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God, what an awful article. Opinions expressed by Forbin are his own. [ Of course, I probably didn't take the time to understand it fully - which only seems fair. ]

Makes sense. The article I linked above also says, "Absolute ethanol may inactivate microbes without destroying them because the alcohol is unable to fully permeate the microbe's membrane." I don't know why diluted alcohol would more readily cross a membrane, though.

According to Wikipedia, ethanol's optimum concentration when used as an antiseptic is 70%. Vodka is typically 40% ethanol, so not the best antiseptic, but probably better than nothing. Some vodka ranges higher, with a theoretical maximum of 95.6% ethanol by distillation. Vodka in the highest...

It sounds like these would be non-living, t-cell-sized, flexible capsules with a surface coating that makes them stick to infected cells. I guess the interior of the capsule would contain some sort of cytotoxic substance that would somehow get released when contact is made. Sounds like they've...

According to Cort's article about this on his website ( https://www.healthrising.org/blog/2018/06/25/davis-nih-grant-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/), it seems that this was the first of Ron Davis' applications to go through a "special emphasis" review panel for ME/CFS.

Yes, I noticed that between "Autoimmunity" and "Autoreactivity" they wedged in "Automobile Driving." :confused: [Fantastic news BTW!]

Sounds somewhat like, believe it or not... "Exploding Head Syndrome." What you describe sounds like a more complex sound, so it might not be EHS. I experienced something along these lines once or twice about a decade ago. It was like waking up hearing a loud "crack" that seemed to come from...

I believe the 2-Day CPET test was mentioned at the hearing today. Replicating that and determining how specific that test is to ME would be of great value. The BPS explanation is in doubt. Confirming the diagnostic validity of 2-Day CPET might shovel the deconditioning theory into its grave...

In this 1996 paper by Sharpe, et al., Cognitive behaviour therapy for the chronic fatigue syndrome: a randomised controlled trial, they say: I'm hard pressed to think to of something that is "inaccurate" yet "true." Common synonyms are "erroneous," "fallacious," "incorrect," "wrong," and yes...

I like to think that I know good writing. That was good writing. :thumbup:

The one that begins with "First, do no harm."

It might go back to here (1998), though the word "false" is not used. I can only see the abstract. ETA: RE: "than has been previously thought..." The above assertion that causal beliefs do not affect outcomes (as opposed to beliefs about exercise/activity) runs contrary to a LOT of prior...

I'll see your 2003 citation and raise you this February 19, 2002 citation in The Guardian. It's from a letter to the editor in response to an article of February 7th titled "The Making of a New Disease."

I haven't tried to compare all of the names side-by-side but I did notice that Dr. Derya Unutmaz of The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine was new to this letter. The previous letter preceded the grants made to Dr. Unutmaz and his lab for the study of ME/CFS which were made by the NIAID...

Personally, I can't imagine anyone being so crass as to hijack the Knight-errant's ocean-liner metaphor simply for the purpose of comparing the fateful story of the S.S. Titanic with the increasingly desperate attempts to save PACE.

I noticed this sort of mildly twitchy hand tremor starting when I was 19, about three years before onset. It's more noticeable if your arm has no support and your hand is just suspended in air. You can't keep the individual fingers still no matter how hard you concentrate. It has faded as I've...

First author of the paper gives a TEDx Talk in 2015 titled "Reverse Aging," but he's basically talking about rejuvenating the body/brain with HBOT. Says we only use 5% of our brain. Hmmm....

I had this test a couple of years ago. In my case, I believe the radioactive tracer was Technictium-99. As the webpage you linked to said, if you are unable to do the treadmill test, they can give you something (possibly something like amyl nitrite) to speed up your heart rate, if necessary. I...

The author of the Stanford Prison Experiment was actually the co-author of the introductory textbook used in my college psychology course. According to Wikipedia, it's a very widely used textbook, but I can't recall if it discusses the prison experiment. It and the Milgram Experiment were...

"Seven years of college down the drain!"