I guess that's part of moving health care decisions to local areas. I think the area covered by the Manchester mayor runs its own health decisons,...
From those graphs, it looks like the treatment group had a significant change at 14 days that was gone by the later days. So a transient change in...
So they did a test of a treatment for dizziness and it made no difference to the dizziness. So a fail then. But instead they focus the...
Yet another article getting the cause and effect the wrong way around. So judgemental and harmful. Do these people actually listen to patients, or...
I am very pleased to see the IAG writing such comprehensive criticisms. Most of the points they make we have already made and been brushed away...
This part of the letter to pwME seems to me to leave open a new possibility. That says to me that sometime soon after the last version of the...
I read 'they retained the rights' as referring to the authors. It's ambiguous.
I haven't looked at the protocol yet, but the letters are outstandingly good. Huge thanks to Mary Dimmock and Todd Davenport for sticking with this.
Yes, and not tracking what exercise the participants actually do, and after only 2 months allowing switching from control exercise to treatment...
Thank you @DMissa. That's a very helpful explanation for someone like me with very little knowledge.
RSV vaccination is now offered in the UK for those aged 75 or over. I had the vaccination a few weeks ago. No side effects at all, not even a sore...
I did realise that, just joining in with your analogy, which is a good one.
Surely would only be a very temporary effect. And breathe a bit faster/more deeply? I can make my finger pulse oximeter go from 96% to 98% with a...
On harms, see our letter to Cochrane which spells out the evidence with references:...
I'd say there are two ways to drive a car, as fast as you can, pushing yourself above what is safe for the road, weather and traffic conditions,...
I guess that depends whether they are looking for immediate effects or gradual or long term effects. If only immediate effects, such as testing a...
Ah yes, I remember reading that blog of yours and thinking what pompous, mansplainy, silly and insulting letters from Riley. I won't say more...
I would assume the therapists main allegiance would be to their professional body, eg the Royal College of Nursing or the equivalent for physios,...
Reminds me why I stopped following discussions on FB, including the MEA.
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