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  1. SNT Gatchaman
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    Royal College of Anaesthetists and ME Association: leaflet on ME/CFS Implications for Anaesthesia

    From the ME Association — The ME Association and patients with ME/CFS have been working with the College to produce a patient information leaflet...
    Thread by: SNT Gatchaman, Feb 10, 2024, 9 replies, in forum: Resources
  2. Wyva
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    Differences in outcomes after total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis between pts with and without CS syndromes other than FM, 2022, Ohashi et al

    Full title: Differences in outcomes after total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis between patients with and without central sensitivity...
    Thread by: Wyva, Sep 12, 2022, 3 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research
  3. SNT Gatchaman
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    [Protocol] Trans-auricular vagus nerve stimulation to reduce perioperative pain and morbidity

    Trans-auricular vagus nerve stimulation to reduce perioperative pain and morbidity: protocol for a single-blind analyser-masked randomised...
    Thread by: SNT Gatchaman, Jun 29, 2022, 5 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  4. Jjess
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    ME Aware Surgical Teams UK?

    Are there any hospitals in the UK that are more ME aware? I am 33 and, after years, have got a good quality of life back. I work and am trying to...
    Thread by: Jjess, Dec 18, 2021, 10 replies, in forum: UK clinics and doctors
  5. cassava7
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    CNN: South Korea's dangerous ghost doctors are putting plastic surgery patients' lives at risk

    [Trigger warning: death] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/10/asia/south-korea-ghost-doctors-plastic-surgery-intl-hnk-dst/index.html This article...
    Thread by: cassava7, Apr 11, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  6. rvallee
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    Preoperative cognitive-behavioural intervention improves in-hospital mobilisation and analgesic use for lumbar spinal fusion patients, 2020

    Preoperative cognitive-behavioural intervention improves in-hospital mobilisation and analgesic use for lumbar spinal fusion patients...
    Thread by: rvallee, Jan 6, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Other psychosomatic news and research
  7. TrixieStix
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    Ian Harris: "Surgery, the Ultimate Placebo"

    "Ian Harris explains that more than half of commonly performed surgical operations may be placebos. Adequate studies using a blinded control group...
    Thread by: TrixieStix, Dec 18, 2020, 29 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  8. Jonathan Edwards
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    A request to those involved in ME research to indicate their position on spinal surgery

    I think the spreading and endorsing of pseudoscience has gone far enough. I would like to make a personal request here to the following people to...
    Thread by: Jonathan Edwards, Aug 25, 2020, 72 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research news
  9. Robert 1973
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    Surgeon suspended over treatment concerns

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51528800 “A doctor who worked at the same private healthcare firm as rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been...
    Thread by: Robert 1973, Feb 17, 2020, 0 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  10. Sly Saint
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    Ian Paterson: Surgeon wounded hundreds amid 'culture of denial' Feb 2020 (UK)

    Just been hearing about this: A culture of "avoidance and denial" allowed a breast surgeon to perform botched and unnecessary operations on...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Feb 4, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  11. InitialConditions
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    Has anyone had granulomatous appendicitis?

    When I had acute appendicitis in 2015, the results came back that it was a rare case of granulomatous appendicitis - with a prevalence of order 1%...
    Thread by: InitialConditions, Nov 7, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Gastrointestinal and Urinary
  12. Jaybee00
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    Implant improves fatigue and cognition in traumatic brain injury test case, 2019.

    FYI https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/13/health/implant-brain-injury.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage Wonder what the cost...
    Thread by: Jaybee00, Apr 15, 2019, 1 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  13. Alvin
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    A Surgeon So Bad It Was Criminal

    Christopher Duntsch’s surgical outcomes were so outlandishly poor that Texas prosecuted him for harming patients. Why did it take so long for the...
    Thread by: Alvin, Oct 3, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: Other health news and research
  14. LucyLouWho
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    Alone and Needing Back Surgery-need advice

    This Thursday, almost two weeks ago, I threw out my back, I thought. I slithered to the floor. I knew I had a herniated disc, but I didn't know...
    Thread by: LucyLouWho, Aug 22, 2018, 33 replies, in forum: Pain and Inflammation
  15. JenB
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    Treatment of ME patients in ERs and Hospitals

    Hi all! I'm working to improve the quality of information for patients with ME, fibro, EDS, POTS, mast cell activation disorder having surgery as...
    Thread by: JenB, Jul 27, 2018, 34 replies, in forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  16. Andy
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    Improvement of severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms following surgical treatment of cervical spinal stenosis, 2018, Rowe

    Abstract Background Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a potentially disabling disorder. Little is known about the...
    Thread by: Andy, Feb 2, 2018, 15 replies, in forum: ME/CFS research
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