-explained-psychology-replication eta:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49157343 Apparently this is aimed at over 55s to help with autonomic issues that increase with ageing.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/for-doctors/hopeful-medicine “Motivation is the key to lifestyle changes Healthcare professionals do rightly assume that individuals should work with them to adopt healthier lifestyles, a mandate now part of the NHS 10 year plan. At the same time...

Doug Lindsay was bedridden for 11 years with a mysterious illness nobody could figure out, so the college dropout figured it out for himself. This is an amazing story

Moderator note: Posts on this thread have come from three places, this thread and the following two threads. They have been copied or moved to keep the discussion in one place. Cochrane Review: 'Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome' 2017, Larun et al. - Recent developments, 2018-19...