David Tuller
Trial By Error: My Talk Last October in Oxford (Video)
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH Last October, I gave a talk in Oxford (not AT Oxford) about the dung-heap known as the Lightning Process trial which was published in 2017 in Archives of Disease in Childhood, a BMJ journal. The study's full name: "Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition ...
Trial By Error: CBT Provides No Benefits to Advanced Cancer Patients, Study Finds
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH Since 2008, the National Health Service (NHS) in England has been rolling out a program known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT). Initially focused on patients with mental health issues like depression and anxiety disorders, IAPT was then expanded to include those who are also ...
Trial By Error: The UK’s Proposed Genetics Study
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH In the UK, leading researchers are preparing to submit an application for a large genetic study to two major funding agencies. The project is being led by Professor Chris Ponting of the University of Edinburgh, who is also vice chair of the CFS/ME Research Collaborative, and ...
Trial By Error: The 2018 PACE Reanalysis and the SMC’s Expert Appraisals
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH It has been almost two years since BMC Psychology published a key reanalysis of raw data from the PACE trial. Given the significance of this paper (of which I was the least important of seven co-authors), I figured it wouldn't hurt to highlight it again. The ...
Trial By Error: NIH Funding “Needs Life Support,” Says Jennie Spotila
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH Every year, Jennie Spotila deconstructs NIH funding on her Occupy M.E. blog. Last November 7, she crunched the numbers for the 2019 fiscal year, and the same day posted another blog with a more urgent message. I am re-posting that blog in full (a bit late), with ...
