By David Tuller, DrPH In late October, the UK's National institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released its new ME/CFS guideline, which specifically recommend against graded exercise therapy (GET) and a specialized form of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Last week, I wrote about how King's College London continues to ...

By David Tuller, DrPH For years, London's Science Media Centre has fiercely promoted research into graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for the illness or cluster of illnesses variously referred to as chronic fatigue syndrome, myalgic encephaloymyelitis, CFS/ME, ME/CFS, and other names. Some of the prominent experts ...

By David Tuller, DrPH It is hard enough to write when you're feeling healthy. So I'm in awe of people who manage to write despite suffering from a debilitating chronic illness, especially one that messes around with cognitive functioning. That number includes some ME patients who have written novels. (I ...

By David Tuller, DrPH A week ago, Britain's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published its new, evidence-based guideline for ME/CFS, which recommended against graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavior therapy offered as curative rather than as supportive care. Not surprisingly, this event creates some public relations problems for ...

By David Tuller, DrPH *For more about the significance of the new NICE guideline for ME/CFS, the blog ME/CFS Skeptic has this excellent summary. Also, psychologist Brian Hughes covers the deep concerns of leading medical groups that the guideline recommends against the Lightning Process. It is not surprising that esteemed ...