Is current guidance for the management of CFS/ME in England fit for purpose?

" This multi-centre study in the NHS has shown that CFS/ME  [chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis]  is a long term condi...

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Yet more bumetanide and autism findings

Bumetanide , a loop diuretic medicine typically used to treat heart failure, is probably not something that most people would associate with...

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Herbal medicines 'for' ADHD systematically reviewed

The paper by Dennis Anheyer and colleagues [1] ( open-access available here ) is offered up for your reading consumption today, and the res...

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Neuropsychiatric disorder onset "temporally related to prior vaccinations"?

" Given the modest magnitude of these findings in contrast to the clear public health benefits of the timely administration of vaccine...

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Cochrane does methylphenidate for ADHD

' Cochrane does ' in the title of this post refers to the Cochrane Library  and the sterling work that is done by the Cochrane Revie...

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Stem cell transplantation and autism: early days

My attention was recently caught by the publication of  the study by Yong-Tao Lv and colleagues * (open-access) reporting results based on t...

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