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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By David Tuller, DrPH *Please see note at end of post After I posted yesterday's blog about Per Fink's upcoming appearance at the fourth annual Columbia Psychosomatic Conference being held this weekend, I received the following e-mail from Columbia's Alla Landa. She is an assistant professor of "clinical psychology in ...

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 ...