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 ...

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 ...

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. ********** ...

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 ...

By David Tuller, DrPH It's a frightening time for everyone. As we know, people with underlying medical conditions are at greater risk from coronavirus. At the same time, many of these individuals long ago adopted some of the strategies everyone is now being asked to adopt. Certainly people with ME--or ...