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Key Points Question Do practitioners understand the probability of common clinical diagnoses? Findings In this survey study of 553 practitioners performing primary care, respondents overestimated the probability of diagnosis before and after testing. This posttest overestimation was...

Background Despite evidence of selective outcome reporting across multiple disciplines, this has not yet been assessed in trials studying the effects of exercise in people with cancer. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to explore prospectively registered randomised controlled trials (RCTs)...

Pretty ironic seeing one of Lancet’s subjournals publishing an editorial calling out the unregulated nature of psychological interventions. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30414-4

This post has been copied and following posts copied or moved from this thread: News from Australia I found this thought provoking - how do we get more understanding? The dilemma for medical professionals This programme highlighted for me the dilemma that medical professionals have. They need...

Anjum RL, Copeland S, Rocca E, Medical scientists and philosophers worldwide appeal to EBM to expand the notion of ‘evidence’, BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine 2020;25:6-8, https://ebm.bmj.com/content/25/1/6 Signatories include Greenhalgh and Wyller. [...] More joint publications by 'Cause...

Only abstract available. (ETA: Sci-Hub: https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2020.07.014?fbclid=IwAR0YNqy05-GBsEU4v5h1ylqVsUP8g4eGGbK9ISXiH-cAZbFlEeuoMO4YVGk ) Journal: Explore - The Journal of Science and Healing A Systematic Review of the Evidence Base of the Lightning Process...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987720302437

https://journals.rcni.com/mental-health-practice/evidence-and-practice/using-cognitive-behaviour-therapy-techniques-with-people-who-hold-delusional-beliefs-mhp.2019.e1397/abs#R29

I have mentioned before that the MS therapy centre I attend for hyperbaric oxygen is promoting a commercial 7 step treatment approach called "Overcoming MS". There is also an NHS approach called "Living Well with MS" which I have no quarrel with - the usual, eat well, exercise as much as you...

CFS/ME National Services Survey Feb 2018 Snap shot audit BACME National Services Workstream Report Published March 2019 https://www.bacme.info/sites/bacme.info/files/BACME CFS ME National services survey March19.pdf

Challenging the Cognitive Behavioural Therapies: The Overselling of CBT's Evidence Base Jonathan Shedler - Where is the Evidence for Evidence-Based Therapy? 23 Jan 2015 very interesting talk; many parallels with PACE. shows that CBT in fact has very little evidence to support it for any...

I would like to send the following proposal to ME Action, as it is currently in the process of specifying its core values and principles. I’m inviting other ME/CFS advocates and members of ME/CFS community to co-sign the statement if they agree with the proposal. I prefer to make the statement...

https://www.pnas.org/content/116/39/19231

Title :The Corruption of Evidence Based Medicine — Killing for Profit Author : Dr Jason Fung Article Date : 10th April 2018 - 10 minute read Link : https://medium.com/@drjasonfung/the-corruption-of-evidence-based-medicine-killing-for-profit-41f2812b8704 Article continues at above link...

I've started this thread for discussions regarding the methodological issues and efficacy of the IAPT treatment model. In particular the move to treat 'CFS/ME' as a MUS that can be referred for IAPT CBT/GET treatment is now highly relevant to the ME/CFS NICE guideline.

I wonder if this will impact some of the treatments marketed to treat ME/CFS.. A new policy on advertising for speculative and experimental medical treatments September 6, 2019 Today, we’re announcing a new Healthcare and medicines policy to prohibit advertising for unproven or experimental...

http://healthinsightuk.org/2019/07/25/artificial-intelligence-grassroots-rebels-and-the-pharmaceutical-cuckoo/

Not about ME but the general evidence basis for CBT. This aligns with work by Keith Laws, who regularly reports on CBT trials failing left and right and being shown to be no better than, well, nothing. There is growing evidence that ALL the evidence for the efficacy and safety of CBT is...

I have been thinking a lot about the evidence base for ME/CFS management. There are some good negative studies but a positive evidence base is hard to find, as we know. At the NICE scoping meetings there was a consensus that what could be justified in the current situation was more ongoing...

http://healthinsightuk.org/2019/02/11/latest-statin-scam-mis-selling-them-to-pensioners/ "A recent article in the Lancet, widely covered in the press, claimed that if everyone in the UK aged 75+ took statins, deaths from heart disease would plummet and 8,000 lives would be saved. Shockingly...