Hope123
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If you have concerns about the study and are able to make an argument scientifically, send in a letter to the editor. Note that you do not have to be a scientist or physician to write a letter; the main thing is the points you make be pertinent.
What's the worse that can happen? Your letter does not get published.
What's the best? Your letter can influence how scientists view the illness and you get your name in Pubmed, which then allows you to comment freely on Pubmed in the future on other articles via Pubmed Commons.
Read the Intro on how to send a letter and the journal's requirements:
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/brain-behavior-and-immunity/0889-1591/guide-for-authors#1001
"Letters to the editor should be of high scientific quality, contain less than 500 words, and cite no more than 5 scientific references. If the letter is directed to a paper published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, the author of that paper will be provided an opportunity to respond. Both the letter to the editor and the author's response will be published simultaneously."
What's the worse that can happen? Your letter does not get published.
What's the best? Your letter can influence how scientists view the illness and you get your name in Pubmed, which then allows you to comment freely on Pubmed in the future on other articles via Pubmed Commons.
Read the Intro on how to send a letter and the journal's requirements:
http://www.elsevier.com/journals/brain-behavior-and-immunity/0889-1591/guide-for-authors#1001
"Letters to the editor should be of high scientific quality, contain less than 500 words, and cite no more than 5 scientific references. If the letter is directed to a paper published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, the author of that paper will be provided an opportunity to respond. Both the letter to the editor and the author's response will be published simultaneously."