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Global NewsCochrane RCMP seize weapons and stolen vehicle, lay more than 60 charges Three people, including a youth, face a total of 66 charges after being arrested when Cochrane RCMP responded to a call on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/lawenforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lawenforcement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weapons</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Cochrane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cochrane</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/StoneyNakodaFirstNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StoneyNakodaFirstNation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11161516/stoney-nakoda-rcmp-weapons-stolen-truck/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/news/11161516/stoney-nakoda-rcmp-weapons-stolen-truck/</a>

Canadian Club of CalgaryCome see Gary Mar on April 16th at 11:30am at The Ranchmen’s Club in Calgary Alberta. They are located on 710 13th Ave SW. You can purchase your tickets here: <a href="https://www.canadianclubcalgary.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.canadianclubcalgary.ca</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yyc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yyc</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23calgary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calgary</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23alberta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alberta</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23banff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#banff</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23canmore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canmore</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23airdrie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airdrie</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cochrane" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cochrane</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23chestermere" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chestermere</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23springbank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#springbank</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23yycnow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yycnow</a>

Global NewsConfession by Alberta woman shared at fatal Cochrane impaired driving trial An Alberta woman maintains her innocence despite an apparent confession to RCMP, recorded months after the vehicle she was in struck and killed a motorcyclist west of Calgary. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/accident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accident</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alberta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Cochrane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cochrane</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Calgary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calgary</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11101888/deirdre-snow-trial-confession/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/news/11101888/deirdre-snow-trial-confession/</a>

Global NewsSerious crash closes Highway 1A near Cochrane A serious two-vehicle crash on Highway 1A, just east of Cochrane early Wednesday morning, has forced the RCMP to close the road. <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/accident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accident</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#traffic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/road" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#road</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Highway1A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highway1A</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Cochrane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cochrane</a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/cochranecrash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cochranecrash</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11088510/serious-crash-closes-highway-1a-near-cochrane/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://globalnews.ca/news/11088510/serious-crash-closes-highway-1a-near-cochrane/</a>

David TullerA Letter to Cochrane’s Editor-in-ChiefBy David Tuller, DrPHThis morning, I e-mailed the following letter to Dr Karla Soares-Weiser, Cochrane’s editor-in-chief, about the decision to abandon a planned update of a review of exercise therapy for ME/CFS. (I cc’d Toby Lasserson, Cochrane’s deputy editor-in-chief.) That decision was made public in an abrupt announcement dumped on the patient community right before the Christmas holidays. Cochrane appears to be oblivious to how its actions have harmed not only patients but its own reputation. The subject line of the e-mail: “Request for withdrawal of review of exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome”**********Dear Dr Soares-Weiser—In 2019, Cochrane published amendments to a previously conducted systematic review that recommended exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. [1] Given that post-exertional malaise (PEM) is a core symptom of what is now generally called myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), recommendations to increase exercise can lead to serious relapses. [2]When these amendments were published, you acknowledged some of the review’s shortcomings, noting in a statement that it was “based on a research question and a set of methods from 2002, and reflects evidence from studies that applied definitions of ME/CFS from the 1990s.” [3] The earlier ME/CFS definitions used in those trials did not require the presence of PEM, raising uncertainty about whether the study samples truly represent the patient population. To address these issues, Cochrane proposed a comprehensive process to produce an updated review.In December, five years into this process, Cochrane blindsided the ME/CFS community with an abrupt announcement that it was abandoning the update project, citing “insufficient new research.” [4] The same month, Cochrane republished the old, amended version with a 2024 date, creating the false impression that the review itself had, in fact, been updated. [5]The argument about “insufficient new research” cannot be taken at face value. The promise to update the amended review had nothing to do with the presence or absence of new research. Cochrane committed to the update project because the organization’s leadership understood that the published review was inadequate for multiple reasons, among them that it contained limited information about potential harms. Despite having articulated such concerns in the past, Cochrane has now reaffirmed its support for this flawed document while revising nothing but the date of publication.The amended exercise therapy review continues to pose a risk to people with ME/CFS, including those with Long COVID who meet diagnostic criteria. [6] It should be withdrawn. Failing that, the review should be prominently tagged with an editorial note making clear that it is out-of-date and should not be used for clinical decision-making.Sincerely,Nicola Baker Physios for ME School of Allied Health Professions and Nursing University of Liverpool Liverpool, England, UKLucinda Bateman Bateman Horne Center Salt Lake City, Utah, USJonas Bergquist ME/CFS Collaborative Research Centre Biomedical Centre Uppsala University Uppsala, SwedenHector Bonilla Post COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) Clinic Division of Infectious Diseases Stanford Medicine Stanford, California, U.S.Robin Callender Smith Centre for Commercial Law Studies Queen Mary University of London London, England, UKMario R. Capecchi Department of Human Genetics University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.Joan Crawford Chronic Pain Management Service St Helens Hospital St Helens, England, U.K.Jennifer Curtin Real Time Health Monitoring San Francisco, California, U.S.Janet L. Dafoe Child Psychologist (private practice) Palo Alto, California, U.S.David Davies-Payne Department of Radiology Starship Children’s Hospital Auckland, New ZealandRonald Davis Departments of Biochemistry and Genetics Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California, U,S.Rae Duncan Department of Cardiology Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Newcastle upon Tyne, England, U.K.Jonathan Edwards Division of Medicine (emeritus) University College London London, England, U.K.Valerie Eliot Smith Centre for Commercial Law Studies Queen Mary University of London London, England, U.K.Andrew Ewing Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, SwedenMark Faghy Biomedical and Clinical Exercise Science Research Theme University of Derby Derby, England, U.K.Keith Geraghty Centre for Primary Care and Health Services Research University of Manchester Manchester, England, U.K.Paul Guyre Department of Microbiology and Immunology Geisel School of Medicine Dartmouth Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S/Mady Hornig CORe Community, Inc. New York, NY, U.S.Brian Hughes Department of Psychology University of Galway Galway, IrelandLeonard Jason Center for Community Research DePaul University Chicago, Illinois, U.S.   David Joffe Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaBinita Kane Biomedical and Clinical Exercise Science Research Theme University of Derby Derby, England, U.K.David Kaufman Center for Complex Diseases Seattle, Washington, U.S.Douglas Kell Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology University of Liverpool Liverpool, England, U.K.Asad Khan Consultant in Respiratory & General Medicine (medically retired) Manchester, England, U.K.Steven Lubet Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Northwestern University Chicago, Illinois, U.S.Ben Marsh Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability (medically retired) Exeter, England, U.K.Robert Naviaux Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology UC San Diego School of Medicine San Diego, California, U.S.Chris Ponting Institute of Genetics and Cancer University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.Etheresia Pretorius Department of Physiological Sciences Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Systems Biology University of Liverpool Liverpool, England, U.K.David Putrino Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York, New York, U.S.Peter Rowe John Hopkins Children’s Center Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.Spela Salamon Long Covid Expert Advisory Group World Health Network Leoben, Austria   Charles Shepherd ME Association Buckingham, England, U.K.Kristian Sommerfelt Department of Clinical Science (emeritus) University of Bergen Bergen, NorwayNigel Speight Consultant Paediatrician (semi-retired) Durham, England, UKMichael Stingl Neurology Department Votivpark Specialist Medical Center Vienna, AustriaJohn Swartzberg Division of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology (emeritus) School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, U.S.Susan Taylor-Brown Department of Pediatrics University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, New York, USAKarl Johan Tronstad Department of Biomedicine University of Bergen Bergen, NorwayMark Vink, MD Family and Insurance Physician Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWilliam Weir Consultant in Infectious Diseases (private practice) London, England, UKRob Wust Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWenzhong Xiao Ronald G. Tompkins ME/CFS Collaboration Harvard Medical School Affiliates Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.David Tuller (corresponding author) Center for Global Public Health University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California, U.S.**********References1. Larun L, Brurberg KG, Odgaard-Jensen J, Price JR. Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2019, Issue 10. Art. No.: CD003200. Accessed February 18, 2025, at: <a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub8/full" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub8/full</a>2. Myalgic encephalomyelitis (or encephalopathy)/chronic fatigue syndrome: diagnosis and management. London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2021 Oct 29. Accessed February 18, 2025, at: <a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng206/resources" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng206/resources</a>3. Cochrane. Publication of Cochrane Review: ‘Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.’ Cochrane website. October 3, 2019. Accessed on February 18, 2025, at: <a href="https://www.cochrane.org/news/cfs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cochrane.org/news/cfs</a>4. Cochrane. Update on ‘Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.’ Cochrane website. December 16, 2024. Accessed on February 18, 2025, at:  <a href="https://www.cochrane.org/news/update-exercise-therapy-chronic-fatigue-syndrome" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cochrane.org/news/update-exercise-therapy-chronic-fatigue-syndrome</a>5. Larun L, Brurberg KG, Odgaard-Jensen J, Price JR. Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2024, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD003200. Accessed on February 18, 2025, at: <a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub9/full" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD003200.pub9/full</a>6. Vernon SD, Zheng T, Do H, et al. Incidence and Prevalence of Post-COVID-19 Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Report from the Observational RECOVER-Adult Study. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025. Accessed on February 18, 2025, at: <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-024-09290-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-024-09290-9</a>**********Disclosure: My academic position at the University of California, Berkeley, is largely supported by donations to the university via the campus crowdfunding platform from people with ME/CFS, Long Covid, and related disorders.(<a href="https://virology.ws/2025/02/20/trial-by-error-a-letter-to-cochranes-editor-in-chief/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">View the original post at virology.ws</a>)<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://trialbyerror.org/tag/cochrane/" target="_blank">#cochrane</a>

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