I think my main complaint is that the ICC is being presented as more "valid and reliable" than it is. I think if there was a statement along the...
I did have one idea on how to improve consistency of studies based on the ICC: create cohorts based on each specific option, such as "muscle...
They weren't asked to come up with a hopefully better criteria based on their perspective; they were asked to accurately translate the ICC, with...
Right, they set out to directly translate a weak/flawed criteria while claiming that it's "valid and reliable". I agree that it's better than...
This supports my complaint about the ICC not being "valid and reliable". There's too much leeway in what is included in a cohort. Subjects who...
That other thread about ICC is about what should be included. I started this thread, because I thought about the Hindi translation thread, and...
In the thread about translating the ICC into Hindi, there was this claim: "International consensus criteria (ICC) originally published in English...
I don't consider the ICC all that great. It might be better than earlier criteria, but it is still flawed. Translating "unrefreshing sleep" in...
I'm imagining those medieval healers, looking at--and sniffing--the urine. Who knows, maybe they could be better at diagnosing PEM than the...
Such a test might be difficult to find, since PEM symptoms may be fairly far downstream of the core dysfunction of PEM, and vary greatly with the...
But did whatever was measured in the CPET result in controls being rejected? What I was suggesting is a standard criteria for controls for ME...
It's a lot like astrology: someone decided that the stars must have some influence on our lives, and created a nonsensical belief that is still...
At one point, fatty acids (palmitic?) in meat made my ME symptoms worse, unless I took some supplemental carnitine with it. After a few months, I...
Sedentary is better than normally active, but not by much. A useful project for the OMF might be to establish criteria for suitable controls for...
Again, they're comparing inactive people to active healthy controls, so it doesn't necessarily mean much about ME.
Isn't this the sort of theory that can be tested quickly and simply? Give people (especially PWME) some lactate. Does it make the majority have...
I bring you ... GFT! Graduated font therapy! The patient starts with depressing fonts, and gradually works up to more cheerful fonts, resulting...
Oooh, maybe writing "depression" in different fonts would help patients! :rolleyes:
Flames and explosions are engaging. Smoke and smells somewhat engaging. Orbitals and covalent bonds: snooze time. I agree that more discussion...
The deluge of information (and mis- and dis-) certainly does require changes in the school system. There's less need to memorize trivia (can look...
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