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Trial By Error: BMJ Retracts Music Therapy-CBT Study, But…

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By David Tuller, DrPH *October is crowdfunding month at Berkeley. I conduct this project as a senior fellow in public health and journalism and the university’s Center for Global Public Health. If you would like to support the project, here’s the place: https://crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/22602 I have written many posts this year about a Norwegian study of cognitive …

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Trial By Error: Another Letter About BMJ’s Music Therapy Study

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By David Tuller, DrPH I am still waiting for answers from BMJ about the Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy plus music therapy for treatment of chronic fatigue in adolescents after mononucleosis. The study was published in BMJ Paediatrics Open. I have written about it here. This morning I sent the following letter to the …

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Trial By Error: BMJ Responds to Appeals About Norway’s CBT-Music Therapy Study

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By David Tuller, DrPH Earlier this week, I sent a nudge to Professor Imti Choonara, editor-in-chief of BMJ Paediatrics Open, and Fiona Godlee, editorial director of BMJ, about a problematic “feasibility study” published a few months ago. That followed a letter two weeks ago, to which I had not received a response. Previous posts on …

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Trial By Error: A Response from Dagbladet

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By David Tuller, DrPH The Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet, taking a page from prestigious UK news organizations, has recently published a series of articles portraying ME patients as anti-scientific and belligerent. As I noted in a letter to Dagbladet two weeks ago, the journalist also misrepresented my academic and professional credentials. Since I didn’t hear back, …

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Trial By Error: Two Letters to Dagbladet About Its ME Coverage

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By David Tuller, DrPH In recent weeks, the Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet has published a series of articles about ME, which it also calls CFS/ME. These articles have promoted the use of the Lightning Process as an intervention, criticized patients and the Norwegian ME Association for expressing opinions about the Lightning Process and cognitive behavior therapy, …

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TWiV 153: Rabid reindeer and protective prions

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich review an outbreak of rabies in arctic foxes and reindeer in Norway, and a prion that makes you go antiviral. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV153.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 153 (55 MB .mp3, 92 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in …

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