The BMJ review on Long Covid interventions
Earlier this week, a new systematic review of interventions for Long Covid was published in
All blog posts in the category ‘Critique’ can be found here. We frequently post critical reviews of scientific research and guidelines on the topic of ME/CFS.
Category: Critique
FITNET-NHS: a summary
This week, the results of FITNET-NHS, the biggest randomized trial of children and adolescents with
hEDS and hypermobility spectrum disorder
Epidemiological studies show no clear relationship between hypermobility and widespread pain. This questions the validity
Catastrophizing, time to ditch the term?
Catastrophizing, a cognitive distortion that amplifies the perceived threat of symptoms, has been at the
Boom and bust, another ME/CFS myth?
People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are often said to have an erratic activity
What does deconditioning look like?
Deconditioning has long been one of the most popular theories in explaining the illness myalgic
The problems with POTS
The diagnostic criteria for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) have been questioned by several research
The new consensus
Over the past 5 years, several reviews of clinical interventions for ME/CFS were published by
A rebuttal of Flottorp et al. “New NICE guideline on chronic fatigue syndrome: more ideology than science?”
Flottorp and colleagues have published a commentary in the Lancet in which they criticize the
InTime: the results of Cortene’s CT38 trial
Cortene Inc., an American pharmaceutical company, recently published findings of a preliminary treatment trial in