By David Tuller, DrPH This morning I sent the following e-mail to Dr Fiona Godlee, the editor-in-chief of The BMJ and editorial director of BMJ. I cc’d Professor Vincent Racaniello, the host of Virology Blog, and Carol Monaghan MP, who sits on the House of Commons Health and Technology Committee. **********
Cochrane has decided to temporarily withdraw a review of exercise therapies for the illness variously known as ME, CFS, ME/CFS and CFS/ME. The review reported that exercise therapy is effective in treating the illness, a finding that has provided unwarranted support for recommendations that patients should undergo the intervention known as graded exercise therapy. Yet …
Yesterday I sent an email to Dr. Landa who had previously written to David Tuller about the 4th Columbia Psychosomatics Conference (link to David’s post). Like David, I was unhappy about Dr. Landa’s note so I decided to write her and see if she might respond better to a Columbia colleague. Apparently my faith in …
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By David Tuller, DrPH In my earlier post about this issue, I accurately credited #MEAction but did not specifically make clear that Saturday’s demonstration has been organized by the movement’s New York arm. I apologize for the oversight. So here’s an official New York #MEAction announcement about the event. I would be there tomorrow if …
Trial By Error: A Reminder about Saturday’s Columbia Protest Read More »
By David Tuller, DrPH *The headline has been changed to indicate that Cochrane has decided to withdraw the review but had not yet done so at time of posting. Cochrane has decided to withdraw, at least for now, its fatally flawed review of exercise treatments for ME/CFS–or CFS, as the review calls the illness. This …
Trial By Error: Cochrane Decides to Withdraw Flawed Exercise Review Read More »
By David Tuller, DrPH Someone uninformed or stupid or maybe both decided to invite Danish physician Per Fink to present at a conference on so-called psychosomatic medicine being held this weekend at Columbia University. Fink, I won’t dignify him by using an honorific–is a scary guy. He should never have been provided with this prestigious …
