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  1. zzz

    The replication crisis is killing psychologists’ theory of how the body influences the mind (Olivia Goldhill)

    The replication crisis is killing psychologists’ theory of how the body influences the mind An excellent article (IMO) that examines some very important implications of the replication crisis in psychology in areas relating to the mind-body connection. Specifically, the "embodied cognition"...
  2. Sly Saint

    North Bristol NHS - Grieving parents become detectives after suspecting cover-up on son’s death

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grieving-parents-forced-hire-detective-13977167
  3. Sly Saint

    N. Bristol NHS: Grieving husband calls for full inquiry after mother-of-two, 49, dies of cervical cancer - despite being given the all-clear SIX times

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6691259/Family-demand-hospital-wide-cervical-cancer-inquiry-nurse-died-doctors-failed-spot-it.html
  4. John Mac

    Daily Telegraph: Living hell or yuppie flu? The confusing fog of chronic fatigue syndrome

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/confusing-fog-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ Article on the Daily Telegraph website, requires you to register to view the whole article. Not a recomendation as it goes on to describe a writer's use of alternative medicine to try to overcome his...
  5. ladycatlover

    University Times, An Unhealthy Mind can lead to an Unhealthy Brain (2019) Tadjine

    http://www.universitytimes.ie/2019/02/an-unhealthy-mind-can-lead-to-an-unhealthy-brain-lets-not-forget-that/ :eek: :rolleyes: :jawdrop: @Tom Kindlon, seeing as "The University Times is Ireland’s largest student newspaper" might this be of interest to you? And other Advocates from Eire.
  6. JemPD

    ME/CFS disabled man's airport plight

    https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/disabled-man-left-humiliated-wet-himself-in-airport-after-begged-for-help/?fbclid=IwAR1VvnsRoqE4K1Cjmffc-72Kg1mYZe8ir8JLJGQFiCCKF6p5en0VqHzzEeE Absolutely appalling treatment of this poor guy while travelling. Disgraceful. And what he's trying to do to give...
  7. Sue Klaus

    Spoon theory

    Personally, I come down as a nay on the side of spoons. I can see where people might find this a useful help, but it does not help me, or I guess I don't feel it applies to me. When I wake up each day I don't have any spoons. There is no way to allot any spoons for my day, because I never have...
  8. Andy

    The Mirror: Veterans with debilitating Gulf War Syndrome may have passed it on to children

    https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/veterans-debilitating-gulf-war-syndrome-13911872
  9. Sly Saint

    Schoolboy, 14, struck down by ME during a football match – yet doctors dismissed his symptoms as him being a ‘lazy teenager’

    https://inews.co.uk/news/real-life/schoolboy-14-struck-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-me-football-match/
  10. D

    Medical Independent Ireland: 'It's all in the mind' (2019) George Winter

    Article on state of psychiatry - and its disastrous incursion into ME research ie PACEtrial - by my friend George Winter in Irish medical journal Medical Independent. The link works but is v slow to load, for me, at least. https://www.medicalindependent.ie/104349/its_all_in_the_mind
  11. Kalliope

    Metro.co.uk: Disabled woman slams strangers who mistake her boyfriend for her carer

    An article about the young couple Jasmine and Alex. Jasmine has epilepsy, ME and POTS and uses a wheel chair. They talk about the prejudice they meet. Disabled woman slams strangers who mistake her boyfriend for her carer While the young couple are stronger than ever, Jasmine does still find...
  12. Andy

    Australia: News from Emerge Australia

    Post on Facebook from Emerge. https://www.facebook.com/EmergeAustraliaInc/videos/10156541270639111/
  13. Sly Saint

    Finally, I’ve found what caused my brain fog, chronic fatigue, depression and aching joints...an insect bite! - James Delingpole

    James Delingpole was just interviewed on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio2. This was an article he wrote last year: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6407325/Finally-Ive-caused-brain-fog-aching-joints-insect-bite.html (he has now had stem-cell treatment)
  14. Graham

    Live vaccines and a wider effect

    Have you seen this interesting article in The Conversation? Particularly of interest is the disproportionate effect that non-live vaccines have on girls...
  15. Sly Saint

    (not a recommendation) What it’s like to live with chronic fatigue and depression

    As retweeted by AfME some bits are good, but " Action for ME continue to say that having a well informed GP to assist with both depression and ME is important. Having appropriate and different treatments are vital, so that the mental health treatments don’t make the neurological side of ME...
  16. John Mac

    STAT: 'The NIH is thwarting research on a poorly understood yet serious condition', 2019, Jennifer Spotila

    Opinion piece in STAT by Jennifer Spotila https://www.statnews.com/2019/01/10/nih-obstacles-thwart-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-research/
  17. Sly Saint

    Listening to your Body – A Cautionary Tale

    Article. " It’s 2019 and still very little is known about Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (or ME for short). It’s a medical condition that results in long-term fatigue and other symptoms that prohibit someone’s ability to carry out ordinary daily...
  18. Sly Saint

    A woman, 28, was left bed-ridden after her leaking breast implants made her hair fall out in clumps

    Article: January 8th 2019 " In brief Emma Owen had breast enlargement surgery aged 19 But soon after the operation she felt fatigued She suffered from pain, dizziness, hair loss and memory problems for nine years After learning her implants were leaking she decided to have them out Emma Owen’s...
  19. TrixieStix

    The Sugar Conspiracy (The Guardian) "scientific inquiry prone to the eternal rules of human social life"

    This a very long article, but a good one. I'm already familiar with the history of the now debunked theory that "saturated fat is bad and causes heart disease", but this article has some details and background I had not read about before. While reading it these specific passages stood out to me...
  20. H

    Charles Darwin’s ailments are ‘typical of Lyme disease’ in UK - The Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/06/charles-darwins-ailments-are-typical-of-lyme-disease-from-uk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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