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By David Tuller, DrPH On November 12, I received my latest letter from BMJ’s so-called research integrity office about the pile of potential research misconduct otherwise known as the pediatric study of cognitive behavior therapy and music therapy as a treatment for chronic fatigue after acute EBV. This study was published in April by BMJ …

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By David Tuller, DrPH I have written multiple posts this year about a Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy plus music therapy as a treatment for chronic fatigue after acute EBV infection (aka mononucleosis and glandular fever). The study, published in April by BMJ Paediatrics Open, was rife with methodological and ethical flaws. It should not have …

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By David Tuller, DrPH As Trump’s legal team continues to spout nonsense rather than acknowledge that the orange balloon lost the election, core members of the UK’s biopsychosocial ideological brigades are also engaged in embarrassing denialism. Last week, a draft of new ME/CFS clinical guidelines issued by a key British health agency advised against graded …

Trial By Error: The Science Media Centre and UK’s Coverage of New NICE Draft Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH Every year, Jennie Spotila posts her analysis of annual funding for ME from the US National Institutes of Health on her invaluable blog, Occupy M.E. (On the other hand, Occupy Me is a 16-minute gay drama from 2015 about an interlude between two guys. I have no idea if it’s any …

Trial By Error: Jennie Spotila’s Annual Review of NIH Funding Read More »

Results on efficacy of the first of the SARS-CoV-2 candidate vaccines has been announced by Pfizer this week. The company states that the viral spike-encoding mRNA vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19. This announcement is good news, but in itself does not signal the end of the pandemic. …

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By David Tuller, DrPH The draft of the new ME/CFS guidance from the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is out–posted just after midnight, London time, on Tuesday, November 10. This is the headline: The draft represents a repudiation of the GET/CBT paradigm and the deconditioning hypothesis. Here are key take-aways: *Graded exercise …

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