By David Tuller, DrPH On March 27th, Professor Racaniello and I sent an e-mail to Dr. Trish Groves, editor-in-chief at BMJ Open, declining her request that we send in an e-letter for publication to ensure "maximum transparency." Two days letter, we received yet another appeal from Dr. Groves. In this ...

By David Tuller, DrPH A couple of times a year, Berkeley offers campus projects an opportunity to crowdfund on the university's platform. So unlike last year, when I used a third-party site, this time my ME/CFS project is crowdfunding money directly into Berkeley. That saves a lot of hassle, and ...

By David Tuller, DrPH On February 20th, Carol Monaghan, a member of Parliament from the Scottish National Party, led an extraordinary debate in the House of Commons about the ethical and methodological failings of the PACE trial. The debate included discussion of the debilitating nature of the illness, the conflicts ...

By David Tuller, DrPH I'm in Sydney now, but last week I had a busy few days in Canberra. My hosts were the wonderful duo of Libby Steeper and Eleanor Flowers. They treated me like royalty and shepherded me around town to the various appointments they and others had organized. ...

By David Tuller, DrPH In response to our last letter to BMJ Open about its ethically challenged school absence study, the journal's editor, Dr. Trish Groves, once again invited us to submit a letter for publication. We have declined. To recap: In 2011, BMJ Open published a research study that ...