Trial By Error: My Letter to the Science Media Centre about BMJ Study
By David Tuller, DrPH I have sent the following e-mail to Edward Sykes, the head of mental health and neuroscience at the Science Media Centre. The e-mail concerns the Lightning…
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Trial By Error: Questions About the Prevalence of Functional Neurological Disorder and the Research on Hoover’s Sign for Functional Leg Weakness
…a very different understanding of neurological disease. The idea is that there is a neurological loop for the hip flexors. If there is neurological disease on one side, that loop should be interrupted. That…
A case of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
…disease. What does this mean? CJD is one of several neurological diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). These diseases are characterized by progressive mental and physical degeneration, and by…
Raltegravir inhibits murine leukemia virus: implications for chronic fatigue syndrome?
…into the murine genome. When mice with autoimmune disease were treated with raltegravir, they succumbed to autoimmune disease a month earlier than untreated animals. Mice without the disease were not…
When Viruses Collide with Parasitic Worms
…is involved in enhanced WNV disease, wild type mice were administered succinate and were then infected with WNV. All these mice developed enhanced disease, even in the absence of Hpb…
Is Vilyuisk encephalitis a viral disease?
…The available clinical and epidemiological evidence suggests that the disease is caused by a pathogen, but proving this has been difficult. The disease is called Vilyuisk encephalitis (VE) due to…