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By David Tuller, DrPH The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy recently published an editorial called  €œHumility and Acceptance: Working Within Our Limits With Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.€ The editorial emerged from a collaboration between rehabilitation specialists and patients, mostly from Canada. It confronts the conundrum of whether those experiencing …

Trial By Error: Journal Editorial Calls for Caution in Exercise-Based Rehab Programs for Long COVID Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH In early April, I wrote about a study published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research—a one-year follow-up of the GETSET trial of self-help graded exercise therapy for ME/CFS. The investigators had previously reported short-term benefits for the intervention. In this new paper, despite no benefits of the intervention over regular care, …

Trial By Error: My Letters to Psychosomatics Journal About Prof White’s Misleading GETSET Paper Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH On Tuesday (four days ago), The Guardian published an opinion piece from Professor Carmine Pariante titled “Long Covid is very far from ‘all in the mind’–but psychology can still help us to treat it.” The article is the latest from a member of the biopsychosocial ideological brigades to demonstrate what has …

Trial By Error: In Guardian Column, Professor Pariante Parrots Standard Biopsychosocial Nonsense Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH *April is crowdfunding month at Berkeley. I conduct this project as a senior fellow in public health and journalism at the university’s Center for Global Public Health. If you would like to support the project with a donation to Berkeley (tax-deductible for US taxpayers), here’s the place: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/25504 I have recently blogged …

Trial By Error: Professor David’s Third Mis-Citation of Seminal Study of “Medically Unexplained Symptoms” Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH What does it mean that the top investigators in a field of research have collectively and consistently misrepresented a seminal figure in their purported domain of expertise? I’m talking about all those who present themselves as authorities on the topic of so-called €œmedically unexplained symptoms€ (MUS) but have found it difficult …

Trial By Errors: Why Have Experts in MUS Spent Ten Years Mis-Citing a Study about Costs to the NHS? Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH Coda Story is an excellent news organization focused on international stories related to the misuse of science and technology, among other topics. Today, it published a piece of mine about the training program called the Lightning Process. Sites devoted to the Lightning Process are full of tales of recovery from prolonged …

Trial By Error: Do the “Vast Majority” of Lightning Process Participants Achieve “Lasting Change”? Read More »