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  1. Andy
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    GPs ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, says UK oncology expert

    "GPs are ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, with too many referred for psychological therapy instead of screening, a leading oncology...
    Thread by: Andy, Sep 9, 2023, 7 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  2. Andy
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    Functional Neurological Disorder Overlapping Paroxysmal Kinesigenic Dyskinesia Confirmed by Genetic Diagnosis 2023 Ohira et al

    Functional neurological disorder (FND) may mimic various kinds of neurologic diseases and may coexist with other neurologic disorders. In cases...
    Thread by: Andy, Sep 1, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  3. Sly Saint
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    UK Times and Independent on ME misdiagnosed as Lyme disease, August 2023

    Independent: Clinics ‘cash in’ by wrongly diagnosing disease Justin Bieber suffers from (Lyme) Private clinics are “taking advantage” of...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 29, 2023, 42 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  4. cassava7
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    Concerns about composite reference standards in diagnostic research, Dendukuri et al, 2018

    Composite reference standards are used to evaluate the accuracy of a new test in the absence of a perfect reference test. A composite reference...
    Thread by: cassava7, Jun 27, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: Research methodology news and research
  5. Art Vandelay
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    Teenager with months to live told terminal cancer might be ‘stress’

    Psychosomatic nonsense strikes again: Teenager with months to live told terminal cancer might be ‘stress’ A British girl with just months to...
    Thread by: Art Vandelay, Jun 2, 2023, 6 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  6. Andy
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    Cushing’s Disease Presenting with Functional Neurological (Conversion) Disorder 2023 Ashrafzadeh et al

    While psychiatric manifestations are common in patients with Cushing’s syndrome (CS), to our knowledge, there are no reported cases of CS...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 21, 2023, 10 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  7. Sly Saint
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    Impact of Misdiagnosis in Case-Control Studies of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 2023 Malato et al

    Abstract: Misdiagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) can occur when different case definitions are used by...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 1, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research
  8. CRG
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    List of rare and uncommon diseases: differential and mis – diagnosis in ME/CFS

    There is/are no substantive data on the frequency at which ME/CFS is a misdiagnosis – that is where a patient with a serious illness is...
    Thread by: CRG, Jan 29, 2023, 14 replies, in forum: Other specific illnesses
  9. Sly Saint
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    Podcast BBC OU: The misdiagnosis that sent me to psychiatric hospital

    transcript: Academic consultants for The Open University: Dr Jitka Vseteckova, Senior Lecturer, School of Health, Wellbeing & Social Care and Dr...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 27, 2022, 16 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  10. Dx Revision Watch
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    BJGP LONG READ ‘Delicate diagnosis’: avoiding harms in difficult, disputed, and desired diagnoses, BJGP Life, 7 October 2022

    https://bjgplife.com/delicate-diagnosis-avoiding-harms-in-difficult-disputed-and-desired-diagnoses/ BJGP LONG READ ‘Delicate diagnosis’: avoiding...
    Thread by: Dx Revision Watch, Oct 7, 2022, 7 replies, in forum: General clinical care
  11. Andy
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    Anaesthesia and the development of functional neurological disorder: A systematic review and case series, 2022, Huepe-Artigasa et al

    Abstract Objective There are reports of functional neurological disorder (FND) developing after anaesthesia, though separating any aetiological...
    Thread by: Andy, Aug 7, 2022, 12 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  12. ola_cohn
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    Mistaken Identity: Many Diagnoses are Frequently Misattributed to Lyme Disease, 2021, Kobayashi et al

    Abstract Background: Prior studies have demonstrated that Lyme disease is frequently over-diagnosed. However, few studies describe which...
    Thread by: ola_cohn, Dec 4, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: 'Conditions related to ME/CFS' news and research
  13. rvallee
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    Quarter of Parkinson's sufferers were wrongly diagnosed, says charity

    Poll of more than 2,000 people found 26% of respondents were told they had something else More than a quarter of people with Parkinson’s disease...
    Thread by: rvallee, Jan 12, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  14. Kalliope
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    New Scientist: Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome

    Chronic Lyme disease may be a misdiagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome CFS, also sometimes known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, is itself a...
    Thread by: Kalliope, Oct 9, 2019, 87 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  15. Sly Saint
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    Scottish mother’s cancer misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome - The Scotsman Mar 2019

    A terminally ill mother-of-two has criticised her GP practice after being told she had Irritable Bowel Syndrome which turned out to be stage 4...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Mar 26, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Gastrointestinal and Urinary
  16. Alvin
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    The Patient’s Wife Thought Her Husband Was Being Treated for the Wrong Disease. She Was Right.

    “I guess it’s my time,” the 50-year-old man said quietly as his wife drove him home from his doctor’s office in southwest Houston. “No,” his wife...
    Thread by: Alvin, Feb 4, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  17. Yessica
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    BMJ - Citizens’ juries can bring public voices on overdiagnosis into policy making

    Hi, Mods. Please feel free to move to a better place, wasn't sure where to post this. Thank you. [MEDIA]...
    Thread by: Yessica, Feb 4, 2019, 6 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  18. Andy
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    Blog: "Falling Down The Rabbit Hole"

    Thought I'd seen this posted on a different thread but I can't find it, so creating a new thread for it. I fell down the rabbit hole, like Alice,...
    Thread by: Andy, Dec 4, 2018, 0 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
  19. Kalliope
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    Medscape: Ignoring Patient Input Tied to Diagnostic Error

    Medscape: Ignoring Patient Input Tied to Diagnostic Error Patients' views are not often included in records of diagnostic errors, but new data...
    Thread by: Kalliope, Nov 7, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  20. DokaGirl
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    Public Health/Cost of ME misdiagnosed as psychosomatic and other diseases

    Historically, we have seen several diseases maligned as psychosomatic, with devastating costs to individuals: MS, Parkinson's, epilepsy, TB,...
    Thread by: DokaGirl, Oct 4, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: General ME/CFS news
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