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  1. John Mac
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    ME/CFS: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free Epidemic of 1955, Underhill & Baillod, 2020

    Full title: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Organic Disease or Psychosomatic Illness? A Re-Examination of the Royal Free...
    Thread by: John Mac, Dec 26, 2020, 41 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research news
  2. mat
    Thread

    Rethinking The Purpose of Diagnostics

    Initially, I intended to write this as a response in another post, but I think it deserves its own post now. These thoughts have followed me for...
    Thread by: mat, Dec 7, 2020, 4 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Criteria and Naming Discussions
  3. Cheshire
    Thread

    Improving images used to depict ME/CFS

    Merged thread: 'Stock photos are terrible at depicting illness' Stock photos are ubiquitous—and infamous. The concepts are often laugh-out-loud...
    Thread by: Cheshire, Nov 6, 2017, 62 replies, in forum: Advocacy Projects and Campaigns
  4. Tom Kindlon
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    Pale rider: the Spanish flu and how it changed the world, 2020, Spinney

    https://www.indjsp.org/text.asp?2020/36/5/189/297158 I thought this was an interesting/poignant statistic and quote. I couldn't fit it all in the...
    Thread by: Tom Kindlon, Oct 7, 2020, 9 replies, in forum: Epidemics (including Covid-19, not Long Covid)
  5. ME/CFS Skeptic
    Thread

    Why do doctors use treatments that do not work? Doust & Del Mar, 2005

    Thought this was an interesting editorial. It's from 2004 but is still relevant. The history of medicine is replete with examples of treatments...
    Thread by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Sep 18, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  6. chrisb
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    BMJ Editorial 1970 - Epidemic Malaise- probably by Martin Ware

    We are all familiar with the two McEvedy and Beard papers which appeared in the January !970 BMJ. Less familiar is the third paper published...
    Thread by: chrisb, Aug 24, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  7. Sly Saint
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    An oral history of health psychology in the UK: Quinn, Chater,Morrison 2020

    Thought this might be of interest. It's long. Abstract Purpose An oral history of the development of health psychology in the United Kingdom....
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 16, 2020, 4 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  8. Sly Saint
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    Review of case definitions for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS): Eun-Jin Lim July 2020

    Abstract Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating disease with unknown causes. From the...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jul 30, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research
  9. Trish
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    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Summary of a Report of a Joint Committee of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists and GP's, 1996, Simon Wessely

    Found by @DigitalDrifter who asked me to post it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5401495/?page=1 Journal of the Royal College of...
    Thread by: Trish, Jul 4, 2020, 15 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  10. chrisb
    Thread

    Normal muscle strength and fatiguability in patients with effort syndromes, 1988, Stokes at al

    I realise that this is hardly news but thought it worth a reread as Chalder and Butler in a 1989 MEA newsletter considered it one of the two...
    Thread by: chrisb, Jul 3, 2020, 34 replies, in forum: Historical Documents
  11. Sly Saint
    Thread

    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & ME | Full Documentary | Susan Douglas

    I'm part way through watching this (about 20mins in) as it is now available in full on Youtube. I think it's the formerly titled 'What about ME?'...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Jun 27, 2020, 2 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  12. Dolphin
    Thread

    Thread by Tapanui 'Flu on Twitter about Melvin Ramsay's views on the aetiology of the illness

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1272740501968449536.html
    Thread by: Dolphin, Jun 16, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Criteria and Naming Discussions
  13. Adam pwme
    Thread

    New Video: The Lost Decades

    [MEDIA] The WHO classified ME as neurological in 1969 but 80% of doctors still believe its psychosomatic [1]. Many doctors still don't know that...
    Thread by: Adam pwme, Jun 6, 2020, 20 replies, in forum: Advocacy Projects and Campaigns
  14. Snow Leopard
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    (2014) The Machine That Tried To Scan The Brain — In 1882

    Now scientists have uncovered new details about the man you might call "the da Vinci" of modern brain science. He was a physiologist named Angelo...
    Thread by: Snow Leopard, Jun 2, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  15. InfiniteRubix
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    London Deaths and Casualties - 1632 AD

    Curiosity value... AD, because it was printed in 1632 and there was no CE then [ATTACH]
    Thread by: InfiniteRubix, Feb 17, 2020, 23 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  16. Mithriel
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    The use of the labels ME, CFS, ME/CFS

    Moderator note: This post has been copied and subsequent posts moved from this thread: Concerns about craniocervical instability surgery in...
    Thread by: Mithriel, Nov 4, 2019, 343 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Criteria and Naming Discussions
  17. Sasha
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    USA Centers for Disease Control (CDC) news (including ME/CFS Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Calls) - next call 4 Dec 2024

    This thread includes posts on general news from the CDC and ME/CFS news including stakeholder calls. Several threads have been merged. November...
    Thread by: Sasha, Oct 24, 2017, 352 replies, in forum: News from organisations
  18. Tom Kindlon
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    Old BBC documentary, "Strange Days", which takes a sceptical look at alternative medicine

    I wasn't sure where to post this. [MEDIA] [MEDIA] [MEDIA]
    Thread by: Tom Kindlon, Sep 1, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  19. Andy
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    Neurasthenia: Modern Malady or Historical Relic?, 2019, Overholser et al

    Neurasthenia was a popular diagnosis from 1869 through 1930. Despite being discarded, the core symptoms of neurasthenia can still be found...
    Thread by: Andy, Aug 30, 2019, 13 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
  20. Andy
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    From neurasthenia to post-exertion disease: Evolution of the diagnostic criteria of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, 2019, Murga

    Abstract available in Spanish and English, rest of paper in Spanish. Abstract Changes in the terminology and diagnostic criteria for chronic...
    Thread by: Andy, Jun 12, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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