Blog entries by alex3619
Please sir, I want some more. Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist.
I was asked why many leads in ME research have not been followed up. This is...
" Give them enough rope and they will hang themselves."
Following from Sykes...
I just made this reply to the Shorter article, which now appears to be either members only or deleted...
What do we do to change political and medical policy on ME?
The people who need to be convinced are the experts, the authorities, the...
The suggestive nature of the evidence is very weak, yet its played as if it were strong. It is likely that most MUS (medically unexplained...
Recovery [bluk] from chronic fatigue syndrome after treatments given in the PACE trial
P. D. White, K. Goldsmith, A. L. Johnson, T. Chalder and...
Part B: Churnalism and Dogmatic Verificationism
Churnalism
When a study is reported the science journalists get to report on it and then...
If Not Conspiracy Then What? Part Two
Part A: Zombie Science Rides Again, or Pale Riders on Pale Horses
Have you ever wondered when the...
This is not one of my planned blogs, just something I thought I should report. I have been interested in eicosanoid impact on CFS and ME since...
Go To Part Two
Commentary: What can we take from Skewed?
Skewed lists numerous failures in the scientific, medical and political processes...
Go To Part One
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
Walker discusses the origins of the definitions of CFS, and briefly mentions that two ME experts...
A Review of Skewed by Martin J Walker, 2003.
Greenwashing Part One: General Argument
A lot of people have wondered how the psychogenic...
There have been very few options we have had as advocates for ME and CFS that have worked. We lack numbers, and we are often too sick to be...
(An exercise in Satire - easier to read if you say it out loud.)
Cwonic fateeg patients are cwazy coz deyz don't have nuffin wrong with them...
And the Cycle Continues
At some point in the middle to late twentieth century (possibly 1982) it was discovered that vitamin B12 injections...
What can we learn from the history of peptic ulcers?
"The merry-go-round goes 'round and 'round,
The children laughed and laughed and laughed...
I am a duo of drugs with supreme potency. The two drugs are modified versions of drugs used for other disorders, but for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome...
Directions for Discussion
Fighting with each other over definitions wastes our limited resources. I propose some alternative strategies, but I am...