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Yes. Prof Sir Roy Meadows springs to mind. Mothers, already suffering the loss of a child, then being blamed and incarcerated for it. I remember watching a documentary about it and a pathologist who had also given court evidence in at least one case saying well, that her evidence was based on...

What the GPs study may not be entirely up to themselves though. It may be stuff they have to do to keep current, or be obliged to do by their CCG. I should imagine they have more study material than they have time to study it. I had ridiculous amounts of manuals and study mater - such a...

Interesting to compare with the likes of PACE to see the difference. Is the issue with the definition of EBM or the way "experts" abuse their credentials with impunity by attaching the label EBM to any old convenient piece of garbage? I would suggest it's the deliberate attempts by "experts"...

Not sure whether anecdotal information is what you want, but if it helps... I was advised to try CQ10 shortly after I first became ill. I spent a few months on it as I recall. I didn't notice any difference at all so it was discontinued.

Yes, I think she meant if you haven't already developed a smoking related disease. I smoked for 10 years. In at least the last 5 years I had a 20 a day habit and on a rough day that could easily go up as high as 30. She reckoned that once I hit the 10 year mark off the cigs (& presumably not...

My condolences to her friends and family. This is not the first person who has taken drastic action to avoid further so called "care" of the mental health professionals who have been involved in their case. Long past time for psychiatry to take a long hard look at themselves and the harm they...

Bolding mine. Former smoking, really. How long is former? A month? A year? A decade? 25 years? I am a former smoker. I decided to see how long I could go without smoking over a quarter of a century ago. I was talking about it with a GP who was curious about how I quit & stayed off 'em...

A one trick pony and not a very good one.

Agreed. I would also love to know how they can be so blind or stupid not to see that colluding with this crap will ultimately lead to the perception that fewer GPs are needed, rather than simply taking some burden off busy GPs. Many of the young GPs starting out might find their job disappears...

I'd probably best steer clear then. Ive been known to get burnt just staggering to the washing line and back. In England, in April. :rolleyes:

I have an SAD lamp. I bought it years ago & used it as recommended but no beneficial effect. Mind you I am very pale and never tan, just burn. Summer is my worst time of year. The lamp comes in handy when IM works from home. The room all his stuff is in is the darkest in the house with...

She probably did feel awful all the time. I wouldn't dispute that for a second. The thing is so did the rest of us. We all had to creep off and have naps every now and then when we felt we were going downhill. If you felt as bad as she claimed there's no way you could sit there chatting for...

Yep. Why is one person more positive than another? Maybe because they have more support and know that someone will cook their dinner for them if they can't, do laundry etc. So they need to worry less, can rest up and relax more. The resting up and relaxing more being as much if not more...

I've clicked "like" @Sly Saint by way of thanks for the heads up. The content gets a :thumbsdown:. Windgassen again. :rolleyes: At one point I was told I might have Interstitial Cystitis. I spoke to the doc because of frequently wanting a wee. Diabetes came to mind.... I had none of the...

It is. Some very understanding comments. I find it interesting in that I was friendly at one time with a person with mild ME (she would class herself differently). She was financially secure and pensioned off work. She could afford to run a car, was well enough to drive and went out nearly...

I think it's more fundamental. Research that yields null results can be as, maybe even more, interesting and important as any other. A combination of the political and financial interest of the publisher or editor seem to override what is in the best interests of the field of research. This...

This seems to me a gross oversimplification. Regardless of money, what about support, for example. If you have people around you who will voluntarily provide practical support aren't you more likely to have the energy to fight, to investigate things for yourself, to be a more active...

Also are the ones who recover a subset with different aetiology? Without that biomarker can we know for sure? I'm not saying that it isn't worthy of studying those in long term remission or possibly recovered. Just wary of language that generalises or hypes & might set false expectations...

Am I being spectacularly thick here? (Probably) Isn't this like when they give incentives to naughty children on the rare occasions they behave, while the kids who behave all the time get nothing? If a trial is pre-registered, or gets public funds shouldn't they just be made publish anyway...

Even a disposable mask, @Jonathan Edwards? Your clothes are designed to be washed and are for warmth and cover rather than protection against germs. Or are you saying that your clothes are just as likely to get the virus on them as the mask? Therefore just as likely to be a source of...