Science

Organization against Quackery on fashionable illnesses like CFS, ME and FM

by Johan December 5, 2011

CFS, ME and FM are fashionable illnesses and it is best to ignore them, according to Cees Renckens of the Dutch organization against quackery. I don’t agree.

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Vereniging tegen Kwakzalverij over modeziekten als CVS, ME en FM

by Johan December 5, 2011

Volgens Cees Renckens van de Vereniging tegen Kwakzalverij zijn CVS, ME en FM modeziekten en kunnen die best genegeerd worden. Ik ga daar niet mee akkoord.

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The ICC for ME are finally published. What’s next?

by Johan September 29, 2011

The paper “Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria” is finally published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. But where do we go from here?

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Review: Reviving The Broken Marionette by Maija Haavisto

by Johan July 6, 2011

Review of ‘Reviving The Broken Marionette’ by Maija Haavisto, a book with over 250 medications for treating CFS/ME and Fibromyalgia.

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To Get Tested For XMRV Or Not. Oh No, Not Again!

by Johan June 9, 2011

The third article in the series “Should you get tested for XMRV or not?” with the results of my tests. As with several of my more recent articles, better late than never.

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Review: XMRV-associated CFS Reveals A Distinct Inflammatory Signature

by Johan June 3, 2011

My review of the WPI study by Lombardi et al “XMRV-associated CFS Reveals A Distinct Inflammatory Signature” published in In Vivo, May 2011. Better late than never.

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Wazzup XMRV!

by Johan January 21, 2011

The Welcome-Trusts press-release “Chronic fatigue syndrome not caused by XMRV virus, study shows” gave rise to some crappy journalism. Numerous newsmedia mindlessly regurgitated it without checking the facts, the contamination papers in Retrovirology, which were and still are freely available online.

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A Good Article By David Tuller

by Johan January 8, 2011

An excellent article by David Tuller in the New York Times on ME/CFS and XMRV. That is how I like it; a journalist who has done his homework instead of just copy/pasting a press-release.

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Judy Mikovits Has A Drawer Full Of Papers

by Johan November 14, 2010

Dr. Judy Mikovits from WPI claims she has a drawer full of scientific publications, but THEY don’t want to publish them. Who are they? The men in black or the men in white coats?

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To Get Tested For XMRV-MLV Or Not. That’s Still The Question.

by Johan September 26, 2010

Almost 7 months ago I had to make a decision: to get tested for XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) or not. As you might have read on my blog in an earlier post, I decided against it. This week I had to make a new decision, to get tested for XMRV-MLV or not. Did what happen in the past 7 months was enough to make me change my mind? The negative studies, the positive studies, the XMRV workshop, the hype, the heated debate, …

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