Dr. Steven Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #1063 - Nov 22 2025 podcast

All right. voice-verified

So there is one glaring problem with this research, though, with this specific study. voice-verified

I don't know if any of you have a guess as to what that might be. voice-verified

So they compared— Small. voice-verified

Well, yeah, just the usual caveats. voice-verified

It needs to be validated. voice-verified

It needs to be independently researched. voice-verified

It needs larger studies. voice-verified

But they compared people who have the clinical diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. voice-verified

Again, there's no real gold standard. voice-verified

It's just you have the clinical diagnosis. voice-verified

and certain changes, epigenetic changes that they were looking for in their study. voice-verified

So what did they not do? voice-verified

I guess this might be hard for you as non-physicians to suss out, but just wondering if any of you have a guess. voice-verified

So they compared people with the disease clinically to healthy controls. voice-verified

What's another comparison that might be helpful? voice-verified

People with comorbidities. voice-verified

That's close. voice-verified

I mean that would be good too, but you're sort of heading in the right direction. voice-verified

People with other diseases. voice-verified

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