By David Tuller, DrPH According to the headline of a recent article in The Sick Times, “less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise.” The news organization analyzed the registration records for Long COVID clinical trials and found that only a small minority assess or take into account post-exertional malaise (PEM), …
By David Tuller, DrPH In its current “Medical News in Brief” section, JAMA is touting and amplifying the questionable claims of a flawed trial to treat or prevent Long COVID published by one of the journals under its umbrella—JAMANetworkOpen. The JAMA headline: “Resistance Training Improves Long COVID Outcomes.” Technically, the headline is true. In the …
By David Tuller, DrPH A recent study from JAMA Network Open, called “Resistance Exercise Therapy After COVID-19 Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” demonstrates some of the flaws that so often mar papers in this field of research. The trial’s reported results do not warrant the optimistic conclusion that the intervention “may be a generalizable therapy …
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By David Tuller, DrPH ADDED. A reader left this comment at the end of the post: “Thank you, David. Even all those details can’t convey how WONDERFUL this book is. I ordered multiple copies via Amazon and am giving them for holiday gifts – and not just to my friends who are limited in diet/energy. …
Trial By Error: A New Cookbook for People with Chronic Illness Read More »
By David Tuller, DrPH Ten years ago this month, I launched Trial By Error with a 15,000-word investigation of the misbegotten and fraudulent PACE trial, which purported to prove that graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) could cure what they then called chronic fatigue syndrome. And what an amazing ride it’s been …
Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on Ten Years of Trial By Error Read More »
By David Tuller, DrPH This is a crowdfunding month for UC Berkeley and Trial By Error. If you’d like to support my work, here’s the link. (Donations are tax-deductible for US taxpayers.) ********** The journal Child Abuse & Neglect recently published a paper called “Characteristics of 86 families and 142 children diagnosed with Pediatric Condition …
