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  1. Luther Blissett

    Coping with hot weather

    They were/are practical scientists :) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-hot-drink-on-a-hot-day-can-cool-you-down-1338875/ I believe this is one reason why spicy foods are popular in hot places like Mexico and India? I read somewhere(?) that to increase the flow of air through a...
  2. Luther Blissett

    Association between cytokines and psychiatric symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy controls (2018), Groven et al

    Aren't they also common side effects of medications too? (especially anti-depressants?)
  3. Luther Blissett

    BBC: Prostatitis: 'How I meditated away chronic pelvic pain'

    For the same reason people have lucky socks for their sports team? Sympathetic magic. :)
  4. Luther Blissett

    Weird appearing scratches without scratching myself

    I have had periods where I made similar scratches on my face during sleep. Is this a possibility for you? The scratches always appeared in the same place and sometimes bled quite a bit. I have never had Lyme.
  5. Luther Blissett

    Germany: Restraining psychiatric patients requires court order

    The European Court of Human Rights is not affected by Brexit?
  6. Luther Blissett

    How does emotional stress lead to inflammation?

    The study is here: https://www.jpsychores.com/article/S0022-3999(18)30047-3/fulltext#back-bb0150 I don't even know how to explain this part: That's a lot of messing about to mangle the data into a mess! (They could have used the income data to measure socio-economic position). Their method...
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    Gluten-free need not taken seriously by radio prog

    Does it necessarily have to be fashion? In whole or in part? Couldn't it be a pattern of information spread? Let's say that somebody has a long pattern of unexplained bloating discomfort. Where would they get the information that stopping gluten might make a difference? From other people...
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    Gluten-free need not taken seriously by radio prog

    Allergy Advice: This program was produced at a facility that processes large amounts of liberal paternalism.
  9. Luther Blissett

    New Liberty Protection Safeguards will prioritise timely care of the vulnerable - Simon Wessely

    tl;dr Simon has come up with a plan to save money. Sure, it's monstrous.It contains conflicts of interest. There is a high probability of harming powerless people. It breaks human rights laws. But, it saves money and that will make powerful people happy. The comment to the piece explains the...
  10. Luther Blissett

    USA: JAX ME/CFS Center and Derya Unutmaz news

    https://jaxmecfs.com/2018/07/12/advocate-spotlight-charmian-proskauer/
  11. Luther Blissett

    David Tuller: Trial By Error: BMJ Still "Looking Into" Lightning Process Paper

    Possible further reading https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/935804 The COPE Report 1999 - Guidelines on Good Publication Practice https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1039851 Clinical Trial Registration: Looking Back and Moving Ahead Annals of Internal...
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    David Tuller: Trial By Error: BMJ Still "Looking Into" Lightning Process Paper

    http://www.ipa2016.com/plenarysessions 28th International Conference of Pediatrics, Vancouver, Canada. heh.
  13. Luther Blissett

    Documents from the SMILE trial

    Also, thinking further, how do we know that the Lighting Process in the SMILE trial is the same as the one given to children in other instances, even if it was modified in this instance? It's not even a problem with children with ME/CFS, it's potentially a problem for all children who go through...
  14. Luther Blissett

    Documents from the SMILE trial

    That's part of my problem with it. Who knows the content, and what vetting of it was done by someone with the expertise to spot the potential problems? As we are not allowed to know, I feel there should be some professional assessment of the potential for harm. I'd be interested in hearing some...
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    Documents from the SMILE trial

    I have discovered the potential for any children in the active treatment part to have been harmed. (extra to the concerns that have been provided about the theory behind the treatment). In guidance issued by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, there is a leaflet for...
  16. Luther Blissett

    Michael Sharpe skewered by @JohntheJack on Twitter

    Or use private/incognito mode in the browser.
  17. Luther Blissett

    Submission to the Scottish Parliament by Jonathan Edwards

    I wondered who that was sitting on my telly! Good document @Jonathan Edwards , but i would have added something about your not wanting to harm the Scottish cardigan industry, which, I am sure, produce the highest quality blue knitwear in the land. ;)
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    Michael Sharpe skewered by @JohntheJack on Twitter

    Stastician - the numerical study of things that do not move? E.g. Michael Sharpe's brain showed no signs of working. This was recorded by a Stastician observing his tweets.
  19. Luther Blissett

    Do we need a simple ME info website? Thought inspired by an article on a HIV drug.

    The problem with relying on a Google search is that Google collects what you previously searched for and adjusts what it shows you in the results. It also publicly says that it changes the order of results for political/monetary reasons. Because of this, you cannot rely on results being the same...
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