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Trial By Error: Professor Lubet’s Inquiry to Medical Center Holding ME/CFS Patient

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By David Tuller, DrPH Yesterday, I posted my exchange with a spokeswoman for Hennepin Healthcare about Thane Fredrickson, the ME/CFS patient who is under threat of involuntary psychiatric commitment. Today, Northwestern University law professor Steven Lubet, e-mailed her the following letter. ********** Dear Ms. Hill: I am a law professor at Northwestern University in Chicago, …

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Trial By Error: My Exchange with Minnesota Medical Center Holding ME/CFS Patient

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By David Tuller, DrPH On Monday afternoon, I had an e-mail exchange with Christine Hill, a spokeswoman for the Hennepin Healthcare in Minnesota. Thane Fredrickson, an ME/CFS patient, is currently under threat of involuntary psychiatric commitment. Because of patient privacy concerns, it was clear the medical center would not be able to provide any specific …

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Trial By Error: Game-Changing Articles in The Guardian and The New York Times

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By David Tuller, DrPH The relationship between what is being called long-Covid and ME/CFS (and its variants) is complex. The conditions overlap in ways that are poorly understood, and the mechanisms through which they produce such significant disabilities remain elusive. As the coronavirus pandemic enters its second year, many tens or hundreds of thousands of …

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Trial By Error: New Study Reports First-Hand Accounts of 1955 Hospital Outbreak

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By David Tuller, DrPH The name myalgic encephalomyelitis is inextricably linked with an outbreak of what appeared by all accounts to be a viral illness at London’s Royal Free Hospital in the second half of 1955. More than 200 people, most of them female staff and students, fell ill. Some reported long-term complications. Although no …

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Trial By Error: Tack’s Take on 2020 Studies; Professor Edwards’ Statement to NICE

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By David Tuller, DrPH I have been laying low during the recent holiday and coup season. Today I’m watching the impeachment hearings. And I might find it challenging to get back up to full speed until after New Year’s–which for me will be January 20th, or whichever day the White House is finally de-Trumped. For …

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Trial By Error: Psych Issues Do Not Predict ME/CFS, New Chicago Study Shows

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By David Tuller, DrPH For decades, investigators have argued over the causes of the illness or cluster of illnesses variously called myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS),  ME/CFS, CFS/ME and other names. In the absence of an adequate explanation for the debilitating symptoms, a flawed approach to intervention based on the perceived need for …

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