Quoting my post from earlier in the thread:
I'm not sure if I want a comment from the clinicians/researchers from the CFS competence centre who recently was in the news saying most patients...
According to a survey by the Norwegian ME Association, the median time from symptom onset to diagnosis in Norway is ~5 years, the mean time is ~8...
Also, something I don't think I saw mentioned when skimming through this: Some of us end up on student loans, which I think would make us...
I've been waiting on this study since I first heard Kielland mention it. Great that it is finally out! Before the current guidelines for...
Countries that don't want to vaccinate children use facts such as "70-90% of children have already been infected" as reasons for not providing the...
An MD student I met during an ethics course was upset that their lecture on fraudulent research and the impact on patients/society was not...
Well one thing I think is happening (in general, not just ME/CFS) is that we are taught to look in the literature (fraught with errors) to find...
We shield as much as we can, ie. masking when indoors, reducing social gatherings, trying to move social gatherings outdoors... asking people to...
The Norwegian dietitian's association has provided support for providing nutritional support for pwME at least (in the hearing for our in-progress...
Garner spoke to someone in Norway @hibiscuswahine (and I saw someone else mention Sweden as well in an earlier post). I just want to clarify that...
The amount of people (also in health care) who use the terms interchangeably anyway is quite high. And a definition of «chronic» is «lasting for...
Funnily enough not cited as much as "this treatment works!" studies that don't use such objective outcome measures.
New one from Norway, thread on it here: Aberrations in medically certified sick leave and primary healthcare consultations in Norway in 2023.... -...
I haven't been following the thread, but I couldn't see this mentioned: If there was a reason for not providing a PEG/PEJ, why did Maeve not get...
While this might be true, a number of physician also thinks it foolish that obese patients can be classified as undernourished. Physician's...
Same.
I also prefer SEID, but yes, here we are.
The guidelines for deciding on a tube through the nose or a PEG/button in the stomach is only about how long one thinks the need for tube feeding...
It is from the final paragraph of this document; https://www.fafo.no/zoo-publikasjoner/andre-fafo-utgivelser/tjenesten-og-meg-samlerapport The...
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