Quote by Pamela Weintraub Download Open image ““From 10 to 20 percent were functionally impaired as measured by the self-test SF-36.”” — Pamela Weintraub ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“ME/CFS has a greater negative impact on functional status and well-being than other chronic diseases, e.g., cancer or lung diseases[8], and is associated with a drastic decrement in physical functioning[9]. In a comparison study[10] ME/CFS patients scored significantly lower than patients with hypertension, congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, and multiple sclerosis (MS), on all of the eight Short Form… — Frank Twisk Copy Share
“IMPAIRMENT: Lacking part or all of…or having a defective limb, organism or mechanism of the body DISABILITY: The disadvantage or restriction of activity caused… — Mike Oliver Copy Share Image
80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not. — Richard Koch Copy Share Image
“Statistics say that a range of mental disorders affects more than one in four Americans in any given year. That means millions of Americans are totally batshit. but having perused the various tests available that they use to determine whether you're manic depressive. OCD, schizo-affective, schizophrenic, or whatever, I'm surprised the number is that low. So I have gone through… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share
I think there is something about being described and having your abilities described as something definable. I was diagnosed at about six, when a… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
I felt permanently exiled from 'normality.' Whether imposed by self or society, this outsider status - and not the disability itself - constitutes the most daunting barrier for most people with physical impairments, because it, even more than flights of steps or elevators without braille, prevents them from participating fully in the ordinary world, where most of life's satisfactions dwell. — Nancy Mairs Copy Share
“Characteristics of CFS/ME include persistent mental and physical fatigue accompanied by a range of neurological, autonomic, neuroendocrine, immune and sleep difficulties (Carruthers et al.,… — Megan A. Arroll Copy Share Image
“One study had four doctors interpret fifty different tracings (the printouts generated by the monitor). The four concurred only 22 percent of the time.” — Armin A. Brott Copy Share Image
“Aucott’s meticulous blood work also confirms—once and for all—the long-standing, but oft-disputed, contention that early antibiotic treatment suppresses the immune response, making serology like… — Pamela Weintraub Copy Share Image
“More doctors are being forced to close their practices or not to take insurance due to fear of persecution,” says Caryn Jaffe of Columbia,… — Pamela Weintraub Copy Share Image
“At six months, 36 percent of patients reported new-onset fatigue, 20 percent reported widespread pain, and 45 percent reported neurocognitive difficulties.” — Pamela Weintraub Copy Share Image
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