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I think this (the Columbia study in the video above) was more about showing a trend in a large group of patients (~300) vs controls, rather than producing "a consistent and replicable diagnostic cytokine profile" for individual patients.

I've never personally noticed a seasonal change, but I wonder if the explanation for feeling better could be as simple as improved sleep. I definitely sleep better when it is cold. Perhaps somewhat better sleep can tip the balance for some, but then the additional activity eventually catches up...

According to its website, the Open Medicine Foundation is located in Agoura Hills, CA. Currently, that area and many surrounding communities have been besieged by a wind-driven wildfire known as the "Woolsey Fire." The fire began on November 8th, and currently covers 90,000 acres across Ventura...

Interesting article from earlier this year in WIRED. REAL HEROES HAVE THE GUTS TO ADMIT THEY'RE WRONG

A 1991 editorial by SW contains the following: As seems par for the course, his 2½ page editorial contains 51 references. I found this among a compendium of similar SW quotes gathered by @Valentijn at PR. https://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/simon-wessely-quotes.21025/

Clearly, he doesn't understand that Work = Power * time. That is, even with low available power, much can sometimes be achieved if the work can be carried out in small increments and/or over much more than the usual amount of time. It's the sort of thing that would be obvious to a physicist.

The supposed link between CFS and depression goes back to this July 1990 paper: Chronic Fatigue: A Prospective Clinical and Virologic Study ..in which only six of the 26 patients met the Holmes criteria. This was the famous study in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) which...

Well, I just appreciate that whoever made that donation chose to do so. I guess I was trying to convey my opinion that, in addition to being generous, it was smart.

If you live in California, and have an adjusted gross income of over $500,000, you can easily find yourself in the 50% tax bracket (Federal & State combined). You can wind up paying half of any additional income in taxes. However, if you donate that money to a qualified charity, it is not...

As of a couple of days ago (10/30), they had raised $370,000, which means about $123,333 in donations has been tripled by the addition of $246,666 in matching funds. It also means they need about $51,666 in additional donations (to be matched with $103,333) to meet their $525,000 goal.

I found out why the goal is $525,000 by watching the video in the first post of this thread. Someone has pledged up to $350,000 to triple the donations made during this period (10/23-11/27). The "matching" donor adds double to whatever your donation is, so, if you donate $100, they add $200 to...

Hopefully, they'll realize that the best way to stand up for science against antiscience agitators is to go ahead and withdraw the review.

[And seems to cause psych majors to leave uncorrected typos in four-year-old articles.] I imagine it's especially unlikely since neither "Dysania" nor "Clinomania" are listed in either the DSM or the ICD. On the other hand, neither is "Drapetomania" - the 19th century "mental illness" that...

I may be repeating something already noted elsewhere, but why would you "temporarily withdraw" something in order to allow the authors time to "adequately address the feedback received?" Why not say, "You've got X days to answer our questions or we're withdrawing your review"? It reads to me...

So, I've been a bit confused about this... What is the distinction between donating to The Open Medicine Foundation and donating directly to The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Center (CFSRC) at Stanford?

I'm waiting for the headline: "Biopsychosocial Attribution Found to be a Biopsychosocial Condition."

The earliest paper of Leonard Jason's that I can find on CFS is from 1993... so, he's been at it for at least 25 years. :thumbup:

I can't imagine why people who have voiced such certainty about their own political beliefs would be so keen to back the idea that psychiatry can determine "correct beliefs" from "false beliefs." I mean, it's like something you used to hear was going on in the old Soviet Union. Oh, wait...

[All bolding mine] I believe that clearly makes it one scientist involved, speaking for herself, not scientists.