Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on Long-Covid, ME/CFS and MUS
…been experiencing symptoms for six months or more, the length of time required in many (but not all) definitions of ME, CFS and their variants to render a diagnosis. It…
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Trial By Error: NICE Squares Off Against Royal College Bullies Over New ME/CFS Guidelines
By David Tuller, DrPH For many years, campaigners for psycho-behavioral interventions for ME/CFS have accused patients who objected to the research as being anti-scientific zealots. It was always a ridiculous…
Trial By Error: Edinburgh Study Links ME/CFS to “Blood-Based Biomarkers”
…EMBO Molecular Medicine. According to a press release from the University of Edinburgh, “The largest ever biological study of ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) has identified consistent blood differences associated…
Trial By Error: More on that New York Magazine Piece Pushing Psychogenic View of ME/CFS and Long Covid
…three other critics of the CBT/GET paradigm—Columbia physician-scientist Mady Hornig; Lucinda Bateman, a physician who specializes in ME/CFS and related diseases; and Solve ME/CFS Initiative’s director of advocacy, Emily Taylor….
Trial By Error: Australian GPs Keep Promoting Exercise Treatments for ME/CFS
By David Tuller, DrPH When it comes to treatments for ME/CFS, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has long endorsed the graded exercise therapy (GET)/cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)…
Trial By Error: Some Coronavirus Advice from ME Association’s Dr Charles Shepherd
…these individuals long ago adopted some of the strategies everyone is now being asked to adopt. Certainly people with ME–or with what is referred to as CFS, CFS/ME, or ME/CFS–often…