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Created in 2008, Phoenix Rising is the largest and oldest forum dedicated to furthering the understanding of, and finding treatments for, complex chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, long COVID, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS), and allied diseases.
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Blog entries by Ren
Inspired by: Antique art as a contemporary metaphor. Change the title (the "lens"), change the theme. // The use of bird imagery and symbolism within the ME/CFS community; for example: the Ba bird, the phoenix, the coal-mine canary, and more generally a bird taking (or wishing to take)...
Inspired by: Research integrity and the pursuit of scientific truth // The common use of Lewis Carroll idioms/phrases to describe the politics of ME/CFS; for example, rabbit hole and/or down the rabbit hole. // Alice's Adventures in Wonderland's White Rabbit and its contemporary use as a...
Inspired by the relationships between industry, public institutions, and psych theory and their influence on healthcare. // Da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine (public domain).
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II. Article/notice
III. Reader commentary
I. Introduction:
The following info is a slightly-smoothed Google translation from the physicians’ weekly magazine/journal, Läkartidningen (The Physicians’ Newspaper), online edition. This info is shared here for educational...
"Per Fink lagt for had..." / "Per Fink, Hated..." Part I.
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Sphere of Influence
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Introduction:
On 24 May 2014 Dagens Medicin (DM) published an opinion piece, "Per Fink manipulation" written by Dr. Stig Gerdes. Within this piece, Gerdes...