Researchers need to increase study sizes and apply strict diagnostic criteria Polish researchers report that the difficulties with diagnosing ME/CFS and ensuring all research participants have the same condition,…
Mistaken identity: many diagnoses are frequently misattributed to Lyme Disease, by Takaaki Kobayashi, Yvonne Higgins, Michael T Melia, Paul G Auwaerter in The American Journal of Medicine Nov 2021 [doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.10.040]…
Are surgeons missing the major differential diagnosis that is more common than multiple sclerosis and HIV combined?, by Nina Muirhead in Royal College of Surgeons blog, 21 Feb 2019 …
OUP blog post, by Leonard A. Jason, August 20th 2017: Scientific progress stumbles without a valid case definition Current estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of…
The Times article, by Mike Pattenden, 16 August 2016: How a teen diagnosed her own rare illness Should you google your symptoms? This 13-year-old did, and it helped to save…