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Somehow, "evidence" sounds considerably more convincing than "indications." When asking my doctor if a medical procedure is safe, I'm not sure that I'd want to hear him say that "there are indications that the science is sound."

Could it be...

The is pretty strange. It sounds like this article might turn out to look like one investigative reporter investigating another investigative reporter. I wonder how other investigative reporters, and reporters at large, are going to feel about that. Someone once said that it is the duty of...

I haven't read the whole thing in detail, but when they say that 43% of their subjects reported a professional diagnosis of depression, seasonal affective disorder, or dysthymia compared to 7% of the US population, it's not clear to me if they distinguished whether such a diagnosis was made...

I'm hoping for the best for what, if any, article comes of this - but I'm brushing up on my Latin just in case.

If there's one thing the movies have taught me, it's that scientists should not get mixed up with flies!

I wonder if those categorized as "dangerous and irrational" will include the 113 leading experts (including 56 PhD's, and at least 59 Physicians), 10 Members of Parliament and 52 Patient/Advocacy groups that called for an independent re-analysis of PACE...

So, after hearing that current exercise recommendations are like telling a frostbite patient to walk through the snow, the Public Health Minister's response was, effectively, "Don't worry. I've checked and we've got plenty of snow"?

I'm pretty sure that this is a "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" sort of thing and that the dogs are actually studying the psychologists - possibly in an attempt to understand the psychologists' emotional attachment to CBT.

A couple of years ago I got a rather bad case of conjunctivitis which was caused by dry eyes creating friction between my eyes and my contact lenses. It's known as "giant papillary conjunctivitis" or GPC. It was painful and resulted in light sensitivity and a strange "haze" to my vision, as if...

Fun fact: The name of the "Father of Medicine," Hippocrates, translates as... "Horsepower."

Unless there's another "hippotherapy," it's a form of Equine-assisted therapy. ["Hippo" is Greek for horse, as in "hippodrome." Hippopotamus actually means "river horse.") From the article, it sounds like horse-riding is used as a form of physical therapy. I would assume that for ME patients...

Doesn't seem like you'd really need twins to conduct this test yourself - just send in two samples from the same person under different names.

Oddly enough, once it became apparent that I was not simply recovering from the flu, the first thing my GP suspected was haemochromatosis. This was in the early 80's prior to the designation of "CFS," and if the neurologist I saw a few weeks later had ever heard of "ME" he certainly didn't tell...

When seeking to challenge those (like the SMC) who would appoint themselves as the arbiters and guardians of "truth," I think a good meme might come in handy. [ "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" / lit. "Who will guard the guards themselves?" / "Who'll watch the watchmen?"] Or am I being too...

Sorry if this is a bit flippant, but when I come across doctors like this who are so certain of their psychological explanations, I'm often reminded of this scene from the 1956 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." In the video above, small town physician, Dr. Miles Bennell (Kevin...

I once wondered if I might have sleep apnea, so I hung a microphone over my bed and recorded the entire night. What I discovered was not obstructive sleep apnea, but what my doctor called "Cheyne-Stokes respiration." This is apparently a kind of "central sleep apnea," meaning that it is...

Since this adds up to 123%, it's pretty clear that some patients, perhaps many, had multiple "peri-onset events." I'm not really concerned that 39% reported peri-onset "stressful incidents." Chronic stress might well alter the way the body responds to an infection and/or exposure to an...

I remember noticing that both my breathing rate and my heart rate were lower immediately after onset. As @JaimeS said, there was a sense of "forgetting to breathe." I suspect my doctor didn't take my observation of low breathing rate too seriously, since it's something you have more...