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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

Cat Links Critique, NICE

A rebuttal of Flottorp et al. “New NICE guideline on chronic fatigue syndrome: more ideology than science?”

Posted on February 13, 2022February 13, 2022 ME/CFS skeptic

Flottorp and colleagues have published a commentary in the Lancet in which they criticize the

Continue readingA rebuttal of Flottorp et al. “New NICE guideline on chronic fatigue syndrome: more ideology than science?”

Cat Links Clinical trials, Critique

InTime: the results of Cortene’s CT38 trial

Posted on September 12, 2021September 12, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

Cortene Inc., an American pharmaceutical company, recently published findings of a preliminary treatment trial in

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Cat Links CDC, Critique

Comments on the CDC evidence review on ME/CFS

Posted on June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

In a previous blog post, we summarized the draft report of a systematic review on

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Cat Links Critique

What long-term follow-up data tell us about the evidence on GET and CBT

Posted on May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

After years of waiting, the long-term follow-up results of the GETSET study have finally been

Continue readingWhat long-term follow-up data tell us about the evidence on GET and CBT

Cat Links Blinding, Cochrane review, Critique

The NICE guideline committee and GRADE methodology

Posted on March 1, 2021May 20, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

On 16 February, a group of researchers published a rapid response in the BMJ in

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Cat Links Critique, NICE

Criticism of the 2020 NICE guideline draft: some things that could be improved

Posted on November 15, 2020May 22, 2021 ME/CFS skeptic

On 10 November 2020, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released the

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Cat Links Cochrane review, Critique

My comments to the Cochrane review on exercise therapy for CFS

Posted on May 23, 2020September 1, 2022 ME/CFS skeptic

Problems with the amended version (Version published: 02 October 2019) part I. I appreciate the

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Cat Links Blinding, Cochrane review, Critique

Why the Cochrane review on exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome is still misleading

Posted on October 20, 2019September 1, 2022 ME/CFS skeptic

On Wednesday, October 2, Cochrane published a long-awaited amendment to its review of exercise therapy

Continue readingWhy the Cochrane review on exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome is still misleading

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