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Link to the NPR story on the Nature paper here

Good to see a reasonable article on ME. Why the title though? After all all the way through the article they use the term ME. Strange. Also, now that there seems to be reporting from Canada I am wondering where does a journalist go to get their info for an article. Any insights anyone? The...

Just as a guide, here is a link to previous winners: https://rhdaction.org/news/health-stories-focus-lancet-highlights-2018-photography-competition-open-submissions

Also, this was originally reviewed in 2013. There was an update. Thus the current date.

Also, shame on the funders. Crohn's and Colitis Canada.

I think Cochrane urgently need an intervention. Addiction to magic?

Well that's disheartening. Yes, AfME have changed. The past is the past. I didn't find any of the current criticisms of AfME here on this thread to be mean spirited. On the other hand I think the criticisms weren't beating around the bush either. AfME is a charity; with a mission...

I anticipate them having a lovely time in Chile. I expect the whole point of the exercise (conference) is merely to write off the expense of a nice travel destination . As for learning anything useful on the subject of developing robust protocols for the type of 'evidence' we're used to being...

Thanks for the effort Barry. At the moment I can't get PDF's to appear either though. I am saving toward getting a new MAC, hopefully some time in the new year this all won't be an issue.

I can't see the tweet this is based on but based on Barry's comment it would seem that this group of strategies has been around a while and is just now being put out there. The irony of this is that the problem the strategies address is of their own making (SMC). When it suits them they are...

For anyone who is in the same position as me and only gets a blue bird silhouette instead of a tweet message: https://www.massmecfs.org/news/30-news/730-annual-event-10-26-2019-dr-michael-vanelzakker Dr. VanElzakker will discuss some challenges and opportunities in using brain scans to study...

That link seems to be broken for me.

Scanning this made me realise just how depressing (in the colloquial sense) it is to view a steady diet of the pure theoretical bullshit that is the BPS 'research'. It's refreshing beyond words to view research that actually seeks to truly solve a health issue. This is clearly actual science...

Not exactly new news but I was using some Turmeric today and was reminded that I had read about contamination previously. And because I consider this issue larger than just Turmeric. I call it the lamppost problem. We are bombarded with 'good news' info on so many ingested substances that...

No worries. I thought it probably was generic but it's sometimes hard to tell so wanted to clarify that.

It continues HERE Serious question. Do we really have enough robust proof of physical pathology to undermine the GET/CBT premise?

I've taken to calling it exhaustion. I'm exhausted all the time. It never changes. But depending on any number of things I may be more or less tired as well. And of course you're right. The ME is the ME. It doesn't respond to anything except perhaps briefly and then back to usual.

Most definitely did not want to imply that there was no relevance to discussing the issue here.

I find it hard to imagine being severe and having the energy to attempt so many types of therapy. I appreciate all the caveats but it always seems to my reading that these are more about anticipating criticism than any real belief that the hypothesis might not be true. We seem to be wired...

Yes. I think Canada is just a little behind the curve. Politically here there are people beating this particular drum and they are gaining traction.