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    Protocol ReCOVer: A RCT testing the efficacy of CBT for preventing chronic post-infectious fatigue among patients diagnosed with COVID-19.

    That was quick: Trial By Error: And Now–No Surprise–CBT for Post-Covid Fatigue by David Tuller https://www.virology.ws/2020/08/08/trial-by-error-and-now-no-surprise-cbt-for-post-covid-fatigue/
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    Trial By Error: CBT and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    Maybe the Tweeter confused something?(*) Recent article on Medium by Windgassen: How to Use Psychology for Better Bowel Function Evidence-based techniques to reduce discomfort and anxiety from IBS and other intestinal distress...
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    Heather Hogan: The Soft Butch That Couldn't (Or: I Got COVID-19 in March and Never Got Better) | Autostraddle https://www.autostraddle.com/the-soft-butch-that-couldnt-or-i-got-covid-19-in-march-and-never-got-better/ https://twitter.com/theheatherhogan/status/1291028415072567297...
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    RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials (2019) Sterne et al.

    Webinar: RoB 2 Domain 3: Bias due to missing outcome data Presented by Higgins and Sterne. https://training.cochrane.org/rob-2-domain-3-bias-due-missing-outcome-data
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    New draft NICE guidelines for chronic pain emphasises exercise, CBT and acupuncture over medication

    From The Guardian: The chairman of the guidance committee, Nick Kosky, said that, while patients expected a clear diagnosis and effective treatment, the complexity of the condition means GPs and specialists can find it very “challenging” to manage. The consultant psychiatrist at Dorset...
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    Evidence for a genetic component in ME/CFS - discussion thread

    And there it is: https://www.s4me.info/threads/genetic-risk-factors-of-me-cfs-a-critical-review-joshua-j-dibble-simon-j-mcgrath-chris-p-ponting-2020.16173/
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    DecodeME - UK ME/CFS DNA study underway

    It's amazing what you've achieved already with voluntary work only, in particular the splendid website. Again, thanks to all involved. All my suggestions are for the time when your team will have the resources to consider them. Another one of that category, for the website: In the "About Us"...
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    Fatigue measurement scales

    Couldn't find a thread on the concept of fatigue in chronic illness and assessing fatigue in general, so leave this here: Larson R. D. (2013). Psychometric properties of the modified fatigue impact scale. International journal of MS care, 15(1), 15–20. https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2012-019...
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    Objective assessment of diverse types of MS related fatigue and fatiguability

    Anyhow, this might be part of the problem: (from Manjaly Z et al, Pathophysiological and cognitive mechanisms of fatigue in multiple sclerosis -- the paper @Woolie looked at ).
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    Objective assessment of diverse types of MS related fatigue and fatiguability

    Thank you @Woolie for digging into one of the most recent papers. I don't know whether I will be able to write a bit more why I updated the list but I'm afraid that there are more reasons to be annoyed. As mentioned above, I only skimmed the papers, so not able to word clearly or to...
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    DecodeME - UK ME/CFS DNA study underway

    Thank you for the update, @Andy . Some suggestions: It would be extremely helpful for me to have a (very) short text on the DecodeME website that could be copied and used as template for an e-mail asking friends and family to circulate the call for getting involved in the study / declaring...
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    The biology of coronavirus COVID-19 - including research and treatments

    The UK Sepsis Trust: Why do I still feel breathless even though my oxygen levels are normal? (Youtube video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ0cC7IZBr0&feature=youtu.be Youtube transcript:
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    A large German newspaper dedicates page 3 to a personal story about a friend with ME. Potential association of Covid 19 sequelae with ME only marginally mentioned in the text, but prominently in the caption: First it was a scratchy throat. Soon Nora could barely stand up, could barely speak...
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    Independent advisory group for the full update of the Cochrane review on exercise therapy and ME/CFS (2020), led by Hilda Bastian

    Hilda Bastian: Steps to reduce bias in systematic review protocols (The Publication Plan) https://thepublicationplan.com/2020/07/22/steps-to-reduce-bias-in-systematic-review-protocols/
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    BPS attempts at psychologizing Long Covid

    I'm not optimistic. It seems that scientific reasoning, facts and evidence don't matter much when it comes to the 'successful' implementing of BPS medicine, at least in a couple of the wealthiest European countries. See...
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    BPS attempts at psychologizing Long Covid

    From the "Recovery Norway" website: Rona Moss-Morris, Professor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine, Head of Health Psychology, King’s College, London, UK: “We can learn a lot from these stories about recovery from CFS – look forward to more”. Vegard Bruun Bratholm Wyller, Professor...
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    COFFI - The international collaborative on fatigue following infection

    https://twitter.com/maxwhd/status/1285910603505311744 A slide from COFFI popped up in the video (obviously inserted afterwards to challenge the speaker's claims) and reminded me of this project.
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    Cochrane Database Syst Review - Psychosocial interventions for conversion and dissociative disorders in adults (2020) Ganslv et al.

    ...and actually is expanding in medical education in a couple of European countries. From the German language wikpedia page on "Biopsychosocial medicine" : Doctor training "In 2011 Josef W. Egger was appointed to the first chair for Biopsychosocial Medicine in the German-speaking world at the...
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    Cochrane Database Syst Review - Psychosocial interventions for conversion and dissociative disorders in adults (2020) Ganslv et al.

    Is there any account of what this company actually tried to do and did? Only found a source saying the company's business activity was "Human health and social work activities" and existed from 2002-2010 (https://www.companieslondon.com/uk/04364122/one-health).
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    News about Long Covid including its relationship to ME/CFS 2020 to 2021

    https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-why-are-some-people-experiencing-long-term-fatigue-141405?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton Interesting how this piece by Frances Williams seems to differ from the one by Katarina Zimmer in The Scientist that quotes Williams. In 'The...
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