David Tuller

By David Tuller, DrPH On May 15th, I sent a letter to Dr Fiona Godlee, BMJ’s editorial director, alerting her that a new review in Current Opinion in Pediatrics had highlighted the Lightning Process as an “effective” treatment, based on a flawed study in one of her journals–Archives of Disease in Childhood. The subject line: …

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By David Tuller, DrPH This week I’ve been taking some days for family stuff. But I have a minor victory to report. After a series of e-mails with the British Journal of General Practice about a false statement concerning the cost of “medically unexplained symptoms” to the UK National Health Service, the editor has agreed …

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By David Tuller, DrPH This wrap-up is almost two weeks late, but things keep cropping up! It goes without saying that I am extremely gratified by the support for my April crowdfunding on Berkeley’s in-house platform. The university received 1025 donations totally $103,283 for “Trial By Error.” Of those donations, the most–384–came from the UK. …

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By David Tuller, DrPH Last month, I sent Sue Paterson, Bristol University’s director of legal services, a couple of e-mails seeking answers to several questions. Those e-mails can be read here and here. I cc-d a few other people. On Friday, May 10, I received a response. This morning, I wrote back. I cc-d those …

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By David Tuller, DrPH Update: Not long after I posted this, I sent the following short follow-up note to Dr Jones and the others I’d cc-d: Dear Dr Jones– In re-reading my response to you, I noticed that I made an error in the third paragraph when I referred to the “Improving Access for Psychological …

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By David Tuller, DrPH Hey folks! As of now I am at 71% of my goal, with eight days to go. So far I have exactly 700 donations. It would be great to get closer to 1000, as in previous years. Today, Erica Verillo has generously offered to match any donations made through this Friday–up …

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