That’s fair, a lot of this are recent findings. Which is why I think it’s interesting to EA, since there isn’t much mainstream understanding and funding yet.
I would say if you’re going to spend an hour researching, I’d look at the 2015 Institute of Medicine report, which contains most of the current state of the art (http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2015/ME-CFS.aspx). Which is very little. But they do cite quite a few studies on physical manifestations of the disease, in an attempt to establish diagnostic criteria (e.g. physical differences during exercise stress tests).
There obviously are some more findings since then, but since funding is so low there isn’t that much progress since 2015. ;)
Also, what’s great about EA is that we’re not just individuals with an hour here and there to spare. We have entire organisations dedicated to researching causes and interventions. They could take a couple of controversial diseases like this (I only had time to look into this one) and properly research what’s going on, and how much funding in the right places would help.
They might find that none of this is useful to spend money on. Or they might find some gems. I think it’s worth finding out!
That’s fair, a lot of this are recent findings. Which is why I think it’s interesting to EA, since there isn’t much mainstream understanding and funding yet.
I would say if you’re going to spend an hour researching, I’d look at the 2015 Institute of Medicine report, which contains most of the current state of the art (http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2015/ME-CFS.aspx). Which is very little. But they do cite quite a few studies on physical manifestations of the disease, in an attempt to establish diagnostic criteria (e.g. physical differences during exercise stress tests).
There obviously are some more findings since then, but since funding is so low there isn’t that much progress since 2015. ;)
Also, what’s great about EA is that we’re not just individuals with an hour here and there to spare. We have entire organisations dedicated to researching causes and interventions. They could take a couple of controversial diseases like this (I only had time to look into this one) and properly research what’s going on, and how much funding in the right places would help.
They might find that none of this is useful to spend money on. Or they might find some gems. I think it’s worth finding out!