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I think it's a bit early to be making that claim. 18 subjects vs 20 healthy controls is small and doesn't rule out similar effects from other immune-activating diseases. Interesting, but it needs a larger study with some unhealthy controls.

On PR, many of us tried an online reaction time test. Quite a few of us reported much higher than average performance. So, it doesn't seem to be a reliable response to ME. I expect that if someone wanted to write a paper showing that reaction time correlated with toenail fungus, they could...

I agree: the title is promising, but we'll have to wait to see the quality of the research. Hopefully cognitive function will be measured by brain scans and/or quantitative tests rather than questionnaires.

I'd think more highly of it if I thought it would actually change anything. Will it reduce the number of studies like that normal CBT vs (nude exercise?) CBT one? Will it reduce the number whose results are based on questionnaires? Will any decision-makers bother to read the "narrative...

Make that "multimodal digital data can be <mis>used to quantitatively make garbage data look more impressive". Maybe filling out daily depressing questionnaires makes them tired?

Just how reliable are those traditional detection methods? There isn't even a clear definition of "fatigue", so how can they measure it? They can measure something that seems to correlate with personal perception of how a subject feels (via a questionnaire?), but the value is debatable. They...

Is exposure-based CBT exercising nude?

Dropping the regulations wouldn't bring back the days of unexplored territory, so looking back isn't useful.

Another useless comparison of people who have reduced physical functionality (and neurological abnormalities and psychological stress) vs healthy controls.

How do they get funding for this crap? Will their next (funded) project be comparison of the effectiveness of coloured underwear vs white for treating ME?

Maybe they're freaked out by having something squirming around in their tummy? I'd be freaked out. I haven't been in the habit of swallowing live prey.

Duck and cover! :)

Nope. All I have is vague memories from TV shows, several decades ago. That would be the basis of what response I would be able to provide in such a situation. I know there are courses available, but long drive + ME means I am not eager to take the course.

Long, but was worth reading. However, I'm left with a feeling that it might be manipulative, but I'm not sure for whose benefit. Industry? Investors? Not the patients; they would benefit from new useful drugs, but the emphasis isn't on making those drugs affordable. It'll still be supply...

At one time, wouldn't it have been common to view that as "female hysteria", "having the vapours", or some such dismissal? Eventually, they'd realize "Oh, she's dead." A manly man clutching his chest and keeling over would be accepted as a heart attack ... and probably given some ineffectual...

Breasts also vary with how they're positioned along the vertical axis, which could make a difference in where/how to apply pressure. The Womanikin needs to be adjustable to get responders used to non-standard configurations. As for the difference in numbers, it might be some factor such as...

I accept that the heart isn't the be-all-end-all of circulation. Early organisms probably used vascular contractions to move blood around, and evolution resulted in a single pump as optimal. I am confused about applying the terms "centrifugal and centripetal forces" to explain blood flow. I...

While a good idea--controlling immune system function--I think it's not going to be simple. Our immune systems are very complex, with lots of interactions with other systems in the body. They're balanced as the result of hundreds of millions of years of evolution. Turning off one function...

Is this the start of a trend of news items about studies finding correlations that either aren't important or which aren't likely to result in any useful improvements? "Hospitalizations for broken hips occur less during daylight hours!!!" While there may be a valid correlation between surgery...

Arnie's comment was my first thought too. Men are taught to not touch breasts without permission, so that's a mental hurdle to overcome. There's also the fear of being charged with groping or whatever. I wouldn't know for sure if CPR was the correct response for the situation, whether it's a...