Laura de Vries
@lauravictorine.bsky.social
Former medical doctor | PhD | Living with moderate/severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) | Dutch 🇳🇱 | Cat mom of two | #pwME #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgicE
Laten we hopen dat die mutatie op zich laat wachten. Maar het geeft wel aan hoe kwetsbaar we eigenlijk zijn en hoe snel zoiets weer kan gebeuren.
December 9, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Laten we hopen dat die mutatie op zich laat wachten. Maar het geeft wel aan hoe kwetsbaar we eigenlijk zijn en hoe snel zoiets weer kan gebeuren.
Volgens mij heb ik de laatste weken al een paar case reports voorbij zien komen van menselijke besmetting met avian H5N1. Het zijn tot nu toe allemaal geïsoleerde cases, maar het is natuurlijk wachten op..
December 7, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Volgens mij heb ik de laatste weken al een paar case reports voorbij zien komen van menselijke besmetting met avian H5N1. Het zijn tot nu toe allemaal geïsoleerde cases, maar het is natuurlijk wachten op..
Thanks so much! That means something coming from you. And credits to @ellecarnitine.bsky.social who led the writing effort!
December 4, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Thanks so much! That means something coming from you. And credits to @ellecarnitine.bsky.social who led the writing effort!
That's excellent! Thanks so much.
December 4, 2024 at 7:03 PM
That's excellent! Thanks so much.
It is! And it's inexplicable that @bmj.com chose to publish it anyway. But if we learned anything from the #PACEtrial is that high IF journals are as unreliable as the low IF ones. To this end, we wrote a 'rapid response' with some critical points: www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Long COVID needs real therapeutics: time to move past disproven approaches
www.bmj.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:16 PM
It is! And it's inexplicable that @bmj.com chose to publish it anyway. But if we learned anything from the #PACEtrial is that high IF journals are as unreliable as the low IF ones. To this end, we wrote a 'rapid response' with some critical points: www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Completely agree. Also credits to @guusontheinternet.bsky.social who wrote this.
December 4, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Completely agree. Also credits to @guusontheinternet.bsky.social who wrote this.
Other authors are @fvrhijn.bsky.social and myself. Xandra Westerman is not on Bluesky. Also, thanks for this excellent thread.
December 4, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Other authors are @fvrhijn.bsky.social and myself. Xandra Westerman is not on Bluesky. Also, thanks for this excellent thread.
Credits to @ellecarnitine.bsky.social for doing most of the work on this one!
December 4, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Credits to @ellecarnitine.bsky.social for doing most of the work on this one!
And also a really good thread by @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/mecf...
1) There are quite a lot of problems with this review of interventions for Long Covid.
First of all, the authors did not actually do any meta-analysis (yet). The abstract does not make this very clear, but each of the reported outcomes is based on only 1 study (n_trials = 1).
First of all, the authors did not actually do any meta-analysis (yet). The abstract does not make this very clear, but each of the reported outcomes is based on only 1 study (n_trials = 1).
A systematic review of 24 randomized trials for #LongCovid
www.bmj.com/content/387/... open-access
No drug, diet, or device intervention has supportive evidence for efficacy. CBT, rehab provided some relief of symptoms (moderate certainty).
We're still in desperate need for a validated treatment!
www.bmj.com/content/387/... open-access
No drug, diet, or device intervention has supportive evidence for efficacy. CBT, rehab provided some relief of symptoms (moderate certainty).
We're still in desperate need for a validated treatment!
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 PM
And also a really good thread by @mecfsskeptic.bsky.social: bsky.app/profile/mecf...
Good piece on this topic by @bmhughes.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bmhu...
A new BMJ review claims that #LongCovid can be treated using CBT and physical exercise
As ever, the devil is in the detail
TL; DR the authors' own risk-of-bias analyses show that their own conclusion is unwarranted
(Too bad they hid the crucial deets in an online supplement!)
cc #pwME #MECFS
As ever, the devil is in the detail
TL; DR the authors' own risk-of-bias analyses show that their own conclusion is unwarranted
(Too bad they hid the crucial deets in an online supplement!)
cc #pwME #MECFS
That BMJ review of Long Covid therapies does not show what it says it does
The BMJ have published a “living systematic review” of interventions for the management of Long Covid. It sets out to gather all relevant studies, and to comb their findings in order to see what works...
thesciencebit.net
November 30, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Good piece on this topic by @bmhughes.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bmhu...
Yeah, me too. Why would they publish such a shitty piece? I know the editor of the Lancet never wanted to do anything to rectify the PACE trial piece.
November 29, 2024 at 7:14 AM
Yeah, me too. Why would they publish such a shitty piece? I know the editor of the Lancet never wanted to do anything to rectify the PACE trial piece.
Thanks so much for this!
November 28, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Thanks so much for this!