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https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/07/31/six-months-later-what-their-response-on-me-cfs-tells-us-about-the-cochrane-collaboration/

"Science is a profession where critique is integral to the work itself. So you might think we’d all have both criticizing, and handling being on the receiving end of it, down to a fine art. But you’d be wrong – as a rather spectacular recent blowout of norms by a prominent scientist reminded us...

https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2020/06/30/science-heroes-and-disillusion/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2020/02/28/the-high-risk-methods-of-a-new-systematic-review-of-hpv-vaccines/

This post and the following one have been moved or copied from this thread. Oooooo...! https://www.cochrane.org/news/appointment-lead-independent-advisory-group __________________________ Edit: Added for information: Cochrane Community Stakeholder engagement in high-profile reviews pilot...

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/12/31/5-things-we-learned-about-peer-review-in-2019/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/11/30/the-systematic-review-is-dead-long-live-insert-preferred-sweeping-claim/

Does this sound familiar??? https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/09/30/am-i-going-to-need-a-smaller-plate-in-which-i-juggle-a-new-weight-loss-trial-old-systematic-reviews/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/04/28/should-we-trust-meta-analyses-with-meta-conflicts-of-interest/

https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2017/07/03/5-tips-for-understanding-data-in-meta-analyses/

A familiar issue.. https://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2019/03/31/a-classic-case-of-science-he-said-she-said-how-psychologists-trying-to-prevent-ptsd-got-controversial/

Consumer-Contested Evidence: Why the ME/CFS Exercise Dispute Matters So Much A biopsychosocial camp has contended since the 1990s that regardless of how it starts, people with ME/CFS dig themselves into a hole with their attitudes and behaviors, leading to physical deconditioning (sort of the...

Yoga, Depression, & Clinical Trial Critique 101 Posted August 12, 2018 by Hilda Bastian in Evidence, Health http://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2018/08/12/yoga-depression-clinical-trial-critique-101/ Not specifically about ME, but I thought it might be of interest to some people who are...