that’s ridiculous.
structural damage in the body wont go away by thinking it away.
Diseases based on dyregulations and problematic pathways might be helped if we manage to control the ANS but the ANS is by definition not capable of being controlled by thoughts.
That’s about the extent to which there is scientific evidence backing the “mind-body” stuff.
But in the 40s mixed with american eugencisim and facist countercurrents in the US was where the american physochosomatic movement thirved, and the goal of that was explicitly to show every illness can be controlled by the mind.
You can see effects throughout. Look in the 80s and you will have a bunch of research saying cognitive behavioural therapy is effective for breast cancer. HIV was blamed on psychosomatics (or hysteria) before a cause was found, same with Lupus, Peptic Ulcer, ME/CFS.
Still these days you have minority countercultures in medicine claiming this stuff works for MS, IBD etc (with little evidence).
“psychosomatics” the branch of medicine trying to apply psychology to all diseases is a perfect example of this.
“Your bodily functions are controlled by your thoughts and therefore all you have to do to get better from physical diseases is stop thinking you are ill.” It’s a super ableist and sexist (it’s mainly applied to women) pseudoscience that unfortunately is still present in some medical corners.
His accent is literally the last thing that matters about him.
It matters more that he’s literally the richest guy in the world, a massive cunt, massively power hungry, and barely american.
I don’t know much academic censorship there is in the US but I imagine the authors being american probably has some relation to this.
Also to be completely fair to the authors, Russia and China are the two most studied in this regard (and very likely the two biggest offenders) so if you had to limit the scope of the study to two nations russia and china would be the obvious choice.
Unfortunately, this applies to 99% of people in power I know of, if they think they’ll get away with it, they’ll do it.
You don’t usually get into places of power by being thoughtful and considerate.
Yeah for sure!
Analysing lots of data.
Kind of study we call social data science.
does there need to be “long” fibro? Isn’t fibro generally recognised as chronic condition unlike COVID hence no need to add “long” before it.
Fibromyalgia, long COVID and ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) are chronic diseases that majoritarily affect women where the mechanisms are not well known yet, and they unfortunately get peanuts in research funding compared to other conditions.
Just realised this article is a copypaste from reuters.
As a disabled person you’re spot on.
It’s the kind of people saying that disabled people should just “get on with their life” and stop “making everything about their disability”.
Like yeah sure Bradley, I would do that, if I could get on with my life because c*nts like you didn’t deny every attempt at making the world accessible. Maybe if people like you didn’t complain every time a cent was spent on an accessibility fund or on medical research I would actually be able to be getting on with my life.
But no, since we’re treated like shit I have to make “everything about my disability” just for my basic survival. Because if I don’t I’ll just be left in a ditch to starve.
Because her other choice is to die of starvation.