@Robert 1973 Nice work. :thumbsup:
This. We don't need to prove anything. They do.
"Prioritising eye protection and face masks will prevent the spread of coronavirus more than disinfecting surfaces, research shows"...
Exactly. The psycho-social school's claims about psycho-social factors has always struck me as selective and containing some real dangers for...
something which the doctor Paul Garner's recovery from post covid highlights [9]. Gee, thanks, PG. :grumpy:
There is a non-linearity with ME, I think, which shows up as the rapid fluctuation that can occur in the degree of symptom expression. Whatever...
Even with the cherry picking the best they can say is: Exercise therapy probably reduces fatigue after 12-26 weeks. So, after more than 3 decades...
If I understand this correctly, then it is some seriously blatant cherry picking by Larun et al.
Well then that is one less reason for the GRADE crowd to complain. :geek: Exactly. Scores on subjective measures must demonstrate some agency...
Winston has been roused from his comfortable slumber in the Lords and sent out to further smear critics at a crucial time in the game, just when...
So the difference between that symptom pattern and ME is...?
Psychosomatophilia: A Clinical Primer. Psychosomatophilia is a serious, poorly recognised, and as yet unexplained psycho-behavioural disorder...
@cassava7 beat me to it, but... No, uncontrolled subjective outcomes. There is no objection to subjective measures, if adequate blinding and/or...
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This. There is no alternative.
Particularly good discussion here in recent days, on a difficult issue. Thanks all. Yep. And more than a little ungrateful. But I also get why...
It's a cruel cowardly fraud. While also being told that we are obsessed by our symptoms, too self-pitying, too attention seeking, etc. So, we...
Exactly.
I think that is generally true of medicine. Very good at diagnosing and treating things they already know how to diagnose and treat. But...
Absolutely. All medico-legal assessments, in all circumstances. The threat of being caught out is the only way to keep assessors even vaguely honest.
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