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" CME Information Target Audience and Goal Statement This activity is intended for primary care physicians, pediatricians and other clinicians who manage patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The goal of this activity is to assess physician knowledge of...

full article here https://www.labmedica.com/lab-technology/articles/294780480/fast-and-inexpensive-device-captures-and-identifies-viruses.html research paper: A rapid and label-free platform for virus capture and identification from clinical samples...

https://newatlas.com/blood-test-chronic-pain/54507/

I was recently sent a free book from NIHR as a 'thank you' for the past work I had done for them as a patient rep. The book is entitled, 'Testing Treatments - Better Research for Better Healthcare' and is authored by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton, Iain Chalmers and Paul Glazziou. I haven't had...

Hi to everyone! I'd like to buy the doctor's data stool kit with parasitology x3 from regenerus lab but since i don't live in UK(i'm from North Italy) i don't know wether that company is trustworthy or not.Have you ever had any experience with them?Is it popular in UK? Also i know that the...

This company appears to be selling a test which it describes as Chronic Fatigue Tests Tired All The Time Chronic Fatigue Test Kits Regular price £15.99 the problem is the link to the test comes after they explain that far from making it clear that ME/CFS is not the same as chronic...

Found this to be an interesting story. A Scottish women named Joy Milne says she can smell Parkinson's. She is a former nurse and her husband developed the illness. Milne says she noticed the smell of Parkinson's ten years before her husband was diagnosed with the illness. After going to a...

This is the existing advice to doctors for tests for the diagnosis of ME/CFS from a New Zealand health board: 1. Laboratory tests should be limited and dependent on the history and examination.1 Only repeat bloods if there is a good clinical indication. Consider these blood tests ·...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/12/researchers-call-for-new-uti-urinary-tract-infections-testing-method Tests negative, no treatment offered... Must be down to those medically unexplained symptoms? ;)

I know that there are at least a few who've said not to run blood tests or anything that might show objective dysfunction because that will strengthen false illness beliefs. Anyone have that on hand? Much thanks in advance, Jaime

"Genetics is a probabilistic science, and there are no genes “for” anything in particular. I have severe reservations about the utility of genetic tests that indicate one individual’s propensity for certain conditions outside of a clinical setting; if you don’t have a PhD in genetics, these...

September 18, 2018 article in the Globe and Mail about how the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was developed. Interesting, as the developers started this at their kitchen table - an informal start, having no degrees in psychology or psychiatry. According to the author, professor Merve Emre...

Since my daughter experienced side effects from drugs that " have no side effects" ( vit D) , and also glucocorticoids with doctors not really interested in digging deeper, i am interested in how genes and environment may affect responses. We have not done 23and me ( mainly because i don't...

Hi Has anyone had homocysteine levels tested & subsequently treated and found any benefit? I was looking at this test for ease of use in the U.K. where we have to sort everything ourselves. https://www.yorktest.com/products/homocysteine-test/ I’m not expecting massive help from it but if no...

A new test to detect Lyme infections is available. It was validated in a study here. (The test can be bought online here or here and probably from other providers as well). The quoted part of the study below is particularly interesting for people who have been sick for a long time. Looking...