By David Tuller, DrPH This week I raised concerns about a second systematic review that cited the dung heap known as the Lightning Process study, published by Archives of Disease in Childhood two years ago. This new review did not mention the paper's egregious deficiencies. After the appearance in April ...

By David Tuller, DrPH In recent weeks, I have tried to bring attention to the troubling fact that a major systematic review of pediatric CFS/ME (as the authors called the illness) cited Bristol University€™s Lightning Process study as evidence that the intervention was effective. Now another systematic review, this one ...

Note: On her blog, Occupy M.E., Jennie Spotila recently posted another one of her indispensable close readings of NIH spending figures. I am reposting this here with Jennie's permission. ********** Another NIH Funding Fact-Check In April, NIH finally published their funding numbers for ME/CFS research in 2018. That means it ...

By David Tuller, DrPH UPDATE: Within an hour or two of writing to Bristol, I received a response from the university's director of legal services. Here's what she wrote: Dear Dr Tuller Thank you for your email. The Information Rights team is making good progress on clearing the back log, ...

By David Tuller, DrPH Today I received an e-mail from Professor Roger Jones, editor of British Journal of General Practice. I've been nudging him to correct a false statement in a 2017 editorial about the cost of so-called "medically unexplained symptoms" to the UK National Health Service. The false statement ...