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There is a substantial decrease of risk of MS in the HIV positive women, but the numbers of people with HIV going on to get MS are very small, even in men (and men constituted the majority of the samples). They took country of birth into account, but didn't take length of time living there...

Although the deadline has passed, UK advocacy organisations might like to check out the advertisement for health consumer studies in Coventry (see the link) . Healthwatch England - Resource for Campaign Assistance Perhaps there are similar opportunities elsewhere with HealthWatch.

I'm posting this on behalf of a member. It's good to see something positive, an initiative that values the perspective of the health services consumer. The deadline for this grant process has passed, but perhaps other regions may have different timelines? And perhaps UK ME/CFS groups might be...

We've had a burst of signatures from Switzerland - thanks so much to whoever is responsible for promoting the petition there for that.

Posting on behalf of @Louie41, this video covers a lot of the same ground as the Larry Weed presentation. (And that ground is important.) It's a nice listen although slow moving to start with. If you want to get to the guts of it, start at the 10 minute mark where the presenter, Dr Donald...

There's this paper (not open access): miR-448 regulates potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily A member 4 (KCNA4) in ischemia and heart failure Results: The expression of KCNA4 is diminished in ischemia and human heart failure tissues with ventricular tachycardia. Previously, we have shown...

I'm thankful, I really am. I think this project is good, and it's amazing that it's been awarded so much money. But who was consulted when they came up with the project name, LOCOME? Surely it would only take a little bit of thinking to realise that it is not a great name? Edit - Maybe it's...

From the video (thanks for linking it Pibee) If I'm not mistaken, the plasmablasts actually head back into the bone marrow where they turn into plasma cells, including Long Lived Plasma Cells? Maybe we need something targeting CD138 cells? It does sound very interesting, an amazing technique.

There's detailed information in this paper, but its conviction that physical rehabilitation is the way to go limits its use in advocacy.

Fantastic, thank you

I'm wanting a good reference about the risk of Long Covid in subsequent infections. I couldn't find one immediately although I think we have seen a couple of papers on that topic. If I find them, I'll post them here. But if you put your finger on them immediately, please do let me know. Of...

A new paper out on PASC in Liberia: Prevalence and determinants of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 in Liberia, 2023, Gwaikolo et al.

An alternative possibility to 'overactive bladder' which, from the abstract the authors don't consider, is that people with post-Covid ME/CFS may find that they are more prone to infections. I think a number of us with ME/CFS do find that we get flares of cold sores, or infections of various...

Posts about a useful Canadian study on Long Covid epidemiology including rates with reinfections have been moved to the dedicated thread Experiences of Canadians with long-term symptoms following COVID-19, 2023, Kuang et al

Link to the thread on this useful report: Experiences of Canadians with long-term symptoms following COVID-19, 2023, Kuang et al

Posts about a statement on Long Covid by the German Health Minister have been moved to News from Germany

It's an interesting study. 1.1 million adults with Covid-19. 1 in 16 had Long Covid - 6.2%. That sounds reasonable, not the ridiculous percentages (e.g. 50%) that we have seen reported from some studies. I don't know how they defined Long Covid. However some of those risk factors (i.e. of...

Posts about a Scottish study on risk factors for Long Covid have been moved to a new thread: Deriving and validating a risk prediction model for long COVID, 2023, Jeffrey et al

Well, that was the point I made upthread, yes, he very much does. The yoga teacher character's view, very much a BPS view, was displayed and criticised.

For what it's worth, I see those quotes differently, but then, I am a fan of flippancy. From watching some of Gervais' tv shows, it is clear that he isn't a stupid man. I don't think he is an uncaring one either. I think his humour tends to put bad behaviour on display, so we can laugh at the...