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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/05/meditation-does-not-make-better-person-study-finds/ Yet more evidence of methodological flaws & bias in psych research? what?! never! :whistle::rolleyes:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-01023-3 Can't remember if it was PACE or some other part of BPS research GDS supported, so I guess he's being ironic when he says "If a study is skewed and replications recapitulate that approach, findings will be consistently incorrect or biased.".

Not directly about ME but discuss problems we commonly face, in regard to reporting on research results. http://andrewgelman.com/2018/01/07/however-noble-goal-research-findings-reported-accurately-distortion-results-often-occurs-not-data-presented-abstract-discussion-secondary-literature-p/

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-08966-z

Interesting article in The Guardian today. https://www.theguardian.com/science/occams-corner/2018/jan/04/science-fraud-research-misconduct Reading the comments somebody asked for examples of bad science... Anyone up to writing a bit on PACE? I'm too brain dead today and have stomach ache so...

Positive and negative affect mediate the bidirectional relationship between emotional processing and symptom severity and impact in irritable bowel syndrome " Abstract Introduction Individuals with IBS report higher levels of psychological distress compared to healthy controls. Distress has...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nobel-scientists-researcher-finds-humiliating-error-b58ltxwwp

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/magazine/a-failure-to-heal.html?smid=pl-share

The PACE trial is a very large (n=640) and well conducted (1 year follow-up rate of 95%) multicentre randomised study, funded by the Medical Research Council, Department of Health and Department of Work and Pensions, and ironically also the Scottish Chief Scientist’s office, and one of whose...

From their home page - https://www.melbournebioanalytics.org/ From their Projects page - https://www.melbournebioanalytics.org/projects/ To read more on each project click through to the project page, https://www.melbournebioanalytics.org/projects/, and then click on the appropriate option.

Multidimensional studies Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome at the National Institutes of Health Lead researcher: Avindra Nath National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Study Start Date: January 21, 2016 Estimated Study Completion Date: September 15, 2020...

20/08/2017 "The Medical Research Council invites proposals under its cross-board highlight notice in the area of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. Proposals should address the mechanisms underlying chronic changes related to CFS and ME in one or more of the theme areas...

Edit: As of 13 December, a recording and transcript are available here. Full info here: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqb52r I'm a bit baffled about what number you should phone from the UK if you're not in one of those five big cities...

...in the light of... you know... Here's @Simon M's - let's pile those reasons on...

What are your views on research progress in 2017? Increased NIH funding, 3 Collaborative Centres established. OMF finds something in the blood is stressing cells but we don't know what it is. Mark Davis looking at possibility of autoimmunity. Naviaux, suramin....not too exciting as suramin years...

I can be bad at finding stuff, but I was just looking through the HRA website and found reference to a few old CFS studies that I've not see published results for. I'm posting them here, along with a few others that were interesting to me, in case it would be of interest to anyone else... or...

http://go.solvecfs.org/webmail/192652/47628203/a0e396f30e624026a094c53cd974b2c0431bbec3aee7ebdea9f777a6ba844cd6 Congratulations to the research groups getting grants for further studies! Announcing the 2017 SMCI Ramsay Award Program Results October 31, 2017 The Solve ME/CFS Initiative is...

J.S ME/CFS research summary: http://www.meaction.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ME2FCFS-RESEARCH-SUMMARY-Jamie-Seltzer.pdf Summary of recent significant findings in M.E./cfs research – updated May 2017 GOP (Paul Watton) https://app.box.com/s/9s4coexxtys5bnz33i6gvqqygu67ex5o @Woolie @Cheshire