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

(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...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/aug/08/watchdog-declines-to-back-nhs-cannabis-treatment-for-epilepsy There seem to be some worrying parallels with Nice’s review of guidelines for ME. If only clinical trials are considered as evidence, where do we stand? Also if the guidelines committee...

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

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...

They otherwise strike me as a publication that would side with patients and good science. Why not in this case, and is there anything that could be done?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/15/mid-year-burnout-does-it-exist-or-are-we-all-just-permanently-tired?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

This opinion piece is very interesting because of the players mentioned; an old friend from Reuters crops up and also a new friend who we discovered in the last week or so: the American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) who were behind the doxxing article which mentioned Michael Sharpe. I...

full article here https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/23/fragrance-perfume-personal-cleaning-products-health-issues

From Recovery in the Bin full article here https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/14/mental-health-services-crisis-patients-vulnerable-off-rolled?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/19/rod-liddle-disabled-people-hate-media-me

This a very long article, but a good one. I'm already familiar with the history of the now debunked theory that "saturated fat is bad and causes heart disease", but this article has some details and background I had not read about before. While reading it these specific passages stood out to me...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/06/charles-darwins-ailments-are-typical-of-lyme-disease-from-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Interview in the Guardian. full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/nov/12/i-was-preety-much-mute-at-school-the-bake-offs-kim-joy

Surf champion Tyler Wright reveals struggle with chronic fatigue Australian pulls out of final event of season in Hawaii ‘My brain hurts,’ says two-time world champion https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/21/surf-champion-tyler-wright-reveals-struggle-with-chronic-fatigue

All types of websites use our illness to generate traffic and revenue. There is a way to reduce their reward for providing poor and or harmful information. To use, either go to the website and paste the link to the site there, https://donotlink.it/ , or add https://donotlink.it/ to the front...

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Article in today's Guardian (https://amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/oct/24/diabetes-ticking-time-bomb-nhs) about diabetes being a time-bomb for the NHS. This bit: "Professor Khalida Ismail, professor of psychiatry and medicine at King’s College London and an honorary consultant liaison...

"Missing the fizz: my long battle to understand the mysteries of ME" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/06/missing-the-fizz-my-long-battle-to-understand-the-mysteries-of-me The author has written a book on pursuing alternative healthcare. PACE bit, which does link to the new...