BRC Weekly

Weekly thematic issues

Research continues throughout the week. Reader editions are released together as one thematic issue, with each article standing on its own and the issue page preserving the full editorial arc.

BRC Weekly Vol. 1, No. 5

Pain That Exists Before the Test

Pain distribution and symptom burden can support a positive fibromyalgia judgment, but no single score or test establishes cause, truthfulness, or the patient’s whole condition. Eight articles connect criteria, measurement, daily change, clinical boundaries, and the next longitudinal study.

8 articles

BRC Weekly Vol. 1, No. 3

Overlapping Discomfort, Different Criteria

Rome IV functional dyspepsia and selected, verified classical passages on 痰積, 食積, and 積聚 share some symptom terms but use different criteria and observations. We ask what future studies must define, validate, and measure together without treating them as one diagnosis. Seven occurrences of 痰積, 積聚, and 食積, selected after checking their contexts in normalized electronic records, appear alongside different material: diarrhea and pulse observations, form and movement detected by pressing, and varied descriptions of illness. They do not establish overall distribution, genealogy, current diagnosis, or treatment guidance.

2 articles