By David Tuller, DrPH In April, the Hungarian journal Orvosi Hetilap [Medical Weekly] published an article called “Interdisciplinary consensus statement about the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelopathy.” The goal, according to the abstract, “is to provide appropriate information for professionals working in the Hungarian health care system: ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Keystone gathering round-up from Sick Times Many prominent Long COVID researchers gathered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, last week to discuss ongoing research and brainstorm in efforts to advance the field at the second Keystone Symposia on Long COVID and other post-acute infection syndromes. The first ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Added: On X, @mecfsskeptic has posted a very useful thread explaining how loosely the investigators applied the meaning of "Long COVID" in accepting trials for their meta-analysis. ********** A Lancet journal, eClinicalMedicine, has just published a paper called “Effects of therapeutic interventions on long COVID: a ...

By David Tuller, DrPH People with ME/CFS differ genetically from the general population, according to the long-awaited results of the largest biological study of the disease to date. By comparing DNA samples from more than 15,000 patients with ME/CFS diagnoses to samples from those who were not diagnosed, the investigators ...

By David Tuller, DrPH NOTE: Dr Zachary Grin, a physical therapist in New York City who specializes in functional neurological disorder (FND), left an interesting comment. I am re-posting it up here, with my response: Dr Grin: "David has misinterpreted the authors. They said “…functional impairment may lead to…”. Functional ...