Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the CDC: A Long, Tangled Tale
…In practice, many patient and advocacy groups now combine the two terms as CFS/ME or ME/CFS, or use ME alone. Dr. Reeves was not on hand for the original investigation,…
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Trial By Error: Cochrane CFS Exercise Review “May Not Apply” to Patients Diagnosed with Newer ME/CFS Definitions, Per Lead Author
…suggesting that (i) the spectrum of CFS/ME has changed or (ii) the definition of CFS/ME has changed? As no evidence of the first was supplied, we assume it is the…
Trial By Error: The British Association for CFS/ME Switches Gears
…recommendations from experienced clinicians to guide practice when seeing adults with CFS/ME, where specialist CFS/ME CBT and GET therapists are not available/appropriate. It is informed by these approaches. ********** Why…
Trial By Error: Psych Issues Do Not Predict ME/CFS, New Chicago Study Shows
By David Tuller, DrPH For decades, investigators have argued over the causes of the illness or cluster of illnesses variously called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), ME/CFS, CFS/ME…
Trial By Error: A (Satirical) Field Guide to Conducting Biopsychosocial Research in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)
…FOR CFS/ME: FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES Ignore official nomenclature It has long been observed that patients with CFS/ME exhibit behaviour conforming to established diagnoses such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) with…
Trial By Error: Jennie Spotila’s Annual Fact-Check of NIH Spending on ME/CFS Research
…The big problem is that adding those indirect costs to Nath’s ME/CFS study artificially inflates NIH’s ME/CFS funding number by almost $2 million. Once again, the picture of ME/CFS funding at NIH…