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Trial By Error: Why is Professor Crawley Still on the COFFI Steering Committee?

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By David Tuller, DrPH Several years ago, the leaders of the biopsychosocial ideological brigades decided to create the Collaborative On Fatigue and related symptoms Following Infection, or COFFI. According to its website, COFFI’s “overarching aim” is “to investigate factors influencing the development of long-term symptoms (in particular fatigue) following certain infectious diseases.” Akershus University Hospital …

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Trial By Error: Aussie GPs Still Push Graded Exercise Therapy

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By David Tuller, DrPH When I was in Australia for the first time in 2018, it was clear that the country’s general practitioners were fervent supporters of the biopsychosocial ideology when it came to ME/CFS. That hasn’t changed, according to a recent exchange of views published in the Australian Journal of General Practice.  The debate …

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Trial By Error: Dutch Agency Funds CBT Training Program Based on Flawed Long COVID Trial

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By David Tuller, DrPH Here is how bullshit replicates itself in today’s medical world: Conduct a flawed trial, declare success despite serious questions, then develop health policy based on these hyped-up claims. ZonMW, a major Dutch healthcare funding agency, is supporting a new program led by Professor Hans Knoop, a longtime supporter of the fraudulent …

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Trial By Error: More on Norway’s Problematic Draft Guideline for “Long-Term Fatigue–including ME/CFS”

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By David Tuller, DrPH I posted a piece yesterday on Norway’s draft guideline for “long-term fatigue—including ME/CFS.” But my post was already outdated!  The draft guideline was written by a team from the Norwegian Directorate of Health and is open for public comment until May 4th. A working group of 25 individuals from a range …

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Trial By Error: Norway’s Problematic Draft Guideline Combining Long-Term Fatigue and ME/CFS

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By David Tuller, DrPH On February 4th, the Norwegian Directorate of Health published a draft of a “national professional guideline” for diagnosis, management and treatment of “long-term fatigue—including ME/CFS.” A consultation period for the draft lasts for three months. All comments must be received by May 4th.  The draft is intended to replace a 2015 …

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Trial By Error: Recent Readings–Another Severe Case, per The Times; Guardian’s Take on “Brain Retraining”; Boston Globe’s Long COVID Tale

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By David Tuller, DrPH Times coverage of another severe patient On February 15th, The Times covered the case of yet another patient with severe illness. The article, by health editor Eleanor Hayward, bore the headline “My body can take no more, says ME patient starving in hospital.” The subhead: “Campaigners say the suffering of Savannah …

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