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[–] Norgur@fedia.io 46 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And next you know, someone cites them and concludes that coffee cures cancer.... Or causes it when drunk at exactly or above 41.33456 degrees Celsius or when.you drink more than 4 but less than 3 daily. Or was that chocolate? No! Red wine! It was red wine!

[–] mecfs@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Oh my god exactly.

I work on a pretty neglected Neuroimmune illness ME/CFS (hence my username) with really low recovery rates whether treated or untreated (~5%).

And the number of “clinical trials” of things like “Graded Exercise Therapy” or “CBT” or “Acupuncture” or [insert random supplement] that claims to “cure” the condition is so large. Except these trials all rely on subjective outcome measures and none are placebo controlled, oh and ofcourse the results never last in long term followup.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 15 points 6 months ago

They only need to last long enough for the results to be published /s

[–] Chetzemoka@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Hey fam, as a person with ME/CFS who works in healthcare, just wanted to say that I appreciate you.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also, I think it's downright absurd that MECFS gets ignored so much. That shit is way more common than we like to admit and it can turn a healthy person into a massive drain on everyone around them (ignoring their own suffering, of course). Like, you would think we'd be super motivated to fix this shit.

[–] mecfs@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

haha agree, suprised to find so many people knowledgeable about ME and pwME on this page, is there a Lemmy server for it?

[–] Liz@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

Nah we're just all stuck on the internet, on account of the MECFS :P

[–] Liz@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

Everyone who put on the PACE trial should be exercised to death.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Turns out alcohol has zero benefits and it was legumes all along.

Eat yo damn beans people.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago

I need some source for this cause I know people were just making an excuse to drink when they say this.

Also what's academic research. Do I gotta go back to college for it? It sounds interesting.

[–] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

You can use grapevine leaves for wraps or rolls. 🥬🫘