Haha, maybe! I guess we both wish that your stint hadn’t dragged on (on and off) for 30 years.
I like that, and it’s very poetic
Thanks, Rob. We do. And Just thinking back to what Chris did then makes me tearful.
All bias aside, I think this is a powerful and persuasive article. Chris has been a great friend, and we have had many good times over the years....
Unfortunately, this study uses ICD-10-CM code R53.82, which is for Chronic Fatigue. That probably explains the incidence of 0.2% after 12 months...
I think that defining ME/CFS as a syndrome like this is a great idea, and could help research as well as clinical practice. If we are talking PVFS...
I think so. The research results were first described two or three years ago, But it’s single cell RNA sequencing from the right authors and...
Does anyone know how this compares with the much larger and probably more rigourous study by Andrew Gelman(?) in the Maureen Hansen group? I seem...
Thanks. I had the familiar sinking feeling of Realising that I written quite a long and thoughtful post on that thread critiquing the pre-print....
A couple of years ago, the news from Dr Prusty suggested they were close to a breakthrough based on EBV and mitochondrial fragmentation (the...
yes, I doubt it was a great diagnostic questionnaire. But to get reliable incidence or prevalence data you need to have robust diagnosis. That...
I remember discussing this study, possibly on Phoenix rising, when it came out. Wish I could remember what we concluded! Though from the...
I agree that people with ME could come under more pressure (though all the debate and proposed legislation focuses on protections). We also know...
Thanks for the great analysis, @Hutan, as usual. Like you, I like the idea of traditional medicine helping, but don’t have the energy to read...
Summary of big data studies: sex ratios and percentages [ATTACH] Links & Notes Bakken, 2014 National Patient Register (NPR) Valdez, 2019 50m...
I’ve only read the abstract, but it’s conclusion that vigourous physical activity has a modestly protective effect of reducing the risk of major...
To come back to the paper itself, I think what it shows that Is valuable is a kind of biological footprint of the illness – even if you can only...
Thanks, Veronica, you write so beautifully and evocatively about the experience of ME. And it’s great to have your work out there for others to...
Norwegian Patient Registry studies Bakken: 74% female, ratio 3.2:1, 5,810 G93.3 cases, hospital diagnosis Hilland: 79% female, ratio 3.7:1, 5,560...
NHS Hospital Episode Statistics Samms & Ponting preprint (thread) 80% Female/3.9:1, 100,000 cases diagnosed with the G93.3 code. This is the...
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