Author name: David Tuller

By David Tuller, DrPH [June 30, 2017: This post has been corrected and revised.] Professor Peter White and colleagues have published yet another study in The Lancet promoting graded exercise as an appropriate intervention for the illness they refer to as chronic fatigue syndrome but that is more appropriately called myalgic encephalomyelitis. (Two compromise terms, …

Trial by Error, Continued: More on Graded Exercise from Peter White and The Lancet Read More »

by David Tuller, DrPH [June 25, 2017: The last section of this post, about the PLoS One study, has been revised and corrected.] I have tip-toed around the question of research misconduct since I started my PACE investigation. In my long Virology Blog series in October 2015, I decided to document the trial’s extensive list …

Trial by Error, Continued: Is PACE a Case of Research Misconduct? Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH Last week, I e-mailed a letter to Sue Paterson, director of legal services at the University of Bristol, to express my concerns about Professor Esther Crawley’s false claim that I had libeled her in reporting on her research for Virology Blog. On Friday, I received a two-sentence response from Ms. Paterson. …

Trial by Error, Continued: University of Bristol Responds, Sort Of Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH This morning I e-mailed the following letter to Sue Paterson, the University of Bristol’s Director of Legal Services and Deputy University Secretary, to protest Professor Esther Crawley’s accusation that I libeled her in blogging about her work. I cc’d the office of the university’s vice-chancellor, Professor Hugh Brady. ********** Dear Ms. …

Trial by Error, Continued: My Letter to the University of Bristol Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH In February, 2011, I wrote a bad article about the PACE trial. At that time, I was reporting on the XMRV situation and had never heard about this piece of crap. As happens at news organizations, my editor at The New York Times sent me the Lancet paper and asked me …

Trial By Error, Continued: Julie Rehmeyer’s Journey “Through the Shadowlands” Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH First, since I’m in London at the moment, I need to say that it feels weird and even wrong to be posting about PACE-related issues right after Saturday night’s terrible events. But in our f**ked-up world, life goes on for everyone else, including ME/CFS patients, and my job is to report …

Trial By Error, Continued: My “Tear It Up” Talk at Invest in ME Read More »