Rachel Fairbank

Rachel Fairbank is a journalist who has written for National Geographic. She has covered topics such as post-exertional malaise in long COVID patients and myopia rates in children.

Biography:  https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/myopia-near-sighted-kids-glasses

79%

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The Daily's Verdict

This author has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on the author's reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The study also found that long COVID patients had a higher proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers compared to healthy patients.
  • The study found that post-exertional malaise triggered by exercise led to an impaired ability to manufacture energy and reached a point of exhaustion much sooner and with far less exercise than on the first day. For people without PEM, they can do very similar amounts of exercise on both days before they reach exhaustion.

Conflicts of Interest

50%

Examples:

  • The study also found that long COVID patients had a higher proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers compared to healthy patients.
  • The study found that post-exertional malaise triggered by exercise led to an impaired ability to manufacture energy and reached a point of exhaustion much sooner and with far less exercise than on the first day. For people without PEM, they can do very similar amounts of exercise on both days before they reach exhaustion.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Fatigue in ME/CFS could be caused by a dysfunction of brain regions that drive the motor cortex and changes in the brain may alter patients' tolerance for exertion and their perception of fatigue
  • People with ME/CFS had lower activity in the temporal-parietal junction (TPJ), which may cause fatigue by disrupting the way the brain decides how to exert effort.

Deceptions

100%

Examples:

No current examples available.

Recent Articles

Unraveling the Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Physiological Focal Point for Fatigue in ME/CFS Patients

Unraveling the Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Physiological Focal Point for Fatigue in ME/CFS Patients

Broke On: Wednesday, 21 February 2024 Scientists have discovered a link between brain imbalance and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). The study is the first to identify a physiological focal point for fatigue in this population. Patients with CFS/ME suffer from disabling symptoms, but uncovering their biological basis has been challenging. Fatigue in ME/CFS may be caused by dysfunction of brain regions that drive the motor cortex and changes in the brain may alter patients' tolerance for exertion and perception of fatigue.