David Tuller
Trial By Error: My Visits with Alem Matthees (Reprise)
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH At this time two years ago, I was in Australia on a six-week work trip. As part of my tour, I visited Perth so I could meet and spent a little time with Alem Matthees. I also got to spend time with his lovely family--his mom ...
Trial By Error: A Post About Lupus and MUS, Not COVID
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH This is another non-coronavirus post--my second in two days. Before we were interrupted, I had been looking more into so-called “medically unexplained symptoms,” or MUS. A recently published study with data on the length of time needed to obtain a diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly known ...
Trial By Error: A Non-COVID Post about KCL’s Rejection of My FOI Request
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH In the days before coronavirus was everything, I was writing about a major study of cognitive behavior therapy for irritable bowel syndrome. The study tested telephone-delivered cognitive behavior therapy, web-based CBT against treatment-as-usual for IBS symptom severity and other more generic domains. Although the pre-COVID era ...
Trial By Error: Thoughts on Self-Isolation from Anil van der Zee
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH My sweet friend Anil van der Zee lives in Amsterdam--more accurately, he lives on his bed in an apartment somewhere in Amsterdam. Like too many, he's had a lot of experience at self-isolating. Below is part of the blog he posted a few days ago. ********** ...
Trial By Error: A Long-Time Patient Reflects on a Stay-At-Home World
By David Tuller
By David Tuller, DrPH I am slowly adjusting to the new realities and what they mean for life and work for at least the next couple of months; this lockdown or “sheltering-at-home” or whatever is likely to continue through most of May, if not longer. This is a marathon, not ...