Don't worry, I've now fully read Hilda Bastian's blog. I have what I needed. These advocates, to quote Hilda
are really stupid or desperate, I can't work out which. Either way, neither is a defence to the unimaginable harm they have caused for decades.
Especially important because, unlike with medicine, there is no formal reporting system for harms from these type of therapies making the recipients of such therapies particularly vulnerable, as the UK Regulation 28 Prevention of Future Deaths report dated 7 October 2024 establishes. That...
Yes he did, and he received better from the other consultant. We all deserve better.
However, and this is the only reason I would ever say this, I'm glad he didn't survive another five years otherwise he would have been referred to the fatigue clinic for cancer related fatigue and been...
THIS all day, every day!
I had a brother and sister-in-law (siblings) of my late husband who had severe eczema as young children who both went on in later life to develop both types of MS, progressive and relapsing and remitting. Both were dead by 45 years old. My husband (their older...
Is this question on harms what prompted L Larun out of the shadows after 10 years?
Timing is crucial. Why respond now especially after the abrupt re-dating of the existing review in December 2024?
So, it's time to be reminded of an extract from the response from NICE by Barry et al...
Fell asleep watching the House of Lords this afternoon while they debated the Mental Health Act Bill. Apart from an argument that part of the bill seeks to grab Henry VIII's powers inappropriately in the used of ECT, I learned a new phrase: supply induced demand.
Stumbled across this a little while ago, published during the consultation period for the Interim Delivery Plan Sept 2023
A revitalized biopsychosocial model: core theory, research paradigms, and clinical implications - PubMed Derek Bolton
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Psychopathology...
From another thread
Improving GPs’ approaches to functional somatic syndromes: a pilot training program with a focus on compassion & communication, 2025, Ariane | Science for ME
From the Consultation outcome 19 December 2024
The basics of healthcare for pwME remain exactly the same in...
This is a live learning programme which my GP can look at today?
From the Overview
4. What is the prognosis of ME/CFS?
What is the ‘right specialist intervention’?
Where's the evidence for this improvement, PROMS?
And it conflicts with this statement under 'how else can ME/CFS impact...
On that child's medical notes for life: potentially influencing every subsequent diagnosis and treatment (or lack of it), they ever receive. Without the knowledge of the parents or the child going into adulthood. I find this truly shocking, if I'm understanding that correctly.
But the article also produced this from the GP from Manchester quoted in the article.
People from ethnic minorities seeking help for long COVID: a qualitative study | British Journal of General Practice 2024 [block text broken up for ease of reading]
So that's useful.
From the study, published July 2024:
Same authors published this in May 2024. [block text broken up for ease of reading]
Scopus preview - Scopus - Document details - Creating safety amidst chronic contamination: A mixed-method analysis of residents’ experiences in a Southern Italian steel...
‘We think of the body as a map’: a new approach to deciphering long Covid | Health | The Guardian includes video of long covid patient (community nurse and local councillor)
My one substantial cognitive thing today was to read this and watch the video attached to the article. The...
Came across Psychodermatology when I went looking for psoriasis, eczema and MS which is in my family A narrative review of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis: links and risks - PMC 29 August 2019
Psychodermatology, is now better known as Mind and Skin.
The Mind-and-Skin Connection | Psychology...
See also this discussion at the end of last year. Thesis - Hope for recovery after prolonged and unexplained fatigue, 2024, Andersen (Norwegian) | Science for ME for interview based research.
ETA:
Think UK, ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan due to be published at the end of the March, because...
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