By David Tuller, DrPH One of Mahana Therapeutics’ business advisers is Dr Harpreet Sood, identified as the National Health Service’s associate chief clinical information officer. (Actually, Mahana seems to have it wrong; it looks like Dr Sood is still be at the NHS but moved on a while ago to another position. I guess accuracy …
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By David Tuller, DrPH Back in February, I wrote to some science advisers to Mahana Therapeutics to alert them to the company’s unjustified claims about the impact of its web-based program on the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Two of them–Dr Peter Lu and Dr Carlo di Lorenzo–are gastroenterology specialists at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in …
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If you appreciate this piece and/or my work in general, here’s a link to my current UC Berkeley crowdfunding effort: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/20159 ********** By David Tuller, DrPH Today I sent a third letter to Dr Mel Heyman, a prominent gastroenterologist at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr Heyman is one of Mahana Therapeutics’ science advisers. I’ve …
By David Tuller, DrPH Given that Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has removed the coronavirus-and-fatigue pamphlet containing the antidiluvian medical advice, I have sent a freedom-of-information request to follow up on one I sent the other day. **********
By David Tuller, DrPH In this traumatic time, small victories should be savored. Last week, I noticed a tweet from patient and advocate Tom Kindlon about a pamphlet from the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, the entity that oversees NHS services in the Oxford region. Other patients and advocates also flagged it on social media …
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If you appreciate this piece and/or my work in general, here’s a link to my current UC Berkeley crowdfunding effort: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/20159 ********** By David Tuller, DrPH As I reported yesterday (oops!–it was Thursday, not yesterday–this is a correction made a few minutes after posting!), the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which oversees NHS services in the …
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