Re:Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
by sagebird on Sunday May 05, 2019 @12:32PM
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I would like to see controls that make an attempt to differentiate psychogenic causes. IE if you paid 20 people who do not claim to have chronic fatigue syndrome but have depression to fake having chronic fatigue syndrome for two months- eg watch tv on a couch, then they were tested, I wonder if they would not have the biomarkers. Likewise, I would like to see how people who claim to have fibromyalgia would do on this test. I don’t think a biomarker adds much to the debate on the legitimacy, unless experiment and controls are carefully designed. How would people react if there were a biomarker for people who have reported a UFO sighting? Would we finally declare their ufo sighting reports to be accurate?
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Re:Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
by rmtech on Sunday May 19, 2019 @09:35AM
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yeah, I think this should be repeated several times & with some better controls such as people who are bedridden for a different reason.
Re:Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
by GordonS on Sunday May 05, 2019 @02:57PM
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> fake having chronic fatigue syndrome for two months- eg watch tv on a couch
If that's what you think CFS is like, you should do some reading before posting something so obviously insulting.
Re:Biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome identified
by stordoff on Sunday May 05, 2019 @05:44PM
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> have depression to fake having chronic fatigue syndrome for two months- eg watch tv on a couch
If you think this is what CFS is, you clearly have no idea. Have you even fallen asleep while eating a meal, despite having a good night's sleep the night before? Have you even slept for 18 hours because you have had the audacity to go to collage for three hours? Someone I know does on a routine basis.
> Would we finally declare their ufo sighting reports to be accurate?
No, but we might ask if there is some underlying connection that causes them to perceive UFOs (also, comparing probably illusionary UFO sightings to obvious, observable [regardless of cause] symptoms is rather insulting).