Prevalence: Jason versus Crawley I have gone through the Esther Crawley paper and its findings are very much in line with the Lenny Jason one,...
Thanks for the blooper spots! Migraines for the last 4 days so just pushed this out and appreciate someone helping mop up. Very interesting...
Leonard Jason research finds that many young people have ME/CFS [ATTACH] A new study finds that 0.75%, or 1 in 130 young people, have ME.CFS....
A simpler version (not in the paper): 295/10,000 = 3% of youths screened were possible cases of ME/CFS 42/165* = 25% of possible cases were...
Thanks for all the helpful comments. I will just recap some of the strengths of the study, which I think addresses some of the issues here, but...
I realise that everyone might be losing interest in the study, but I would really appreciate people's thought on why prevalence for children in...
Thank you, @Tom Kindlon, this is a very interesting approach and a fine bit of work. It does seem to lay to rest the idea that “the experts have...
Comparison of phone contact/response rate for the new Jason study versus earlier CDC study Summary (UPDATED): the earlier CDC study was carried...
Thanks for the usual smart analysis. 1. Good point about people who know someone with fatigue being more likely to take part in the study. For...
It is an interesting finding, but it is from this particular study. I don't think it's a consistent finding across the many studies we've seen to...
I am relying mainly on the comments above (thank you) and the authors’ conclusion, but the paper seems to be saying that looking at the blood...
Seriously, how do you dig out this information, let alone grapple with it? It is so complex/mind-numbing, yet also so important. Thanks for your...
I’d like to add my thanks and congratulations + DX. This is an incredible achievement especially since some people at WHO clearly wanted ME/CFS to...
7,500 people have now signed up to support the study. Thanks, everyone. Still time to join in - closes end of Tuesday 21st, just over 48 hours...
[MEDIA] In case the tweet isn’t showing for anyone, the signup total is now just over 6000. That’s pretty impressive. Getting close to 10,000...
Questionnaire conundrum Good discussion on the merits and pitfalls of optional questionnaires I would add to that extensive experience/results...
Thanks for the blog post likes and thanks for sparing my blushes by not pointing out that I had used a picture of DNA from a parallel universe....
I expect many people here have already signed up, but if you like the blog, please share widely. I think the figure is approaching 5k sign-ups....
Sign up! Your support could help win funding for a game-changing ME/CFS study January 8, 2020 Simon McGrath Comments 0 Comment [ATTACH]...
Thanks, and thanks for the helpful questioning of this estimate of the patient community. In terms of estimating the patient community, the key...
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