Category: Hungary
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Hungarian Experts Make Goulash out of NICE Guidelines
In April, the Hungarian journal Orvosi Hetilap [Medical Weekly] published an article called “Interdisciplinary consensus statement about the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelopathy.” The goal, according to the abstract, “is to provide appropriate information for professionals working in the Hungarian health care system: physicians, psychologists, physiotherapists, and dietitians.” [The journal site itself…
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Yet Another Long Covid Study with Bogus Claims Published by a Prestige Journal
I’ve recently spent some time lambasting a Long Covid study in The BMJ that claimed a rehab program addressing both physical and mental health was “clinically effective”—even though the primary outcome results fell below the recommended level for what would be considered “minimal clinically important difference” on the measure in question. Now another high impact…